Will Zillow and Trulia remain content to continue providing leads and lead management tools to agents, or are they out to "disrupt" MLS, franchisors and brokerages ...

So it’s official. Zillow is buying Trulia. And Brad Inman argues that this is now “checkmate” for the traditional real estate industry. As he suggested a few months ago, Brad sees brokers as trapped between portals on one side and top producing agents on the other, and believes that “Zulia” will soon win the hearts and minds of consumers to extend its industry dominance ...

After speaking on the mobile workshop panel at Real Estate Connect San Francisco, all the panelists, including myself, agreed that creating an engaging or FOMO (fear of missing out) user experience is the most important factor to increasing downloads and engagement for your mobile app. The underlying theme here is leveraging mobile technology to bring your brand to all of your users' smartphones ...

After climbing for three straight months, pending home sales dipped slightly in June, held back by inventory shortages in some markets, tight credit and stagnant wages, the National Association of Realtors said today. NAR's pending home sales index, a forward-looking indicator that tracks contract signings that usually result in home sales, slipped 1.1 percent from May to June, and was down 7.3 percent from the same time a year ago ...

Ten years ago Zillow and Trulia did not exist -- realtor.com was beginning to rule the roost of our industry. Back then every client wanted to make sure their listing was on realtor.com. Brokerage companies were fighting off the grip that newspaper classified advertisements had on our marketing dollars. ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A thunderstorm formed so rapidly over a Southern California beach that experts said Monday it was impossible for anyone to predict a lightning strike would turn a day of carefree fun into one of terror.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an escalation of tensions, the Obama administration accused Russia on Monday of conducting tests in violation of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, calling the breach "a very serious matter" and going public with allegations that have simmered for some time.

A private drone trying to record footage of a Northern California wildfire nearly hindered efforts to attack the flames from the air, but firefighters made enough progress to allow some of the 1,200 people under evacuation orders to return home Monday.

A judge has ruled against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and cleared the way for the $2 billion sale of the team to ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Bloodshed in and around Gaza surged Tuesday with strikes killing 13 Palestinians, a day after five Israeli soldiers died, shattering hopes for an end to three weeks of violence. "In the name of humanity, the violence must stop," pleaded UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon after holding long talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging him to "stop the violence" and heed international calls for a ceasefire. "We must be prepared for a lengthy campaign," he said in a live broadcast Monday after a mortar attack killed four people in southern Israel, and troops fought a gun battle with Palestinian militants who sneaked across the border. As he spoke, the military sent messages to thousands of Palestinians in Shejaiya, Zeitun, Jabaliya, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanun, urging them to flee their homes and seek shelter in central Gaza City as troops prepared to step up their 21-day campaign.