Zillow Gone Wild poked your weird listing. Don’t worry — it might help

For some agents, a listing shared on the real estate-skewering Instagram page provided a boost — for others, not so much. Inman investigates five listings that got put through the wringer on ZGW. Continue reading

Zillow launches ShowingTime+ in bid to win over real estate agents

The new brand will house all existing products and services from ShowingTime, Bridge Interactive, dotloop and Zillow’s Rich Media Experience team. Continue reading

Why is Opendoor selling homes at a loss? The Real Word

Byron Lazine and Nicole White began this week’s episode by discussing Opendoor selling at a loss, then Zillow lawsuits, the next Fed meeting and inflation’s impact on the midterm elections. Continue reading

The end of credit scores? The best ideas from Zillow’s Hackathon

The Seattle-based listing giant announced the three top innovations that emerged from its annual competition for students of historically Black colleges and universities. Continue reading

Court orders REX to give Zillow list of employees who kept laptops

Zillow had emphasized that the information contained on the laptops of REX’s former employees could potentially point to other reasons for REX’s downfall unrelated to Zillow or NAR. Continue reading

Zillow’s US home-value estimate drops for 2nd consecutive month

Zillow has lowered its assessment of home values nationwide as the market continues to muddle through an ongoing slowdown in real estate. Continue reading

For the first time, Opendoor is selling homes at a loss: DelPrete

After outpacing the competition, market conditions have finally caught up with the iBuyer, forcing it to prove that its model still works — even in a downturn. Continue reading

CoStar to be included in S&P 500, issues $750M public stock offering

As it seeks to gain footing in the residential space, the online real estate behemoth says it plans to raise funds to keep growing as it joins an elite list of some of the nation’s biggest companies. Continue reading

Zillow accused of ‘wiretapping’ homebuyers’ visits to its website

The suit, one of several filed this month against the real estate search portal on similar grounds, argues that Zillow is breaking the law by recording the way consumers interact with its websites. Continue reading

Real estate companies dip as stock market tallies worst day in 2 years

Real estate stocks fell on Wall Street, too — though even before the carnage they were already hovering near all-time lows. Continue reading