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Mar 2025
31m 32s

Redfin is “Under Contract”

The Motley Fool
About this episode

Deals are back! Rocket Companies sees a fixer upper with Redfin and ServiceNow steps into the agentic AI era with Moveworks.


(00:21) Tim Beyers and Dylan Lewis discuss:


- Rocket Company’s plans to own even more of the homebuying process with its all-stock purchase of Redfin.

- ServiceNow’s step into agentic AI and Salesforce’s turf with its $2.8B purchase of Moveworks.


(17:03) Vail Resorts kicked off the winter season with some rough conditions despite having snowy slopes. Motley Fool analyst Anthony Schiavone joins Mary Long to check in on the ski resort owner before the company’s quarterly report after the bell today.


Companies discussed: RDFN, RKT, NOW, MTN


Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Tim Beyers, Anthony Schiavone, Mary Long

Engineers: Tim Sparks, Dan Boyd

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