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After quietly launching the product in September 2021, Opendoor officially announced the debut of Opendoor Exclusives, a new online platform for homes being sold by the iBuyer, on Tuesday.

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Exclusives sounds like a hybrid of Zillow and Amazon, with buyers selecting a home for sale on the platform and completing the deal digitally. No negotiations, no agents, no physical paperwork – click on a listing and buy the home.

Here’s how it works: The homes being sold by Opendoor are available to any consumer through the Opendoor Exclusives platform 14 days prior to the home being listed on the local multiple listing service. (To date, Opendoor Exclusives is available in the Austin, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan areas but the company plans to roll it out in other markets.)

The properties listed on the platform are on a first-come, first-serve basis, eliminating bidding wars, price negotiations and the need for real estate love letters. Prospective homebuyers can reserve and fill out a contract for the home online through the platform. In addition, Opendoor says that homebuyers may back out of the purchase at any time and receive a full refund on earnest money deposit.

Opendoor says that when a home is listed as an Exclusive it is offered at a cheaper price than what it will be listed for on the MLS if it does not sell in the 14-day window.

In addition, the home comes with an appraisal price match guarantee, meaning that Opendoor will pay the difference if the home is appraised for less than it was listed for on Opendoor Exclusives.

While homebuyers may bring a real estate agent into the purchasing experience if they so choose, the cost of the agent’s commission will not be covered by Opendoor.

In a press release, Opendoor stated that it was confident that its new product could help homebuyers frustrated by the competitive homebuying environment and rising mortgage rates.

This announcement comes one day after the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is fining the iBuyer $62 million for deceptive trade practices.

Through Opendoor Exclusives, Opendoor will list homes it owns on its website for 14 days before marketing them through the Multiple Listing Services used by real estate agents.(Rose Baca / Staff Photographer)

One of the largest iBuyers in the nation is now offering homes for sale on its website before widely listing them to the public, a move aimed at helping buyers avoid price negotiations and bidding wars.

San Francisco-based Opendoor has launched Opendoor Exclusives, a service in which the company will list homes it owns on its private marketplace on a first come, first served basis for 14 days before marketing them through the multiple listing services real estate agents use.

Opendoor Exclusives launched in Dallas-Fort Worth in July after starting in Houston in April and Austin in September 2021, and Opendoor says it wants to expand the service to its 50-plus markets nationwide.

Most of the company’s homes in markets where Opendoor Exclusives is active will go to the service first.

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Opendoor is touting this as an easier alternative to the traditional process, as the price buyers see on the site is what they will pay. Buyers can complete a purchase online, similar to any other e-commerce transaction.

“We have heard from our customers how hard it can be to purchase a home in this market environment and how stressful the process can be, so we decided to build something better,” Opendoor’s website says.

The company has an appraisal price match guarantee as well. If a customer buys an Opendoor Exclusive and the home appraises for less than the purchase price on contract, the company will reduce the price by up to $50,000 to match the appraised value.

Opendoor launched in 2014 as one of the first iBuyers, firms that offer to purchase homes directly from sellers and resell them after making light repairs. Dallas-Fort Worth was one of the first markets in the country where the company set up business.

Opendoor owned more than 13,000 homes as of the first quarter and is active in more than 50 markets. The company does not share how many homes it owns in each market.

As of the first quarter, homes sold using an iBuying service made up 5.1% of the Dallas-Fort Worth market and 1.3% of the national housing market, according to a Zillow report released in June.

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Is Opendoor owned by Chinese?

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