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Brokerage software firm zavvie has announced a new solution, “zavvie Power Buyer,” a white-labeled solution exclusively for leading brokerage clients. The solution began a soft launch in 2022 and is currently available to 14 zavvie partner brokerages in 11 states and the District of Columbia. “zavvie Power Buyer” provides both “Cash Offer” and “Buy Before You…

Even while the overall housing market faced uphill challenges in 2022, more Americans are seeking alternative ways to buy and sell real estate as innovative solutions increase nationwide availability, according to a new report from zavvie. zavvie’s new “Modern Marketplace Report: 2022 Year in Review” tracks a range of innovative buying and selling solutions and…

zavvie, a software technology company providing real estate brokerages customized marketplaces for buying and selling solutions, announced the completion of a $3.65 million funding round led by existing investors, including Second Century Ventures, the startup incubator backed by the National Association of Realtors. Zavvie also announced that Tyler Thompson, Managing Partner at Second Century Ventures, is joining its Board…

The real estate market’s seismic shift is dramatically impacting every facet of the business. Just like brokerages and their agents, iBuyers, Power Buyers, Listing Concierge and Homeownership Accelerator solutions are rapidly adapting to the overall decline in market activity. The most recent data in the zavvie Modern Marketplace Report gives unparalleled insight into how these…

Windermere Real Estate has announced a partnership with tech firm zavvie to deliver a new program, Windermere Offers, to its agents and clients. Windermere Offers is designed to help buyers parse through the modern market, which has more choices than ever before, the company said. Using the zavvie-powered program, sellers and their agent(s) can compare…

From Power Buyers to iBuyers, Americans can buy and sell real estate in new, digital-first ways. However, there are nuances to these programs and explaining them to sellers can be a challenge. That’s why buying-and-selling start-up zavvie has announced that it has teamed up with real estate technology platform MoxiWorks, so that zavvie’s offerings for buyers and sellers…

Denver, Colorado firm Kentwood Real Estate has announced the launch of its Kentwood Advantage program, powered by zavvie. This new transaction assistance program is available to homeowners and buyers throughout the state of Colorado. With housing inventory coming off record lows and home sales showing signs of slowing, Denver area homeowners are looking for the best way to sell…

There are two enormous obstacles in today’s real estate market: competing against all-cash buyers and the certainty of having a home to move into before you sell. Technology is helping buyers and sellers tackle these obstacles by enabling everyday homebuyers to make all-cash offers and allowing sellers to buy their next home before selling their…

The way Americans buy and sell real estate is changing forever as new, innovative solutions are now available nationwide. iBuyers provide sellers with instant offers. Power Buyers employ “cash offers” and “buy before you sell” bridge solutions for home buyers. Rent-to-own programs create new buyers and expand the marketplace. Presale renovation services help sellers maximize…

Building an effective tech-stack for your brokerage has to begin with a sound business strategy. That was the prevailing sentiment among three proptech leaders at Inman Connect New York’s Broker Track. In a session sponsored by Zavvie and Radian, developer of Homegenius, Inside Real Estate CEO Joe Skousen said one of the biggest problems he encounters is…

To its staunchest supporters, blockchain technology appears tailor-made for revolutionizing the home transaction process. This technology’s ability to create unique ownership tokens for physical and digital assets holds tantalizing prospects for real estate, Lane Hornung told an audience of real estate professionals at Inman Connect New York. But this same technology is also a long way off from widespread…

Latter & Blum has launched Latter & Blum Select, powered by zavvie, to help their customers better understand all the buying, selling and renting options available to them, the company has announced. The new technology helps connect Latter & Blum agents and their clients with the widest range of options available to them at any given time,…

As homes continue to fly off the market for five to six figures above sellers’ asking price, real estate startup zavvie said homebuyers are increasingly turning toward Power Buyers — platforms that offer cash-backed offers and buy-before-you-sell solutions — to help them effectively win against well-funded institutional and individual competitors. “Consumers gained a huge advantage…

According to our latest zavvie Seller Preferences Report, iBuyers rebounded last year, increasing business fivefold year-over-year during an historic seller’s market. Even as skeptics asked, “Who needs an instant offer from a tech company if you can sell your house on the open market faster than you ever thought possible for more money than you…

