CoStar Group CEO Andy Florance dove again into the controversies surrounding rival portal Zillow in the company’s recent Q3 2025 earnings call. While discussing financials for the company and its subsidiaries—Homes.com, Apartments.com, Matterport, LoopNet, Domain and more—and the increasing traffic and success seen in the portal space, Florance pivoted to discuss an “uncomfortable but important…

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A lawsuit filed Oct. 21 in San Bernardino County, wherein REcore Solutions LLC—the vendor who provides licensing services for California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS) and other MLSs—claimed breach of contract relating to failed payment against Homes.com and its parent company CoStar Group, has been dismissed with prejudice, meaning CRMLS cannot file a new lawsuit…

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Homes.com and CoStar Group have become embroiled in another lawsuit, this time as the defendants, over an alleged breach of contract. REcore Solutions LLC—the vendor who provides licensing services for California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS) and other MLSs—announced it has filed a lawsuit in San Bernardino County against Homes.com and its parent company CoStar…

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Zillow customers who had a Matterport 3D home tour on a listing woke up today to find the virtual tour option removed, with Zillow claiming that the CoStar-owned company changed its terms of service to restrict usage of Matterport-created content on “any third-party platform.” CoStar also chose not to renew its API agreement with Zillow,…

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Homes.com, a CoStar Group online residential marketplace, has announced the launch of Smart Search, a new home-search experience that brings artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language capabilities into the home-finding journey.  The company says Smart Search is a new way for consumers to search the way they speak and find homes that match their lifestyle.…

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Editor’s note: The COURT REPORT is RISMedia’s weekly look at current and upcoming lawsuits, investigations and other legal developments around real estate. Judge denies Zillow’s request in Compass lawsuit Judge Jeannette Vargas has denied Zillow’s request to rule on several initial disputes and issues over an injunction in the Compass vs. Zillow lawsuit. Zillow had…

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