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Zillow in 2022: How one of the biggest names in real estate recovers from its biggest stumble

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Zillow started 2021 ascendant but finished by bowing out of iBuying. The coming year will test the portal’s ability to pivot. Continue reading →

Zillow wraps ShowingTime deal as feds continue FTC investigation

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The $500 million deal was first announced in February, and it prompted a heated debate among ShowingTime users. Despite the deal closing, the FTC is reportedly still seeking information from the companies. Continue reading →

End-to-end times: How the all-in-1 platform became the holy grail

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Companies both old and new are racing to build platforms that handle more of the real estate transaction. Agents will have to adapt to survive. Continue reading →

Do buyers really determine the sales price?

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The conversation at Inman Connect New York changed the way columnist Bernice Ross thinks about home sales pricing. Here’s why. Continue reading →

Zillow: Our iBuyer offers are nearly the same as traditional offers

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A year and a half after Zillow began buying houses with cash, the online real estate giant says that its instant iBuyer offers are nearly the same as what sellers can get on the open market. Continue reading →

Zillow has been buying homes for a year now. How’s it going?

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It’s been a year since Zillow’s ambitious undertaking to buy and sell homes to consumers with quick-close, all-cash offers under the “iBuying” model. Continue reading →

‘Survival of the fittest’: Real estate pros predict far fewer agents

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There are more than a million agents in the U.S. right now, but if some of the industry’s leaders are right that number is poised to get much smaller. Continue reading →