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DataDigest: iBuyers slide farther from hyped market disruption

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Offerpad is an instant buyer, or iBuyer, a company that gives sellers cash offers for their homes and attempts to resell the homes for a profit, sometimes after making renovations. iBuyers have consistently produced steep losses as the companies seek to establish national footprints. Opendoor lost about $1.4 billion last year.

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Inside Zillow’s misadventures in iBuying

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It may be difficult for algorithms and folks who are making a value assessment,” said Pasadena, California-based Compass agent Tracy Do, who has been encountering iBuyers in her deals in the past months, “particularly when they don’t know that specific market and buyer preferences.”. Then Zillow came along. Become a member today.

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Rocket cautiously wades into iBuying

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Rocket’s low-key entrance might be explained by the company not envisioning itself as becoming a true iBuyer: it will not be buying homes with the help of an algorithm, throwing a new coat of paint on the wall, and then reselling the home for a markup. In fact, Rocket has no interest in buying homes at all. Become a member today.

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Offerpad proposes iBuyer-agent marriage

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The success of iBuyers is the failure of real estate agents. But the iBuyer-agent relationship is shifting, as iBuying company Offerpad – the only iBuyer of the above group to ever turn a profit – is now quietly employing roughly 200 real estate agents, which the company calls “Solutions Experts.”. “We

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Redfin losses soar amid iBuying ramp up

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As with rival Zillow , Redfin grew its 2021 revenue and losses due to iBuying. The company’s properties division, home to iBuying arm RedfinNow, saw revenue rocket to $881 million in 2021 compared to $210 million in 2020, a year when the company partly paused iBuying due to COVID-19. Kelman said that the company is being cautious. “We

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Can Offerpad make iBuying work?

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You’re about to read another story about instant homebuying, or iBuying. That’s even though iBuying sales made up less than 0.5% of the total U.S. residential real estate market in the second quarter of 2021, according to a report from Redfin. Offerpad is a six-year-old company founded in 2015 by Brian Bair after a career in real estate investing.

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Offerpad lands $600M more in credit to power iBuying

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Offerpad , a Chandler, Arizona-based iBuyer, snared $500 million in a revolving credit facility from an unnamed lender, according to a Dec. As Zillow tries to swiftly disentangle itself from iBuying, a one-time competitor may borrow over $600 million more to radically increase its instant home-buying purchases.

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