In a sign of the listing portal’s growing influence, Homes.com hit more than 100 million unique visitors in September, sparking a 1,290 percent annual increase in traffic. Now the portal is second only to Zillow. Continue reading
The commercial and would-be residential giant saw revenue jump 13 percent year over year in the second quarter while profit climbed 20 percent, according to a 2Q earnings call Tuesday afternoon. Continue reading
CoStar is already borrowing a page from other big insurgent companies including Nike, Apple and Pepsi. But whether it can surpass Zillow may depend on how much it spends, analysts told Intel. Continue reading
The real estate juggernaut is sunsetting the Homesnap brand name and products by the end of the year in favor of transitioning users to its dominant residential real estate brand Homes.com. Continue reading
Portal competitors are shelling out big money in an effort to dethrone Zillow, but do they stand a realistic chance? Continue reading
Zillow has the most traffic, according to an analysis by Intel, but at least one rival is growing rapidly in what one observer compared to a Game of Thrones-style gauntlet run. Continue reading
Jay McCanless, a senior vice president of equity research at Wedbush Securities, reveals what he’ll be watching as publicly traded real estate companies post Q1 earnings this week and next. Continue reading
The company, which in recent years has been making inroads into the residential space, reported that both Homes.com and Apartments.com saw significant growth in the first quarter of 2023. Continue reading
This week, Byron Lazine and Nicole White discuss Homes.com’s alleged use of agent names to snag leads, trouble in the commercial real estate industry and the debate around mortgages and affordability. Continue reading
The search behemoth far and away led market share for search portals, drawing 44 percent of all real estate web traffic, but CoStar’s Homes.com leaped by bounds last month, according to an analysis. Continue reading