The portal wars: Can any challenger seize the throne from Zillow?

Zillow has the most traffic, according to an analysis by Intel, but at least one rival is growing rapidly in what one observer compared to a Game of Thrones-style gauntlet run. Continue reading

Despite slow market, CoStar sees revenue and profit rise in Q4

The company’s revenue jumped 13 percent year over year between October and December. CEO Andy Florance also promised Tuesday to continue CoStar’s push into residential real estate. Continue reading

Take a look at what CoStar calls the empowering ‘Listing of the Future’

New feature set to provide more information about each individual property, including 3D tours, photos and the view out the window. ‘Getting on a prospect’s short list is very important.’ Continue reading

Brokerages push back on NAR ad campaign targeting ‘competitors’

The trade group highlighted its own members — including Zillow, Compass, Redfin, Homie, Opendoor and Offerpad — among those whom it’s competing with for consumer mindshare. Continue reading

CoStar revenue rises to new heights in latest earnings report

The company pulled in $499 million in revenue during the third quarter of this year. That’s a 17 percent jump compared to last year at the same time. Continue reading

How one agent uses TikTok to wrangle some of his youngest clients

A year after launching his TikTok account, GZB Realty broker and managing director Alexander Zakharin now generates 80 percent of his business using the youth-oriented app. Continue reading

REBNY to temporarily end ‘days on market’ calculation

The Real Estate Board of New York is eliminating the “days on market” calculation for its members’ listings. Continue reading

CoStar agrees to buy imperiled rental search firm RentPath for $588M

After failing to restructure $650 million in debt, RentPath has placed itself on the auction block with commercial real estate data behemoth CoStar Group as the front runner. Continue reading

Inman announces the first round of exhibitors for ICNY20

Dec. 5, 2019 – Inman Group® announced the first round of exhibitors at Inman Connect New York, Jan. 28 – 31, 2020. Inman Connect is a multi-day event where more than 4,000 top performing real estate professionals invest in their business. Continue reading