Tagged: zillow

September 8, 2024 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Real estate marketplace Zillow‘s (Nasdaq: Z and ZG) AI-powered search experience is getting an upgrade. Now buyers and renters can search the real estate market for their next home using simple, everyday language in even more ways — “including by commute time, affordability, schools and… Read More

August 5, 2024 @ 4:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Luxury real estate property values are rising faster than typical homes for the first time in years, according to an extensive update from Zillow (Nasdaq: Z and ZG). Listings for luxury homes are seeing relatively more competition than homes in the market’s midrange, the team… Read More

May 26, 2024 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zillow (NASDAQ: Z and ZG) is releasing its open-source Fair Housing Classifier, which establishes guardrails to promote responsible and unbiased behavior in real estate conversations powered by large language model (LLM) technology. The Fair Housing Classifier acts as “a protective measure, to encourage more equitable… Read More

May 20, 2024 @ 9:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Texas and Florida metros dominate the best places for buyers in Zillow‘s latest real estate market heat index, securing seven of the top 10 spots. But most of the country’s 50 largest metros — and the U.S. at large — “favor sellers,” according to the… Read More

March 4, 2024 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Home buyers today need to make more than $106,000 to comfortably afford a home, a new Zillow (NASDAQ: Z and ZG) real estate market analysis finds. That is reportedly 80% more than in January 2020, showing how the math has changed in the real estate… Read More

February 18, 2024 @ 11:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Both buyers and sellers should prepare for a competitive real estate / property market season this spring. The latest real estate market report from Zillow (NASDAQ: Z and ZG) reportedly shows “that well-priced homes are being snapped up quickly, while those that linger on the… Read More

January 25, 2024 @ 12:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zillow (NASDAQ: Z and ZG) is introducing a new feature that allows renters who pay their rent on Zillow to have their on-time payments “reported to a major national credit bureau at no cost to them.” According to Zillow, this is reportedly a “first” for… Read More

December 12, 2023 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mortgage rates falling from a 23-year high have brought some early “holiday cheer for home shoppers and sellers,” according to a recent US market update. The latest Zillow (NASDAQ: Z and ZG) market report shows monthly costs “for a new mortgage are falling, inventory is… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite mortgage rates reaching 23-year highs, low inventory levels “are spurring surprisingly strong competition,” according to Zillow‘s (NASDAQ: Z and ZG) latest market report1. Depleted inventory stocks are “gradually recovering, and price appreciation is slowing, but demand has remained resilient, and attractive, appropriately priced listings… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Home values took an uncharacteristic step down in September, albeit a small one, according to the latest Zillow (NASDAQ: Z and ZG) market report. Competition is easing faster than normal this fall “as buyers contend with the highest mortgage rates in more than 22 years.”… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zillow Group‘s  (NASDAQ: Z and ZG) new-construction listings will soon be automatically syndicated to Redfin, connecting home builders with motivated buyers on both platforms. The strategic partnership will aim to “expand the reach of home builder listings on Zillow and allow Redfin customers to explore… Read More

April 29, 2022 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Varo Bank, N.A., which claims to be the first all-digital, nationally chartered bank in the US, has announced the appointment of Spencer Rascoff, Co-Founder and former CEO of Zillow to Varo’s Board of Directors. Rascoff joins Varo’s Board to continue “to scale Varo, a one-of-a-kind… Read More