Homelight news and trends

PropTech FinTech HomeLight Nets $363M, Ups Valuation To $1.6B
Investments // September 02, 2021

Real estate technology platform HomeLight on Thursday (Sept. 2) announced a new $363 million round of funding. Led by Zeev Ventures — with participation from Group 11, Stereo Capital, Menlo Ventures and Lydia Jett of the SoftBank Vision Fund — the round includes $100 million...

Buyers And Sellers Put Out Welcome Mat For Real Estate Closings Without Contingencies
Real Estate // August 20, 2021

The complexity and uncertainty of real estate transactions has long been a source of major headaches for buyers and sellers, with closings routinely contingent upon multiple factors, including the sale of a buyer’s existing property and their ability to secure financing. More recently, there’s also...

Homebuying Makes Its Bid For The Digital-First Economy
Real Estate // May 26, 2021

As anyone who has been through the process can readily confirm, buying a home can be a stressful ordeal. Between finding an agent, finding a home, navigating a bidding war on a property, making an offer and getting the whole deal signed, sealed and delivered,...

Real Estate Transactions Close The Deal On The Digital Shift
Real Estate // March 15, 2021

The real estate market is all about the seasonal cycle. Homeowners start preparing for sale early in the year and start listing in the early spring, followed by a buying bulge throughout the late spring and summer. It slows down in the fall and basically...

Interviews & Exclusives
Buyers And Sellers Put Out Welcome Mat For Real Estate Closings Without Contingencies

August 20, 2021
The complexity and uncertainty of real estate transactions has long been a source of major headaches for buyers and sellers, with closings routinely contingent upon multiple factors, including the sale of a buyer’s existing property and their ability to secure financing. More recently, there’s also the increased risk that someone else will come along with […]

Homebuying Makes Its Bid For The Digital-First Economy

May 26, 2021
As anyone who has been through the process can readily confirm, buying a home can be a stressful ordeal. Between finding an agent, finding a home, navigating a bidding war...

Real Estate Transactions Close The Deal On The Digital Shift

March 15, 2021
The real estate market is all about the seasonal cycle. Homeowners start preparing for sale early in the year and start listing in the early spring, followed by a buying...

HomeLight CEO: Using Tech To Transform Real Estate Sales In The Age Of Social Distancing

May 11, 2020
In the best of the times, homebuying is a fraught process – stressful, time-consuming and marked by friction across several steps of a months-long process. There’s searching for the house, finding...

Quick Reads
Real Estate Tech Firm HomeLight Expands in Arizona

October 25, 2021
Real estate technology platform HomeLight is broadening the reach of its financial products, HomeLight Trade-In™ and HomeLight Cash Offer™, to real estate agents, homebuyers and sellers across Arizona, according to a Monday (Oct. 25) press release. Both products have been used extensively amid the housing boom. Based on transactions closed since December 2019, HomeLight Trade-In homes have […]

PropTech FinTech HomeLight Nets $363M, Ups Valuation To $1.6B

September 02, 2021
Real estate technology platform HomeLight on Thursday (Sept. 2) announced a new $363 million round of funding. Led by Zeev Ventures — with participation from Group 11, Stereo Capital, Menlo...

HomeLight Acquires Disclosures.io, Launches Listing Management Services

August 18, 2020
HomeLight, a real estate technology platform, announced Tuesday (Aug. 18) that it has acquired Disclosures.io, a listings management software provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. With the purchase,...

HomeLight Inks Partnership With U.S. News & World Report

August 07, 2018
HomeLight, a marketplace for connecting homeowners with real estate agents, announced Tuesday (August 7) that it is collaborating with U.S. News & World Report. In a press release, HomeLight said...