Zillow begins ‘critical’ year with mounting losses, falling Q1 revenue

Zillow brought in $469 million in revenue, according to an earnings call Wednesday, falling 13 percent from the $536 million it brought in a year earlier during a period that preceded the rate hikes and sluggish sales. Continue reading

REX gets OK to question Zillow CEO Rich Barton in antitrust suit

Judge Thomas Zilly denied Zillow’s motion for a protective order, saying CEO Rich Barton must complete three hours of questioning from REX’s counsel about the company’s “Project Bookshelf.” Continue reading

As iBuyers struggle, agents rethink relationships with cash-offer kings

IBuyers like Opendoor and Offerpad once appeared poised to be an essential player in the nation’s biggest housing markets. Now, real estate agents say their role has diminished dramatically. Continue reading

Will migration fizzle out in 2023? History points to existential shift

The migration trends that drove housing demand during the pandemic are ending. But that doesn’t mean people aren’t moving, according to an Inman analysis of historic data. Continue reading

Zillow CEO Rich Barton: ‘The real pain is probably coming’

Zillow — which held $3.4 billion in cash and investments at the end of 2022 — is well prepared to weather any storm, including the banking fallout, Barton said in a new interview on Thursday. Continue reading

Despite slow market, CoStar sees revenue and profit rise in Q4

The company’s revenue jumped 13 percent year over year between October and December. CEO Andy Florance also promised Tuesday to continue CoStar’s push into residential real estate. Continue reading

Zillow sees revenue dip in Q4, but manages to trim losses

The portal giant brought in $435 million in revenue during the fourth quarter of last year and lost $72 million, according to 4Q22 earnings released Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading

Freed from iBuying, Zillow wants more from its mortgage arm in 2023

To outside analysts, it appears Zillow got out of iBuying just in time. Now the company is looking ahead to a post-downturn world. Here are the biggest challenges Zillow will face in 2023. Continue reading

The ‘Great Reshuffling’ didn’t come to a halt in 2022, new data shows

The number of moves slowed slightly from a record year in 2021 but remained at elevated levels nationwide, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau backed by internal metrics from U-Haul. Continue reading

Zillow’s VRX acquisition reveals why the portal can’t be dismissed

Never on the defensive for too long, Zillow’s strategy, Brad Inman writes, is to secure its position as the leading listing service and digitize everything — as the rest of the industry sputters. Continue reading