With record low housing inventory fueling homes selling at breakneck speed and often above the initial listing price, local homeowners ready to sell are discovering new ways to maximize their profit. The sellers’ market also makes it difficult for many home buyers to compete with multiple offers. What’s different now versus past seller markets, according…

Zavvie, a brokerage-branded marketplace solution that connects broker-agents to verified homebuyers, announced hiring former engineering leader at Alexa AI and AWS AI, Venkatesh Baglodi, as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO), according to a press release. Baglodi said that the zavvie marketplace’s ability to rapidly scale was a key reason for him joining as CTO. Before his role at AWS…

iBuyers registered a breakout year in 2021, by increasing revenue fivefold year-over-year according to a new report from zavvie. Market conditions from October through December, along with record-low inventory, presented a challenge for iBuyers, whose value proposition is speed, certainty and convenience to home sellers. “iBuyer skeptics would say, ‘who needs an instant offer from…

As multiple offers have become increasingly common (if not the norm) in markets all over the country, real estate agents and their buyers are becoming all too familiar with the feeling of losing to an all-cash bidder. And if those buyers could have offered cash, they likely would have—and won the bid. According to industry…

Despite one of the most robust seller markets in real estate on record, with homes selling “faster than you ever thought possible,” iBuyers registered a breakout year in 2021, increasing business fivefold year-over-year according to a new report from zavvie. The market conditions from October through December, coupled with record-low inventory, presented a challenge for…

In one of the hottest seller’s markets on record, many homeowners in the past year have rushed to list their homes for sale, often in as-is condition. But those sellers are typically leaving money on the table – as much as $168,0000 in a single sale – compared to a home that’s in top condition, according to…

RISMedia is excited to announce its 2022 list of Real Estate Newsmakers. This year’s honorees are a dynamic group of individuals who experienced a truly unique set of circumstances in 2021: they navigated the peaks and valleys of challenges that lingered from the ongoing pandemic while also riding the wave of a low-inventory-induced market frenzy…

Aspiring home buyers have had to seek out novel solutions if they wanted to get their foot in a door of their very own throughout 2021. Cash offer products, buy-before-you-sell bridge solutions, and other options became increasingly popular as buyers sought to compete for a limited number of homes, helping them write an offer that…

Opendoor faces an array of challenges from other companies and sectors as it aims to hold its position as the biggest and most successful iBuyer in the world Read More

Homebuyers and sellers contended with historical challenges in markets across the U.S. this July through September — and turned toward innovative solutions as a result. When available homes for purchase were scarce, average home prices hit record highs, and multiple offers with escalating bids became the norm, “Power Buyer” companies became more commonplace than ever.…

Zavvie, the nation’s first real estate brokerage marketplace that connects broker-agents to buyers and sellers, announced it is teaming up with Landis, a company that uses technology and data science to help thousands of Americans achieve homeownership. Landis, which recently became part of the National Association of Realtors® REACH Program for startups, is a social impact-driven company with…

The past year has changed the way people buy and sell homes, with new buying and selling options gaining traction in the marketplace. In addition to the well-known iBuyers, these include a more recent category of companies such as EasyKnock, Homeward, Knock and Ribbon. The details of these programs vary, but one common denominator is…

Read about iBuyers offering above market price for homes, the rise in demand for Power Buyers, and more in zavvie’s exclusive 2021 Seller Preferences Report. Download a free PDF copy of the report here

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the foundation of day-to-day living across dozens of industries. From the widespread adoption of remote work to the emergence of home food delivery, COVID-19 forced the world to see what was truly essential to modern life and what was not. For the Real Estate industry, which is known for its tedious…

Record-low housing inventory combined with rapid increases in home values provides homeowners with an “extraordinary opportunity to sell” during one of the hottest seller’s markets ever. What’s different today than past seller markets? According to Dilbeck Real Estate, sellers have more options than ever, but they want to understand what all their options are —…

