StreetEasy adds ShowingTime tour scheduling feature

Beginning this month, StreetEasy users will have free access to ShowingTime’s tour scheduling platform, which also provides training sessions for agents and brokerage partners on best practices. Continue reading

Inman Connect returns: Big parties, tech’s reckoning and a Zillow pile-on

The event wrapped up this week after a two-year, pandemic-forced hiatus — and highlighted all the ways the real estate industry is still evolving. Continue reading

Real estate in 2021 was weird, wild and always unpredictable

The year saw explosive rivalries, wild stock market performances and plenty of rage. Continue reading

CoStar CEO likens Zillow’s StreetEasy to blackmail

Andy Florance on Tuesday positioned his company’s upcoming New York City portal as an alternative to Zillow-owned StreetEasy. Continue reading

CoStar revenue rises to new heights in latest earnings report

The company pulled in $499 million in revenue during the third quarter of this year. That’s a 17 percent jump compared to last year at the same time. Continue reading

‘It’s about time’: Agents cheer as Zillow braces for portal war in NYC

Agents across New York City were enthusiastic Thursday after CoStar-owned Homesnap and the Real Estate Board of New York announced plans to launch a search portal in 2022. Continue reading

CoStar takes aim at Zillow in NYC with launch of Citysnap portal

Homesnap’s new portal will launch across NYC in 2022. It’s the latest development in a simmering search portal war between CoStar and Zillow. Continue reading

StreetEasy arms renters to fight housing voucher discrimination

New pop-up informs renters that it’s illegal to discriminate by legal source of income in New York and New Jersey. Continue reading

$100K for a home in Brooklyn? Fuggedaboutit!

The New York Times editorial board asked eight NYC mayoral candidates, “Do you know the median sales price for a home in Brooklyn?” Some candidate answers left New Yorkers baffled. Continue reading

Lawsuit accuses 88 landlords and brokerages — including Compass and Corcoran — of discrimination

The lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan on Monday by watchdog group the Housing Rights Initiative claims the New York City brokerages and landlords in question have discriminated against people with housing vouchers. Continue reading