Zillow

Zillow Group, Inc., or simply Zillow, is an American online real estate database company that was founded in 2006, and was created by Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink, former Microsoft executives and founders of Microsoft spin-off Expedia, and Spencer Rascoff, a cofounder of Hotwire.com.

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White House Demands Transparency From Rental Housing Platforms
White House Demands Transparency From Rental Housing Platforms
July 19, 2023  |  Real Estate

The White House says three major housing platforms have agreed to provide more transparency to prospective renters. Zillow, Apartments.com, and AffordableHousing.com will begin giving consumers the total of...

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70% of Gen Z Believes Home Ownership out of Reach
70% of Gen Z Believes Home Ownership out of Reach
March 10, 2023  |  Economy

Housing prices are coming down from their astronomical highs, but it may not be enough. Earlier this week, Corelogic released its monthly U.S. home price...

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Recession Fears Send CE100 Stocks Lower, Led by Live and Bank Pillars
Recession Fears Send CE100 Stocks Lower, Led by Live and Bank Pillars
June 13, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Emerging from the stock market rubble that was this past week, the Connected Economy stands battered and bruised, at least as measured by universal declines...

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Zillow Launches Service to Help First-Time Buyers With Down Payments
Zillow Launches Service to Help First-Time Buyers With Down Payments
December 16, 2021  |  Real Estate

Zillow has launched a partnership with Down Payment Resource to help people find ways to make homeownership more affordable, particularly for first-time buyers. The online...

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Zillow’s House-Flipping Pause Opens Door to Competitors
Zillow’s House-Flipping Pause Opens Door to Competitors
October 18, 2021  |  Real Estate

Digital real estate platform Zillow is taking a step back from its home acquisition strategy due to an overabundance of housing inventory and is now...

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Zillow Making Cash Offers For Properties Based On Zestimate
Zillow Making Cash Offers For Properties Based On Zestimate
February 25, 2021  |  Real Estate

Zillow is streamlining its home-buying service by giving property owners the chance to sell directly to Zillow based on the Zestimate, the company said in...

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Home Construction Rebounds In May, But Trouble Lingers
Home Construction Rebounds In May, But Trouble Lingers
June 17, 2020  |  Economy

For the first time since U.S. home construction collapsed in March, the sector rebounded in May after steep declines caused by COVID-19 shutdowns, according to...

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Zillow Reports More Long-Term Rental Requests
Zillow Reports More Long-Term Rental Requests
June 05, 2020  |  Real Estate

Rental company Zillow said on Thursday (June 4) that it was experiencing more requests for long-term rentals instead of the short-term ones it is usually...

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COVID-19 Looks Set To Raze Online Home Sales (And Agents’ Jobs)
COVID-19 Looks Set To Raze Online Home Sales (And Agents’ Jobs)
April 09, 2020  |  Economy

The coronavirus pandemic is shaking any number of business verticals to their respective cores — upending transitions to the digital age and sending thousands of...

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