[This story originally appeared on Real Estate News.] Zillow shared some good news with investors Wednesday, reporting $496 million in revenue for the third quarter, representing a 3% increase from the… Read More
[This story originally appeared on Real Estate News.] Zillow Group is adding to its arsenal of agent tools with the acquisition of Follow Up Boss, a popular customer relationship management system for… Read More
Zillow Group introduced a new tool to help renters purchase insurance online. The Seattle-based company teamed up with tech-focused insurance company Homesite to offer the new service.
Zillow Group revenue rose slightly to $506 million in the second quarter, well ahead of its prior guidance of $451 million to $479 million for the three months ended June… Read More
A new report commissioned by Challenge Seattle, a coalition of business and tech leaders, says more companies need to help finance and build affordable housing as part of a comprehensive… Read More
Zillow Group announced Thursday that it acquired Milwaukee, Wis.-based marketing service VRX Media, a move that broadens its suite of listing services it sells to agents and brokers. VRX offers… Read More
Zillow Group knows a thing or two about homes, and during the past two years the Seattle-based online real estate company has emerged as a leader in enabling its employees… Read More
Trulia, one of Seattle-based Zillow Group’s real estate brands, says it will phase out the use of neighborhood crime data on home listings early next year, citing the potential for… Read More
A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Seattle-based Zillow Group concealed problems in its home-buying business from shareholders before abruptly shutting the unit down two weeks ago. The suit, filed… Read More
Zillow Group plans to lay off 47 workers in Washington state as part of the 2,000 company employees who will lose their jobs following the decision this week to shut… Read More
Just because a business process can be automated, doesn’t necessarily mean it should be automated. And maybe — just maybe — there are components of business that are not better… Read More
Zillow Group’s ambitious tech-fueled bid to shake up how people buy and sell homes is coming to a surprising end. The Seattle online real estate giant said today it will… Read More
A day ahead of its third quarter earnings report, Zillow Group’s stock took a hit on Wall Street as a new analyst report highlighted how many homes purchased by the… Read More
— Former Impact Hub Seattle Managing Director Sarah Studer is joining Techstars Seattle as the director of platform. Studer was most recently assistant director at the University of Washington’s Buerk… Read More
Like many entrepreneurs, Rich Barton is a fan of NPR’s “How I Built This.” He says it has long been his secret dream to be interviewed by host Guy Raz… Read More
— The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) elected Dave Cotter as the new chair of its board of directors and Kristen Forecki as vice chair for the next two years.… Read More
Zillow Group is promoting two longtime leaders as part of an “organizational realignment” to reflect the company’s new focus on the end-to-end home-buying and selling experience. The Seattle company on… Read More
Zillow Group said it will pay $500 million to acquire ShowingTime, a Chicago-based real estate company that sells software to facilitate home showings. ShowingTime has a network of nearly one… Read More
Seattle-based Zillow Group beat analyst estimates for its fourth quarter earnings, reporting $789 million in revenue and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.44. Analysts expected revenue of $740 million and… Read More
— Amazon hired Anne Toth as director of Alexa Trust, a team focused on the privacy, security, accessibility, ethics and biases of Amazon’s voice platform. Toth was previously VP of… Read More
It’s 8:20 a.m. at the corner of Second Avenue and Union Street in downtown Seattle. The buzz of the city is noticeably absent. A few construction workers stand idly by,… Read More
Zillow Group introduced a new policy on Wednesday allowing about 90% of its employees the option of working from home, at least some of the time, indefinitely. It significantly extends… Read More
— Seattle-based Zillow Group announced leadership changes on its marketing team and in its New York office. Matt Daimler is now senior vice president of product. He was most recently… Read More
Zillow Group announced Monday that it will temporarily pause home buying through its Zillow Offers business in response to stay-at-home directives from various locales related to the coronavirus crisis and… Read More
A federal judge this week dismissed a two-year-old antitrust lawsuit against Zillow Group and its Zestimate home valuation tool. In 2018, a New Jersey group called EJ MGT sued Zillow,… Read More
Zillow Group capped off a “tumultuously remarkable” year with a fourth quarter earnings report that exceeded estimates as the company’s “Zillow 2.0” shift continues. The Seattle tech giant posted record… Read More
Greg Schwartz, president of Zillow Group’s media and marketplace businesses, is leaving after more than 12 years with the company. His departure comes as returning Zillow Group CEO Rich Barton… Read More
From the outside, it would make total sense for New York-based real estate brokerage and tech company Compass to put its new West Coast engineering hub in Seattle, vs. the… Read More
Sometimes lost in Zillow Group’s surprising pivot to focus primarily on transforming how people buy and sell homes is its evolution into a mortgage lender. The company jumped into mortgages… Read More
Zillow Group is roughly six months into its plan to focus primarily on buying and selling homes, and so far the move has supercharged growth for the real estate giant… Read More