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With many potential buyers on the sidelines due to current affordability challenges, Zillow said it is aware that many are using the site to scroll through listings, track home values and save design ideas for when they decide to enter the market. The company believes ‘Someday Starts Today’ will engage people in that ‘in-between moment’. […]
“2025 was the year people stopped looking for more homes and started looking for more meaning in their homes,” said Amanda Pendleton, Zillow home trends expert. “Across the country, buyers want homes that can accommodate families, provide access to nature and provide small daily comforts that make life easier and more joyful.” Access to the […]
Although both lawsuits were filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle and involve RESPA claims against Zillow, the details of the two cases have some notable differences. Of the two lawsuits, the first was filed by homebuyer Alucard Taylor in mid-September. The lawsuit alleges that the portal misleads consumers into using agents affiliated with Zillow […]
The lawsuit was initially filed in mid-June. Compass claims that Zillow’s Listing Access Standards Policy – which prohibits lists from its site from being publicly marketed for more than one business day before they are available for viewing on Zillow – harms both Compass and its competition in the portal. For Alkema, the central question […]
A month earlier, Zillow had filed a letter asking Judge Edgardo Ramos, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, if it would be possible to transfer the lawsuit to Seattle, where he claims the lawsuit should have originally been filed. In a response brief also filed in early […]
“MRED launched the PLN in 2016 to make all properties available to all agents and brokers in the market. We want to prevent the use of shadow networks outside the MLS that could lead to discrimination and exclusion,” the statement said. The answer comes after Zillow published an analysis showing that homes in predominantly white […]
The policy, which went into effect June 30, prohibits listings from the site that have been publicly marketed more than one business day before the listing is available for display on Zillow. Compass filed a lawsuit against Zillow in mid-June, just before the enforcement deadline, claiming the policy stifles competition and causes irreparable harm to […]
Compass‘s preliminary injunction hearing in his antitrust case against Zillow continued all week before ending on Friday. The hearing, which will be held in New York City under the auspices of U.S. District Court Judge Jeanette Vargas, will be used to decide Compass’ motion to block enforcement of Zillow’s listing access standards policy. The policy, […]
Zillow identified majority white areas through data Urbanity and the 2019-2023 census American Community Five-year estimates from the study of the number of housing units by race of householder. Race, not price, influences private listings, says Zillow Of the homes in the higher price ranges, 8.9% were privately listed in predominantly white areas, compared to […]
The latest complaint maintains the same core allegation as the original complaint, which alleged that the portal misleads consumers into using agents affiliated with Zillow through its Flex and Premier Agent programs, resulting in high home purchase prices. The testimony in the amended complaint supports these allegations. According to the amended complaint, Zillow encourages agents […]
