With zero cases of Covid-19 in the community, New Zealand is one of the very few countries where life has returned to normal. After two months of lockdown, the country's...
About Mike DelPrete
The Analyst
What Happens When Two Top Real Estate Portals Merge?
Zillow and Trulia in 2014. Immowelt and Immonet in 2015. When massive real estate portals join forces, it is for one reason: market power. These mega-mergers of leading real...
Residential Investor
The pandemic’s varied effect on international real estate markets
The pandemic affected international real estate markets in strikingly different ways. Markets with stringent lockdowns saw new listings plummet by 90 percent, while other markets...
Residential Investor
After U.S. Flop, Real Estate Brokerage Purplebricks Faces Mounting Headwinds In The U.K.
Tech-driven real estate brokerage Purplebricks released its 2019 results last week. After a failed U.S. expansion, the core U.K. business is still growing and remains profitable,...
Residential Investor
Purplebricks isn’t dead – it’s dangerous
Rumours of the agency’s demise are premature. And even if such disruptors fail, the fortunes they are spending on marketing could change customers’ expectations forever. If you...