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Inman Real Estate Connect Files: Keep Your Eyes Posted on REALizer, an ACCURATE Predictive Analytics Cool Tool

By Candy Evans / July 29, 2014 /

The best thing about going to Real Estate Connect in San Francisco is meeting up with all the innovative tech folks trying to streamline the real estate industry for agents and, ultimately, consumers. Yeah, Zillow and Trulia were once one of them. They dangle and display their wares for the media. One of the most…

Zulia! Musings on the Zillow Acquisition of Trulia: Get ready to Make a Verb Out of “Zillow”

By Candy Evans / July 28, 2014 /

It’s been a day trying to interpret and predict the future of the real estate industry. Good grief! Jeff Farris of BubbleLife Media reminded me that seven years ago, we didn’t have a verb called “google.” I was just getting an iphone. I started a “blob” called DallasDirt! We think maybe in another five to…

They Did It! Zillow To Acquire Trulia for… (Sit Down)… $3.5 BILLION in Stock

By Candy Evans / July 28, 2014 /

We told you this was up last week. Well Inman broke the story this morning with a Tweet I got around 8 a.m. which means it was only 6 a.m. in California. While the John Wiley Price et al arrest of the “Texas Four” is all anyone is talking about at the water cooler today,…

Breaking: Bloomberg Reports Zillow in Talks to Buy Trulia

By Candy Evans / July 24, 2014 /

Bloomberg reports: Zillow Inc. is seeking to acquire rival Trulia Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said, in a move to combine the two most-visited U.S. real estate websites. Shares of both companies jumped. Zillow could value Trulia at as much as $2 billion in a purchase, and an agreement may be announced as soon…

Alan Peppard Covers for Me While I’m In San Francisco: John Post DID Tear Down a 19,000 SqFt House on Strait Lane

By Candy Evans / July 17, 2014 /

Well, kind of. I didn’t have time to get you the background dirt circa early ’80s on the breathtaking Oats home at the southwest corner of Strait and Royal — you know, this week’s $19.5 million Monday Morning Millionaire. I was busy getting ready to head to San Francisco for Connect. Thankfully, Alan Peppard took…