Realtor.com® announced on Jan. 21 the public debut of Realtor.com®+, a home search platform built in collaboration with MLSs, intended to help real estate professionals and consumers “connect, collaborate and close with confidence.” Designed to elevate the search experience and strengthen MLS and professional value, Realtor.com+ hopes to set a new standard for transparency, insights…
Portal giant Zillow largely receives listings from MLSs via internet data exchange (IDX) feeds, but at least in one major metro, that feed may soon see some disruptions. This year, Zillow has been in dispute with the Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) MLS, covering Chicago and surrounding areas and which boasts over 48,000 subscribers. Now,…
Sometimes your dream home isn’t on the MLS, and that’s because it may not be for sale…yet. For Katie Hill, founder of Unlisted, the home she had her eye on was her neighbor’s, but it wasn’t for sale, at least not yet. Her dream of downsizing and being able to lounge in a backyard pool,…
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Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE) announced that Renowned will join its Solutions Group program of preferred business resources for its global network of 550 real estate firms. “Renowned’s marketing platform helps brokerages and agents build visibility and trust, which is essential to success in our industry,” said Jim Psyhogios, LeadingRE’s vice president…
In a legal filing Nov. 12 in New York’s U.S. District Court ahead of a high-stakes hearing starting Nov. 18 to address Compass’s preliminary injunction motion, Zillow defended its new rules around private listings amid its ongoing court battle with Compass. The standards, which took effect in June, prohibit listings on Zillow that are publicly…
Ahead of the Nov. 18 hearing over its legal challenge to Zillow’s new listing rules, Compass filed a supplemental brief against the portal, accusing it of weaponizing its dominance in the home portal market to crush competition and force home sellers and agents to list properties on its platform first. In the pre-hearing brief submitted…
Realtor.com® has announced the upcoming launch of FlyAround, an immersive low-altitude satellite view. Rolling out over the next few weeks, this new feature leverages 3D Maps from Google Maps Platform and transforms how consumers experience property listings, offering a dynamic, spatially rich perspective directly from listing pages. With FlyAround, powered by TopHap Inc, Realtor.com stated…
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…
Zillow has launched a real estate app in ChatGPT, explaining on Oct. 6 that it would give people a first-of-its-kind way to begin their housing journey on one of the world’s most widely used AI platforms. Now, according to a press release, those dreaming about their first apartment or searching for the right neighborhood to…
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