Whole new world for listings with google directly competing with Zillow. This could severely disrupt the current Zillow listings leads 70% of which are paid for by mortgage loan officers -> realtors nexus by cutting off the top of funnel for Zillow. Realtors themselves don’t have the cash flow for the most part to buy Zillow leads, they enter into MSAs with mortgage shops to buy them for the realtor. Back in 2016 google also tried to disrupt the lending tree’s of the world with a public comparison site inside google - like what they do for flights. I wonder if the roadmap is disrupt Zillow plus disrupt Bankrate / lending tree to make really great top of funnel on real estate discovery. A new world after the same old internet 1.0 stuff for the last 20 years since Zillow came out in 2006. We like new worlds where we can lead with Tinman AI here at @betrmortgage . @zillow is ripe for disruption. Between @Google going after listings and @OpenAI@AnthropicAI going after simple marketplace workflows, an opportunity for an API first, consumer first ecosystem might be around the corner. Realtors will benefit from not having to pay a double tax - 35% of top line revenue to Zillow and customers paying 1% higher rates to their mortgage partners. Excited for what’s coming. Thank you @Google for jumping into something that needs fixing for the benefit of the American Dream of homeownership. $GOOG $Z $BETR
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Today, we're celebrating Better's first Bitcoin-backed mortgage fund powered by @coinbase.
@vishal_better joined @BrianSozzi on @YahooFinance to talk about what this means for the next generation of homebuyers. Watch the full clip here: https://t.co/LReZzxjluT
Awesome work @ChatGPTapp and @Plaid@zachperret . First step towards making money better for all Americans. Largest spend for a homeowner. Their mortgage. Now they will know how much they pay. Soon they will also know how much they can save @betrmortgage $BETR
All these friction laden transactions will be soon handled by agents.
We're thrilled to announce that Better Mortgage has been listed on @NerdWallet's 2026 Best-of-Awards for Home Equity Loans! Thanks for the shout-out, Nerds! 🤑
Learn more: https://t.co/XRhRIlCBaw
The Better Home Equity Card powered by @stripe lets homeowners tap their home equity instead of reaching for a high-interest credit card.
“Homeowners are sitting on $21.4 trillion in equity and reaching for a credit card to pay for a kitchen renovation or backyard upgrade because the tools to access their equity haven’t evolved,” said @vishal_better, CEO and Founder of Better. “Banks have known for years that homeowners were overpaying for credit cards when they had equity sitting right there. We've built the Better Home Equity Card to repair it.”
Read more in @NatMortgageNews: https://t.co/mlIbdIbYcb
@vishal_better, CEO and Founder, on stage at @semafor World Economy 2026, talking about what it takes to build resilient systems in a world defined by constant disruption.
From housing to financial infrastructure, the future won’t be built on legacy processes; it will be rebuilt with technology at the core.
Mark Cuban just said something every person reading this needs to hear.
AI agents are about to sweep through every small and mid-size business in America.
The owners will not know how to build them.
They will not know how to use them.
They will not even know where to start.
That is not a problem.
That is a $100 billion opportunity sitting in plain sight.
Cuban's advice was simple.
Learn Claude.
Learn agentic workflows.
Understand how AI actually works under the hood.
Then walk through the door of any local business and show them what is possible.
The accountant with 12 employees. The regional contractor. The dental practice. The logistics company.
None of them have AI budgets. None of them have AI experts. None of them have any idea what Claude Code can do for their operation in a single afternoon.
You do not need to build the next frontier model.
You need to walk into a business that is still doing something manually and show them the 10 minute version.
That skill is worth more right now than any credential from any university.
33 million businesses.
Most of them still running on spreadsheets and gut instinct.
The window to be the person who shows up first is wide open right now.
Screenshot this and come back in a year.
Loan officers earn 1–2% on every mortgage: on a $1M home, that pays well, but on a $100K home, it barely covers their time. Builders notice, and skip building small homes. AI is breaking that cycle so first-time homebuyers have the same shot at homeownership as everyone else.
@vishal_better, CEO and Founder, spoke with @Jak3Angel0 about Better's AI Loan Assistant, Betsy, that cuts loan processing costs from $12,000 to $3,000. That $9,000 difference makes small mortgages worth doing again.
Full story in @FortuneMagazine this morning: https://t.co/PcJ6OFYVxM
Through our partnership with @coinbase , we’re introducing the first crypto-backed mortgage, guaranteed by @FannieMae.
The crypto-backed mortgage is a new bridge between crypto and the real world, unlocking a new path to homeownership for buyers who don’t want to liquidate digital assets.
Read the full piece in @WSJ by @NicoleFriedman : https://t.co/tBGjSaPAWn
@CBJnewsroom There is no way this is accurate. The vendors were all complaining about the increase in pricing and saying they wouldn't be back and we had season passes and it was dead compared to last year.
@googlefiber Already called, first person hung up second one told me something your tech did was somehow my fault so I need a supervisor to call me like the chat support person on November 2nd promised me would happen and never did 😞.
@notfamouskyle@Sasquatch80@googlefiber Is this ATT fiber? The Google fiber service near me is absolutely ratchet, like in every category I would pay money to get rid of it so I'm shopping providers this looks amazing.
@ABaggiePants You say that now.... Goggle fiber customer of four years here and I would pay DOUBLE to go back to spectrum. I'm working on changing now Google fiber are crooks and the service is unreliable, and the techs are absolutely clueless, if you can get one to show up.
@shillito_ray@GetSpectrum@googlefiber For the love of God whatever you do do NOT get Google fiber. Worst service in the world and the techs know nothing about Internet and WiFi it's a total ripoff. I never should have switched from spectrum.