Microsoft removes portal data from Bing Real Estate after outcry

Four days after Bing Real Estate came under fire for its alleged co-opting of listing data from Zillow, Redfin and Realtor.com, Microsoft has removed for-sale listing data from its site. Continue reading

Microsoft’s mysterious real estate portal sparks data safety concerns

Industry watchers are sounding the alarm about Microsoft’s Bing Real Estate, a site that for several months has been reposting listings from Zillow, Realtor.com and Redfin without explanation. Continue reading

‘It’s an arms race’: How portals are adapting to the commission crunch

The upending of NAR’s cooperative compensation rule is a double-edged sword for Zillow and its rivals, experts told Inman. These are the tools and tactics they’re adopting to suit the moment. Continue reading

Zillow launches AI tool to stop fair housing discrimination

The Fair Housing Classifier is an open-source tool aimed at helping real estate, technology and civil rights organizations create smarter, fair-housing compliant chatbot and search functions for their websites. The code is available on GitHub. Continue reading

Texas, Florida are affordability havens for homebuyers: Zillow

Rising inventory and slowing home price growth have made Austin, San Antonio, Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville some of the best markets for buyers, according to Zillow’s latest Market Heat Index. Continue reading

Zillow now showing buyers how rate changes affect their options

Powered by mortgage rates from Zillow Home Loans, BuyAbility tool could help listing portal’s lending affiliate get a head start on other lenders it competes with for borrowers. Continue reading

Meet a high-touch underdog taking on the search portal Goliaths

Movoto may be a familiar name, but under OJO’s ownership the brand is quietly embarking on a David-and-Goliath struggle for a place in the portal pantheon. Continue reading

Realtor.com revenue drops 6% as traffic growth remains flat

Realtor.com parent company Move Inc. saw its fiscal third-quarter revenue decrease 6 percent yearly to $132 million as traffic to the site stalls at 72 million average monthly unique visitors. Continue reading