Right now, the housing market has a slew of uninvited guests in one of the worst housing shortages in the history of America. The fifth and final installment in Inman’s Inventory Insanity series on the current supply shortage ran on [...]
After nearly six years, court will decide whether real estate behemoth willfully infringed on thousands of photos. In a legal saga that began nearly six years ago over the fate of sold listing photos, real estate behemoth Zillow is headed [...]
Despite their staggering financial losses, the evidence suggests that Zillow and Opendoor remain staunchly pro-consumer. This post has been republished with permission from Mike DelPrete. The “reinvention of real estate” comes with a [...]
REX alleges Zillow’s shift to IDX feed is “driving consumers away from REX.” After working with the Department of Justice (DOJ) in its lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and suing the state of Oregon, discount [...]
In Atlanta, iBuyers paid buyers’ agents 3 percent in 2019. In the fourth quarter of 2020, that dropped to 2.5 percent. While increasing scrutiny on offer prices — due to high price appreciation — led to a slowdown in the number of homes[...]
When 2020 began, it already promised to be a memorable year. With Trump entering the home stretch of his first term and a crowded field of Democrats still vying for the chance to challenge him, it seemed like politics would dominate the next 12 [...]
Much like pandemics of the past, the coronavirus has dramatically shifted homebuyers’ and homeowners’ priorities. Although much of the focus this year has been on home offices and entertainment space, Zillow’s 2021 home trends forecast proves [...]