Utah-based iPro Realty Network recently partnered with zavvie to launch “iPro Seller Solutions“—their new iBuyer and sale-leaseback programs. “Our new iPro Seller Solutions add to the robust benefits we already offer our real estate clients, including our all-inclusive set-up service (that saves our clients substantial time and money when moving) and our Powerhouse Marketing system,” said iPro…

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, a global network of 550 top independent real estate firms, has expanded its Solutions Group program of preferred business resources with the addition of zavvie. zavvie, the first end-to-end real estate brokerage platform offering a full spectrum of selling solutions, connects the modern agent and their clients by…

Amidst the seemingly endless speculation and debate about the new ways of selling—including iBuyers, buy-before-you-sell bridge solutions and institutional buyers—one important factor has been neglected. What do sellers actually want? At zavvie, the first complete brokerage selling solutions platform, we realized we were in a unique position to consider this question. Today, zavvie helps bring…

The Group, a Northern Colorado real estate company, is launching “The Group Guaranteed Offer” program, powered by zavvie and its Offer Optimizer technology. “The Group Guaranteed Offer” allows for various selling options, including instant offers from iBuyers and buy-before-you-sell from Bridge providers. “Homeowners would love an all-cash offer when they are ready to sell, and…

zavvie and Fathom Holdings Inc., a holding company that primarily operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fathom Realty, LLC, recently announced that the companies will work together to power “Fathom Offers,” a service that lets homeowners receive and compare multiple offers for their homes. With Fathom Offers, powered by zavvie, agents will have access to additional…

Some brokerage leaders today are trying to minimize new selling solutions, such as iBuying and buy-before-you-sell bridge solutions. And those brokers might be setting themselves apart in the real estate business—but not the way they’d prefer. Your listing clients are not blind or deaf to the social media posts, ads and news stories about iBuyers…

It’s a false choice to say consumers want either technology or a good agent. They want the newest solutions. They want the latest innovations. Consumers appreciate cool technology, but they also want a great agent. Today, we are seeing the emergence of the modern agent. The modern agent knows how to bring all of the…

zavvie, an end-to-end real estate brokerage platform offering the full spectrum of selling solutions, is working with Samson Properties to bring iBuyer and bridge “buy before you sell” options to more homeowners across Northern Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C., to help them better understand all of their selling options, the company stated in a release…

Real estate agents are well-acquainted with the first-time homebuyer market. But did you realize that nearly one in three sellers are first-time sellers? Or that the overwhelming majority (88 percent) of sellers aged 22 – 29 are first-time sellers? Millennials are not just driving the home-buying market; they are also a crucial new selling demographic,…

Through zavvie Pro, agents can provide their clients a variety of selling options, including iBuyer offers or bridge loan solutions. Real estate tech company zavvie on Monday introduced its new zavvie Pro platform, an agent-facing tool that allows agents to present selling options to their clients on an individually-branded platform. Zavvie CEO Lane Hornung called…

Every agent today needs more listings. If you had another listing, you would have another sale; it’s that simple. What’s not simple is solving our inventory shortage. According to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), inventory in July 2020 was 21 percent lower than 2019’s already anemic levels. Making things worse, homeowners move once every…

zavvie, the first end-to-end iBuyer platform for real estate brokerages, is teaming with John L. Scott Real Estate, one of the top 20 residential real estate brands in the nation, to power John L. Scott’s new Instant PurchaseTM Plus+ program. Debuting in the Portland, Oregon market first, Instant Purchase Plus+ gives local homeowners access to…

JPAR Sure Sale J.P. & Associates REALTORS® (JPAR) is teaming with zavvie to introduce Sure Sale, the first nationwide all seller options platform. America’s fastest-growing 100% commission real estate brokerage and franchise, JPAR is one of the largest brokerages in the U.S. with more than 3,000 agents in over 50 locations. JPAR Sure Sale helps…

The biggest problem for home sales today remains a lack of inventory. So, how do we keep the bounce-back from COVID-19 going into Q4? We need more listings! To create more listings, we need to get homeowners off the sidelines. The problem is that homeowners are nervous to make a move for the same reason…

Twin Cities-based RE/MAX Results announced a new service that delivers to homeowners more selling options. The RE/MAX Results Simple Offer program provides homeowners throughout the Twin Cities, St. Cloud, Rochester, Duluth/Superior, Mankato and Western Wisconsin markets more options to sell their homes. “Homeowners now have one place to see what iBuyers will offer for their…

