An enterprising Twitter user noticed over the weekend that Zillow’s listings portal is populated with listings that specifically mention race, including phrases like, “no blacks near me,” and “I will not rent to other ethnicities other than caucasian s… Continue reading
Zillow’s big push to bring in Canadian homebuyers reached a benchmark last week as the listing giant surpassed 100 partners in the country. Continue reading
A week after Zillow announced “Tour it Now,” agents lambasted the company’s moves to establish dominance in the iBuyer space. Continue reading
Zillow Group has made its latest move in the mortgage space, after jumping into the lending business last year. Mortech, a software provider for mortgage lenders that Zillow acquired for $12 million back in 2012, has partnered with Roostify, a platform… Continue reading
A Zillow Group employee has filed a class-action lawsuit, alleging ongoing labor code violations, including failure to pay overtime wages. Continue reading
Fresh off a $45 million funding round, rabble-rousing discount brokerage REX is expanding to the Philadelphia area, the company announced this week. Continue reading
An appeals court has overturned a lower court’s ruling that Zillow Group willfully infringed on photos belonging to photography firm VHT and sent the case back to a lower court. Continue reading
Zillow is piloting a new program in Phoenix that gives prospective homebuyers access to the online behemoth’s homes without appointments or even agents. Continue reading
Compass, last week, quietly made a big change to the way it displays listings on its consumer-facing website. Every non-Compass listing now shows the listing agent and contact information for the listing agent, making Compass’ site more similar to Zill… Continue reading
RE/MAX and Redfin announced a new partnership today that will give RE/MAX agents exclusive access to Redfin’s agent referral program – at a discounted rate – in 5,000 U.S. ZIP codes and throughout Canada. Continue reading