Zillow is shoring up its Home Loans business by ratcheting up pressure on Flex agents, who refer clients to the mortgage arm or risk losing future leads, real estate advisor Mike DelPrete writes
'If you love Follow Up Boss now — just wait.' - Zillow President Susan Daimler
In the opening remarks of CoStar Group's Q3 earnings call Tuesday, CEO Andy Florance revealed to investment analysts the company's grand plan to make Homes.com the portal of the future
CoStar Group earned $625M in Q3, clinching its 50th consecutive quarter of revenue gains. The company also highlighted 1,290% annual growth in Homes.com traffic
Ahead of Q3 earnings, Inman took a dive into the top 5 real estate portals' traffic data. Zillow still leads the pack, but stiff competition has emerged from old — and new — industry entrants
The share of couples including 'home funds' as part of their wedding registry has increased by 55% since 2018, according to a joint analysis released Thursday by Zillow and The Knot
The added punch of mortgage rates nearing 8% is making this year's fall season particularly slow
Despite all the talk of alternative revenue streams, Zillow's latest money-making strategy is raising the price of its agent-based lead-gen offering
The feature allows homebuyers to select a school district and displays school attendance zone boundaries and homes available for rent or for sale within those boundaries
CoStar CEO Andy Florance dished with Intel about the commission lawsuits, Zillow and NAR as Homes.com nabbed 100M unique visitors for the first time ever in September
In a sign of the listing portal's growing influence, Homes.com hit more than 100M unique visitors in September, sparking a 1,290% annual increase in traffic. Now the portal is second only to Zillow
The now-defunct brokerage failed to convince a jury that Zillow used unfair tactics when it gave non-MLS listings a separate place on its site
The value of US housing has reached a new peak of slightly under $52T in the past year and is up 49% from the start of the pandemic, according to Zillow
The feature is in beta mode and, upon formal rollout, will allow agents instant access to room dimensions and total square footage by room and floor, according to an announcement Tuesday
In August, housing starts hit their lowest level since June 2020, when builders were struggling with COVID-fueled 'shutdowns, labor shortages and supply chain issues,' according to US Census data