For over a hundred years, selling a home involved one option: offering it for sale on the open market. While that’s still how most homes sell today, innovations in fintech backed by billions in capital are giving sellers more options than ever. If agents don’t bring more options to the table themselves, they will be…

Homeowners have easier access to equity. iBuying platform zavvie has announced its partnership with EasyKnock, with the goal of offering homeowners a solution to sell, leaseback and move when they are ready. Through the partnership, EasyKnock purchases a home on the behalf of a buyer, allowing the homeowner to have access to their equity to…

Real Living Realty Professionals, the largest real estate brokerage in Western Massachusetts, is launching the area’s first iBuyer service. Real Living Realty Professionals’ new Offer Optimizer™ gives its team members the ability to provide homeowners the most options to sell their homes. In addition to providing an iBuyer option to sellers throughout Western Massachusetts and…

zavvie, the nation’s first iBuyer platform for real estate brokerages, announces the release of an improved Offer Optimizer to bring home sellers all their options with unprecedented accuracy and clarity. The pro-consumer Offer Optimizer helps agents engage clients with all the newest selling options, including instant offers from iBuyers, a buy-before-you-sell option from Bridge providers,…

Preparing for the coming real estate rebound, zavvie, the nation’s only complete iBuyer platform for real estate brokerages, today announced its selection as a Preferred Alliance Program member of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and Real Living Real Estate, part of the HSF Affiliates LLC family of real estate brokerage franchise networks. As a Preferred Alliance member,…

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, one of Southern California’s largest real estate companies with offices spanning from Anaheim to Palm Springs, announces a new iBuyer service for homeowners. BHHS California Properties new Offer Optimizer provides homeowners throughout Southern California more options to sell their homes than ever before. “Homeowners throughout Orange County, San Bernardino County,…

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties, one of the largest real estate companies in Nevada, announces a new iBuyer service for homeowners. BHHS Nevada Properties new Offer Optimizer provides homeowners throughout the state more options to sell their homes than ever before. Mark Stark headshot“Nevada homeowners who want to sell their home can now push a…

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona announces partnership with zavvie to provide Offer Optimizer technology to homesellers considering iBuyer services.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeService Perrie Mundy Realty Group & California Realty, which has five offices in the Inland area, has debuted Offer Optimizer. The online program allows sellers to post homes for sale, get an in-depth view of the local housing market and potentially get quick offers. The platform was developed by technology firm zavvie and is being used in several other markets.

RE/MAX Alliance, one of the largest RE/MAX franchises worldwide with more than 850 licensed REALTORS® and 24 office locations across Colorado’s Front Range, has announced a new iBuyer service. Offer Optimizer™ gives RE/MAX Alliance REALTORS® the ability to provide Front Range homeowners the most options to sell their homes. “Front Range homeowners who want to…

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Paracle, a leading Charlotte and Fort Mill area residential real estate brokerage known for providing concierge-level service, announces the launch of its new iBuyer service. BHGRE Paracle’s new Offer Optimizer gives local homeowners more ways to sell their homes than ever before. “Homeowners throughout Charlotte and Fort Mill can…

Brokerages shouldn’t fear iBuyers; they should embrace them. Savvy brokerages understand the opportunities that iBuyers provide agents. By offering all options to agents’ selling clients, they are giving sellers what they want and remaining at the center of the transaction.

Leading Orange County brokerage, Seven Gables Real Estate, partners with Offer Optimizer™ Suite technology by zavvie to give homeowners more ways than ever to sell their homes.

BHGRE Lifestyles Realty in Jacksonville, Florida launched the zavvie iBuyer Platform, joining the ranks of top brokerages across the country who offer a comprehensive iBuyer solution. By offering the new iBuyer service, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Lifestyles Realty agents are gaining a local advantage in the marketplace by providing homeowners the ability to…

Smith & Associates, the largest locally owned independent real estate brokerage in Tampa Bay, announced today its Smith Offer Optimizer to provide local homeowners multiple instant offers on their home with the push of a button. Smith Offer Optimizer allows homeowners throughout Greater Tampa Bay to easily compare iBuyer offers from Opendoor and Offerpad side-by-side…

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate HomeCity, a leading forward-thinking real estate brokerage based in San Antonio, announced today it is offering HomeCity Offer Optimizer to give homeowners multiple instant offers on their home with the push of a button. Offer Optimizer allows homeowners throughout San Antonio and Austin to easily compare as many as…

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Drysdale Properties, Northern California’s and Nevada’s fastest-growing, full-service and 100% woman-owned real estate brokerage, today announced its launch of Drysdale Properties Offer Optimizer™. The new service will provide homeowners with multiple instant offers on their home with the push of a button.

R.A. Schuetz of the Houston Chronicle examined the growing iBuyer presence in Houston as well as the partnerships brokerages -- specifically Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene  -- are creating to benefit homeowners (more access to more options) and agents (by simplifying the process).

Another zavvie brokerage partnership makes the news. Allen Tate Realtors® has announced the launch of Offer OptimizerTM to give homeowners multiple instant offers on their home with the push of a button. Offer Optimizer helps Carolina homeowners easily compare iBuyer offers with selling their home on the open market. A professional Allen Tate REALTOR® provides local…

PARKS Realty announced the launch of PARKS Go, giving homeowners access to multiple instant offers with the push of a button, in partnership with zavvie in the Nashville metro and surrounding areas. 

BHGRE Winans announced the launch of their FlexMove program in partnership with zavvie.  With their white-labeled Offer Optimizer™ Suite iBuyer platform, Winans agents are able to better compare offers from a variety of iBuyers including Opendoor, Zillow Offers, RedfinNow, Perch and Offerpad for home sellers to show what they can actually net from a sale to each one.

zavvie launches 6 new brokerage partners including Allen Tate, multiple Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate franchises and a Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices franchise among the new partners. Now serving 8,000+ agents on their brokerage iBuyer Platform.

Tracey Velt shared the latest offering from zavvie, the Offer Optimizer™ Suite, in the Tech Roundup for Real Trends. The Offer Optimizer™ Suite answers the question of how brokerages and iBuyers can work together seamlessly. zavvie Releases Complete iBuyer Solution for Brokerages: zavvie, the Kayak of iBuyers, announced the release of the industry’s first end-to-end…

zavvie released an end-to-end iBuyer solution for brokerages:  Offer Optimizer™ Suite. The original Offer Optimizer™ is now complimented by a host of additional features and tools. “This upgraded Offer Optimizer Suite, with its clean user interface and streamlined instant offer generator form, lets home sellers evaluate their options and potential proceeds with the push of…

zavvie Offer Optimizer™ was announced as an Inman Innovator nominee for Most Innovative Technology in Real Estate for 2019. This is zavvie's second year as an Inman Innovator nominee.

Ganesh Raj documents deep dive into the iBuyer process as a seller. He found zavvie a bit too late in the process to take advantage of our stellar concierge service. The legwork he put in definitely shows the advantages of comparing iBuyers. Next time, Ganesh…zavvie is ready to help! His perspective is worth a read…

zavvie partner, 8z Real Estate, announces their iBuyer 8z Offers in the Front Range. They are joing the national players -- Zillow, Redfin, Opendoor -- in making offers on homes in the Denver market and beyond.

zavvie‘s Offer Optimizer is getting noticed. Nationally syndicated columnist, Lew Sichelman, published an overview of the first consumer facing Instant Offer comparison tool – Offer Optimizer. To quote Lew: Sellers who receive offers to buy their homes from a third party who will fix the place up a bit and resell it are always left…

Steve Murray, REAL Trends president and real estate expert extraordinaire, shared insights on technology trends impacting brokers and agents. zavvie’s release of the Offer Optimizer – the Instant Offer side-by-side comparison tool – made the list. One of our favorite take aways: Zavvie, a company based in Boulder, Colorado, launched a new tool that allows consumers…

The real estate iBuyer space has been growing at a rapid fire pace. Enter zavvie. zavvie has added a new layer of transparency to the Instant Offer process with Offer Optimizer. Side-by-side comparisons, built-in logic and straight-forward explanations of the home selling experience is packed into the zavvie Offer Optimizer. Kevin Hawkins with WAV Group…

