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

Growth in residential, rental and mortgage segments lift Zillow in Q1

Zillow tallied growing revenue while stabilizing losses in the first quarter of the year as the reigning search portal narrowed in on its post-commission settlement strategy on Wednesday. Continue reading

Zillow to offer short-term ‘non-exclusive’ touring contracts

The new touring agreements will last seven days and are a response to terms contained in recent commission lawsuit settlements. Continue reading

Ryan Reynolds creates Zillow ad inspired by hit show ‘Bluey’

Hit children’s TV show “Bluey” is the inspiration for Zillow’s latest ad, which debuted Friday morning on NBC’s Today show. The 30-second spot features a family in the final stages of moving while the narrator references a landmark episode of “Bluey,” … Continue reading

Growing real estate portal Movoto inks exclusive GreatSchools deal

The deal will make Movoto the sole provider of some GreatSchools data. It also comes as portals compete to differentiate themselves. Continue reading