A day after Zillow announced its acquisition of ShowingTime, Homesnap announced it was putting the 'pedal to the metal' on developing an alternative to the showing scheduling tool
The company saw its stock price climb more than $30, to $203 per share, in the morning trading hours Thursday
Supernova Partners Acquisition Corp II will go public prior to any merger in a $370M public offering
Opinion
Many agents lamented online Wednesday that Zillow's acquisition of ShowingTime is about Zillow getting its hands on data. As often happens, this is a misplaced fear
After Zillow announced its acquisition of ShowingTime for $500M on Wednesday, real estate agents expressed concerns about the portal's growing reach and the fate of their data
Previously an automated valuation model, the Zestimate will be a 'live offer' in many markets in 2021. The company also revealed that it's finally making money on the homes it buys and sells through Zillow Offers
The company plans to continue to operate ShowingTime as an open platform for all real estate agents, not just those who partner with Zillow
As Zillow's iBuyer profits clocked in at $27M in the fourth quarter, it's the Premier Agent business that sent Zillow to record-setting highs
Homes priced over $1M made up 10.8% of all saved searches on Redfin.com in January, up from 8.5% the previous year, and the highest point this figure has reached since 2017
Opinion
As CoStar made a huge splash entering residential real estate with the purchase of Homesnap and Houses.com, many questions were left unanswered
The company's stock surged to a new all-time high Monday, after multiple analysts upped their price target ahead of the company's earnings report
'You used to want sex, but you're in your late 30s now ... You need Zillow,' according to a mock commercial that aired this weekend on 'Saturday Night Live'
Opinion
Zillow and other innovative companies are attempting to make the trading of homes simple and easy. Somewhat like Robinhood, they are doing so with fewer intermediaries
In a cease-and-desist letter, Zillow accused Datafiniti of improperly using its data. Datafiniti, which also appears to have harvested Redfin data, says it scans info the way Google does
Citron Research spent years attacking Zillow before becoming bullish on the real estate tech company in 2019