Housing Wire announced the zavvie Offer Optimizer launch. Jessica Guerin writes: A number of companies – like Offerpad, Opendoor, Zillow and Redfin – have launched iBuyer initiatives that present home sellers with an instant cash offer for their properties. Now, publishing platform zavvie is launching a tool to help home sellers navigate these instant online bids. It’s called the Offer Optimizer, and it…

The Real Deal South Florida Real Estate News announced the zavvie Offer Optimizer launch. With the zavvie partnership with Florida real estate brokerage, Robert Slack, it is news worthy on many levels. zavvie is offering consumers side-by-side Instant Offer comparisons, easy access to local iBuyers, market specific data, consumer insights — the list goes on.…

The official launch of zavvie’s Offer Optimizer was reported on by Inman’s Patrick Kearns. He highlights the practical use of consumer facing iBuyer comparisons and the growing interest of brokerages to enter the iBuyer field. zavvie’s local partners for the launch include Robert Slack in Orlando and Tampa; BRIX Real Estate in Minneapolis-Saint Paul; Path and Post…

Lane Hornung, zavvie co-founder and CEO, is many things: an engineer, tech guy, real estate broker owner, business man – the list goes on. One thing he is not, is someone who is willing to follow the status quo blindly. He wants facts. More than that, he wants to use those facts to make decisions…

Learn some of the "tell-tale" signs of SOLID real estate investments from a panel of thirteen industry experts on the Forbes Real Estate Council -- including zavvie CEO and co-founder, Lane Hornung.

Location, location, location. One of the major factors in first home purchases is finding inventory in desirable areas. Quality of life is paramount -- and a local agent is the key to unlocking inventory and sharing the most up-to-date market insight. 

Lew Sichelman shares an in-depth review of the WAV Group study of home buyer and seller needs versus real estate agent priorities in their marketing efforts. 

Many leads agents are getting today are people in the earliest stages of the homebuying process. Review best options for nurturing these valuable contacts.

Any real estate agent can claim to be a neighborhood expert — and in the past, many who have never sold a single house in a given area have done just that.

The buzz around HyperLocal  is becoming a roar, with zavvie staying in the forefront. "Hyper Local Real Estate Marketing: Time To Get On Board" by Brent Driggers

Lane Hornung, zavvie CEO and co-founder, shares the top five ways to get HyperLocal in this Forbes article. Spoiler: work where you live makes it into the #1 spot.

zavvie is proud to have it's partnership with Boulder-based brokerage, 8z, recognized by being included as an Inman Innovator Award Finalist in the Marketing category. HyperLocal marketing and outreach works!

zavvie joins the 2018 REach Class, a growth technology accelerator program helping launch companies into the real estate, financial services, banking, home services and insurance industries.

Hear the results of the zavvie HyperLocal White Paper from our COO, Stefan Peterson, in this Porfessional Builder market update - including what consumers prioritze most when looking for an agent.

95 percent of the 350 real estate agents, team members, and broker-owners who responded to a recent survey said that local market knowledge is “very important” or “extremely important” to their clients.

Lane Hornung interviewed by REAL Trends – give a listen and let us know what you think! https://www.realtrends.com/publications/podcasts

zavvie announced its expansion to seven metropolitan areas in California. The marketing platform provides HyperLocal content and consumer engagement for residential real estate agents.

zavvie is breaking with marketing convention by assembling some of the marketing and real estate industry's most accomplished professionals for a Learning Lab at Inman Connect.

"I have never felt like anything other than a client," Michael explains. That is until he says they discovered through a new Colorado startup -- zavvie -- their agent Chris Cote

The changing landscape of real estate is making waves in the office -- ours included. Learn why zavvie and its parent company, 8z Real Estate, are such great places to work.

Content + digital marketing are quickly becoming the kings of real estate’s maturing internet age.

'Real estate 2.0' courtesy of 8z Real Estate and zavvie. Learn about zavvie's inception and consumer needs focus.

Traditional farming, when done right, is the best kind of local marketing a real estate agent can do - until zavvie