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Zillow Group leans into AI as revenue climbs 18% in flat housing market

Zillow Group’s first-quarter shareholder letter made the company’s strongest case yet for its transformation into an AI-powered real estate platform, citing AI-driven productivity gains, a new consumer search mode, and AI tools for agents and property managers. Revenue rose 18% to $708 million. Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow names CPO; AWS leader retires; Microsoft hires AI expert from Apple

Zillow Group announced three promotions to its senior leadership team. Earlier this month, Zillow reported its revenue grew 16% last… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft AI adds CVP; WatchGuard CEO steps down; Amazon vet joins Hims & Hers

Former Meta and Time Warner exec Mark D’Arcy is joining Microsoft as a corporate vice president working on the tech… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow promotes execs; ZoomInfo CTO resigning; ESS CEO steps down

— Seattle’s Zillow Group promoted two leaders to senior vice president positions. Michael Sherman is now SVP of Zillow Rentals.… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet and Zillow add VPs; Zenoti hires CFO; Meta taps product leader

Eva Schoenleitner joined enterprise software giant Smartsheet as vice president of partner. Schoenleitner has extensive experience working in Europe and… Read More

Zillow makes job cuts after reorganizing agent software and advertising teams

Seattle-based real estate company Zillow Group laid off an unspecified number of employees, the company confirmed Friday. According to a… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow Group names new COO as longtime execs depart

Seattle real estate tech company Zillow Group promoted Jun Choo to the role of chief operating officer. Choo replaces Jeremy… Read More

Zillow expands AI home search capabilities in tech race among major real estate portals

Zillow says users of its AI-powered residential real-estate search feature will be able reference additional criteria when searching for homes… Read More

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Zillow Group has a new CEO: Rich Barton hands reins to longtime exec Jeremy Wacksman

Zillow Group named a new CEO, longtime company executive Jeremy Wacksman, announcing that co-founder and two-time CEO Rich Barton will… Read More

Zillow Group ‘well positioned to thrive’ despite commissions trial outcome, CEO Rich Barton says

[This story originally appeared on Real Estate News.] Zillow shared some good news with investors Wednesday, reporting $496 million in revenue… Read More

Zillow Group acquiring Follow Up Boss for up to $500M in quest for ‘housing super app’

[This story originally appeared on Real Estate News.] Zillow Group is adding to its arsenal of agent tools with the acquisition… Read More

Zillow Group unveils tool to help renters buy insurance

Zillow Group introduced a new tool to help renters purchase insurance online. The Seattle-based company teamed up with tech-focused insurance… Read More

Zillow Group tops expectations but feels ongoing headwinds from tough housing market

Zillow Group revenue rose slightly to $506 million in the second quarter, well ahead of its prior guidance of $451… Read More

Seattle business and tech leaders call for bold corporate action on housing crisis

A new report commissioned by Challenge Seattle, a coalition of business and tech leaders, says more companies need to help… Read More

Zillow acquires real estate marketing company VRX Media to boost listing services

Zillow Group announced Thursday that it acquired Milwaukee, Wis.-based marketing service VRX Media, a move that broadens its suite of… Read More

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How Zillow’s flexible work strategy is going, nearly two years later

Zillow Group knows a thing or two about homes, and during the past two years the Seattle-based online real estate… Read More

Trulia to drop neighborhood crime data from home listings, after Redfin speaks out against practice

Trulia, one of Seattle-based Zillow Group’s real estate brands, says it will phase out the use of neighborhood crime data… Read More

Lawsuit claims Zillow misled investors about state of home-buying business before shutdown

A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Seattle-based Zillow Group concealed problems in its home-buying business from shareholders before abruptly… Read More

Zillow to lay off 47 workers in Washington state as part of Zillow Offers home buying shutdown

Zillow Group plans to lay off 47 workers in Washington state as part of the 2,000 company employees who will… Read More

Why the iBuying algorithms failed Zillow, and what it says about the business world’s love affair with AI

Just because a business process can be automated, doesn’t necessarily mean it should be automated. And maybe — just maybe… Read More

Zillow to shutter home buying business and lay off 2,000 employees as its big real estate bet falters

Zillow Group’s ambitious tech-fueled bid to shake up how people buy and sell homes is coming to a surprising end.… Read More

Zillow stock dives ahead of earnings; analyst report says 66% of homes it bought are now ‘underwater’

A day ahead of its third quarter earnings report, Zillow Group’s stock took a hit on Wall Street as a… Read More

Tech Moves: Techstars Seattle adds director; Redfin’s head of industry relations departs; more

— Former Impact Hub Seattle Managing Director Sarah Studer is joining Techstars Seattle as the director of platform. Studer was… Read More

From Microsoft to Expedia to Zillow: Behind the scenes with Rich Barton on NPR’s ‘How I Built This’

Like many entrepreneurs, Rich Barton is a fan of NPR’s “How I Built This.” He says it has long been… Read More

Tech Moves: WTIA elects new board leadership; Adriane Brown joins American Airlines board

— The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) elected Dave Cotter as the new chair of its board of directors and… Read More

Zillow Group promotes Jeremy Wacksman to COO and Susan Daimler to president

Zillow Group is promoting two longtime leaders as part of an “organizational realignment” to reflect the company’s new focus on… Read More

Zillow Group will pay $500M to acquire home touring tech company ShowingTime

Zillow Group said it will pay $500 million to acquire ShowingTime, a Chicago-based real estate company that sells software to… Read More

Zillow Group tops Q4 estimates with $789M in revenue as housing boom drives record traffic

Seattle-based Zillow Group beat analyst estimates for its fourth quarter earnings, reporting $789 million in revenue and non-GAAP earnings per… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon’s director of Alexa Trust; BECU adds CIO; Lockstep, Fabric exit stealth mode

— Amazon hired Anne Toth as director of Alexa Trust, a team focused on the privacy, security, accessibility, ethics and… Read More

‘How long can we hold on?’ As Zillow workers stay remote, businesses near Seattle HQ fight to survive

It’s 8:20 a.m. at the corner of Second Avenue and Union Street in downtown Seattle. The buzz of the city… Read More