iBuyer News

Opendoor Enters Lending Business with Opendoor Home Loans

By CandysDirt / August 30, 2019 /

From staff reports A few months after Zillow announced it would enter the lending business, iBuyer Opendoor announced Thursday that it would as well, launching Opendoor Home Loans. In a statement released Thursday, the company said it was aiming to make the home lending process less complicated. It can take around 45 days to finance…

Opendoor to Launch All-In-One Buyer Service in Three Markets, DFW Included

By Bethany Erickson / August 1, 2019 /

Opendoor has made no secret that it wants to dominate the entire real estate industry. In fact, just last month founder Eric Wu told Inc. that he believes the five-year-old company will “build the largest marketplace of homes.” And while the company is on pace to purchase $5 billion in homes this year, other companies…

Wall Street Getting Bullish on “iBuyer” Platforms, Claiming Sales Boosts, Lower Commissions: Be Very Afraid

By Candy Evans / June 13, 2017 /

You know what we are talking about: new companies (called “Platforms”)  like Opendoor and now OfferPad (co-founded by a former top producing realtor!) are being embraced by Wall Street as a way to “drive Americans to move more frequently, resulting in more home sales.” Stimulating interest in real estate. Glory be, sounds like the pre-crash days. Inman’s…