Zillow Gone Wild gets hit with $300K copyright infringement suit

A Washington listing photographer said Zillow Gone Wild used her photo without permission in February 2022. After attempting to negotiate a payment of roughly $30,000, she’s now suing for a maximum judgment of $300,000. Continue reading

Zillow finalizes lawsuit settlement with ARMLS, Metro MLS

Residential portal behemoth Zillow has settled its antitrust lawsuit against Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service, Multiple Listing Service, Inc., over discontinuing its integration with ShowingTime+ in favor of MLS Aligned’s listing platform. Continue reading

How much is a typical luxury home? $750K in Buffalo, $5.3M in Cali

For about the last four years, home price growth in the overall market outpaced growth in the luxury sector every month. But since January 2024, that trend has reversed, Zillow reported. Continue reading

Zillow releases 24 state-compliant short-term touring agreements

Four months after releasing a first-of-its-kind short-term touring agreement, Zillow has released 24 state-compliant versions of the agreement exclusively for Premier Agent partners. Continue reading

Zillow CEO Barton: We’re moving beyond the ‘Portal 1.0’ experience

In his first Inman Connect appearance since 2021, Zillow CEO Rich Barton discussed accelerating tech innovation and the next evolution of the residential portal experience. Continue reading

Rival portal execs team up against a common foe: MLS red tape

Executives at Redfin and Zillow made the case at Inman Broker Connect that consumers would benefit from more universal standards of data sharing by MLSs. But the path to such a future is rocky, they said. Continue reading

CoStar CEO: We’re focused on ‘selling the house’

Andy Florance suggested rival portals are more interested in selling leads than houses and called a lawsuit against his company a “PR stunt.” Continue reading

Palm Beach, a suburb? Not likely, residents say

Residents were taken aback when GoBanking.com recently categorized the luxury haven as a “suburb.” Local agents agree that Palm Beach is “a category by itself.” Continue reading

CoStar Group revenue rises in Q2 as Homes.com bookings hit $55M

CoStar Group’s revenue grew 12 percent year over year to $678 million, according to Q2 earnings Tuesday. Traffic for the Homes.com Network of websites increased 73 percent year over year to 148 million monthly average unique visitors. Continue reading