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Category: Zillow
Queens is poised to unseat Brooklyn as hottest NYC borough
A new report from StreetEasy suggests that the World’s Borough will be crowned the hottest borough in New York City after a stellar 2023.
How well do you remember 2023’s biggest real estate stories?
Scandals, lawsuits, technology and more dominated the headlines in what turned out to be one of real estate’s most eventful years in recent memory.
Zillow unveils top 10 markets where people dreamed of moving in 2023
The real estate portal pulled user search data and other metrics to find the top markets where people looked to move to in 2023. (Hint, the East Coast is really popular right now)
Opendoor founder Eric Wu leaving company to focus on startups
Wu founded Opendoor in 2014 and served as the company’s chief executive officer until last year. He said in a statement that he’s leaving to focus on building new things.
Opendoor to double the number of homes it buys each month: CEO
CEO Carrie Wheeler told Intel that Opendoor wants to purchase 2,000-plus homes per month and that the company is leaning into partnerships like the ones it has with Zillow and eXp.
Listings tick up and prices tick down during an ice-cold fall market
The added punch of mortgage rates nearing 8 percent is making this year’s fall season particularly slow.
Zillow Flex program’s success fee rises to 40%: DelPrete
Despite all the talk of alternative revenue streams, Zillow’s latest money-making strategy is raising the price of its agent-based lead-gen offering.
CoStar’s Homes.com beats Redfin, Realtor.com to become No. 2 portal
In a sign of the listing portal’s growing influence, Homes.com hit more than 100 million unique visitors in September, sparking a 1,290 percent annual increase in traffic. Now the portal is second only to Zillow.
Zillow’s Listing Showcase product released to 6 more markets
The enhanced property marketing service from the industry’s most popular portal is offered under the company’s ShowingTime+ division, limited to select agents in each market, according to the company.