Glen Kelman just published a post announcing that Scouting Report, the controversial agent performance app the company released just four days ago, has been completely disabled. This follows a storm of data failures, inaccuracies and MLS compliance faceplants. I’ve excerpted Glenn’s post below, which candidly explains the decision.
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Friday Flash: Estately nails it, mobile VOWs and a mess of innovation
If you’re like me, you missed Google’s release of a hotel search service a couple weeks back. It’s OK – some neat features but nothing ground breaking. But it is a vertical search play from Google. That’s worth noting even though they pulled out of real estate earlier this year. For now.
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Redfin gets its subversive mojo on, releases agent comments on other brokers’ listings
Redfin announced this morning that registered users of Redfin.com can now view notes Redfin agents have made on properties listed by other brokers. In summary: Redfin agents who tour a listing make comments. These comments go first to the buyer client they toured with. If, after two days, these buyers don’t tell Redfin to keep [...]
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Real Estate Connect SF 2010: Impressions and fuzzy notions taken from a great week
Inman’s Real Estate Connect SF 2010 has come and gone. It was perhaps the best Inman show ever, thanks to new Inman CEO Tim Smith and his team. The event has never been produced more thoughtfully. This was my 13th Connect SF event. This year, more than ever, I enjoyed seeing so many people who [...]
Things you may have missed while contemplating the RPR
God, I love that acronym. “Reaper.” There’s so much fun to be had there. Anyway, a few non-RPR items popped up in the past six days that are worth noting. Here’s what caught my eye: Redfin raises another $10 million
Redfin releases a “home buying” app for the iPhone
Redfin has released an iPhone app. I’ve been waiting for a good IDX-based mobile home search app for a long time and this, with some caveats, is it. Except it’s not a home search app.
The school of Redfin revisited
Redfin was profitable last month. This well-documented fact may be an anomaly, the brief shining moment of a real estate Camelot in which tragic geeks have their day. Who knows for sure? It doesn’t matter anyway. I’m focused on this: A company that rebates half its buy-side GCI, charges a modest flat fee to list, [...]
Making online Realtor ratings work: It’s all or nothing at all
I applaud the Houston Association of Realtors for launching a Realtor rating program. It’s another progressive move from Bob Hale. The spirit behind this is commendable. But here’s the thing: Realtor ratings will never be useful to a consumer unless there are no conditions, no agent filters, and 100% commitment to let the chips fall [...]
Show me the market!
You may have noticed I am a big advocate of putting real estate market information into the hands of consumers. During most of the boom years, buyers and sellers made life-changing decisions based on thin slices of information. A few…
Hell breaks loose in the new listings war
I returned from my vacation last week to find my inbox and reader filled with talk about listing coverage, comprehensiveness and quality sparked by a somewhat ham-fisted PR gambit by Roost. I had just written about this the week before….
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