Not as many folks were looking at homes during the month of September — at least not on Zillow. The Seattle online real estate company today released traffic numbers for September, noting that it attracted 82.8 million during the month. That was down from 86.2 million in August and 88.8 million in July — peak home-buying months. Traffic was up 42 percent year-over-year.
Zillow is in the process of buying longtime rival Trulia, a deal that could close next year and add even more eyeballs to the mix.
Shares of Zillow declined more than two percent today. The shares are down 22 percent in the past three months. (The Trulia deal was announced on July 28). The company now has a market value of $4.58 billion.
Here’s a look at Zillow’s numbers over the past two years:
