Auction.com Acquires Real Estate Technology Solutions Provider Channel, LLC Transaction enables Auction.com to accelerate its expansion into move-in ready real estate, and offer a consumer and broker-friendly online real estate platform PR Newswire IRVINE and SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 3, 2015 IRVINE and SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Auction.com , LLC, the nation’s leading online real estate marketplace, today announced its cash and stock acquisition of Channel, LLC, a Newport Beach, Calif. -based real estate technology solutions provider that offers a leading-edge real estate transaction platform with a proven ability to engage residential brokers and consumers. Integration of Channel’s robust transaction platform will allow Auction.com to accelerate the expansion of its online marketplace to begin selling move-in ready homes by combining the best of broker-led deals with the transparency and massive reach of the online auction process. […]