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Inman announces 2026 Marketing All-Stars award recipients

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For the fourth year, Inman recognizes marketing heads, brand leaders and communications executives across the real estate industry. Continue reading →

CoStar spars with investor amid ongoing battle over Homes.com

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Investment firm D.E. Shaw said that CoStar had changed the way it reported the performance of Homes.com amid questions about the portal’s future. Continue reading →

CoStar lays off staff amid drastic Homes.com cost-cutting campaign

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The company has vowed to slash over 35 percent of its spending on Homes.com after years of attempting to build a fourth major real estate listings search portal. Continue reading →

Homes.com moves toward filterless search with AI assistant

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CoStar debuted Homes AI on Tuesday, its home search assistant that guides homebuyers through Homes.com listings and proprietary market data with natural language. The tool will be added to other CoStar-owned sites later. Continue reading →

Is Homes.com still a viable portal war contender?

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Investors have recently questioned CoStar’s investments in residential real estate. Industry experts told Inman the company would be wise to pay attention to the criticism. Continue reading →

2nd CoStar investor urges giving up on Homes.com amid losses

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New York City-based hedge fund D. E. Shaw & Co. on Wednesday criticized the board’s “reckless” spending on the portal while continuing to push back its timeline for profitability. It also called into question CEO Andy Florance’s generous cash and … Continue reading →

30 years of disruption: How Inman Connect became the front row seat to a changing industry

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Marc Andreessen, Charlie Rose, Arianna Huffington, Larry Page, Rich Barton, Rupert Murdoch and many others have all made headlines from the Inman Connect stage over the decades. Continue reading →

Clash of the titans: Looking back at the Zillow-Compass legal battle

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Zillow and Compass are going head to head in an antitrust battle over the portal giant’s Listing Access Standard. Here’s a timeline of the rivalry and how the case has evolved. Continue reading →

Realtor.com puts ‘spotlight’ on listing agents with new feature

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Realtor.com has released Spotlight Listings, a new marketing tool that enables agents to drive additional traffic to their listings. Spotlight’s launch coincides with a major update to Local Expert, a lead generation tool that gives agents prominent pl… Continue reading →