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iBuyers are changing real estate racial disparities, iSchool research shows

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Instant buyers, also known as iBuyers, rapidly buy and sell homes using automated models to set prices. These companies, such as Opendoor and Offerpad, can turn around cash offers in a matter of hours, and they’ve captured more than 5% of the real estate market in some U.S. cities.Since new tech often replicates or exacerbates existing societal...

IMLS awards more than $1 million to iSchool researchers

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a total of more than $1 million in grants to University of Washington Information School researchers to support four projects that build on scholarship in libraries and museums and support their roles in communities.Three of the awards are part of the National Leadership Grants for...

UW accessibility research could help make cars safer

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

More than 3,000 people die — and another 400,000 are injured — in distracted-driving accidents in the U.S. each year doing such things as fumbling with the navigation system or sending work texts, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Now a team of researchers at the University of Washington is working with the Toyota...