Home Buying, US Real Estate

Vaccine rollout to inspire more home buying, Zillow says

By Mike Wheatley | March 1, 2021
The COVID-19 vaccine is likely to add more buyers and sellers to an already red hot real estate market. A new survey from Zillow finds a large majority (70%) of homeowners say they would be comfortable moving to a new home after widespread COVID-19 vaccine distribution, a meaningful bump from the 52% who currently feel […]
Real Estate Technology

Zillow acquires ShowingTime for its online tour scheduling platform

By Mike Wheatley | February 13, 2021
Zillow is acquiring a company called ShowingTime that offers a platform for scheduling physical home tours so people can go to see a home they’re interested in at a time that’s most convenient all from the showingtime mobile app. Zillow said it’s buying ShowingTime for $500 million and will use the company’s technology to make […]
US Real Estate

Zillow study illustrates home value disparity between races

By Mike Wheatley | January 8, 2021
Typical values for Black and Latinx-owned homes still lag behind overall U.S. home values, but the gap is narrowing. A new Zillow analysis shows homes owned by Black and Latinx households are worth 16.2% and 10.2% less, respectively, than the typical U.S. home. Homes owned by non-Hispanic white and Asian families, meanwhile, have typical values […]
Featured News, US Real Estate

Zillow predicts a stronger housing market in 2021

By Mike Wheatley | January 5, 2021
Zillow has said that it expects the for-sale housing market to gain even more strength in 2021 following an incredible run that came in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Zillow said in its 2021 housing predictions that demand is continuing to grow as we enter the new year, and that this will likely surge […]
Featured News, US Real Estate, Zillow

Zillow forecasts strong housing demand for years to come

By Mike Wheatley | December 10, 2020
Real estate giant Zillow said in a report last week that it believes housing demand will remain strong for years to come as buyers try to make up for lost time caused by the impact of the Great Recession last decade. In its most recent analysis, Zillow said that low rates of household formation since […]
US Real Estate

Zillow: Remote work could help more Blacks become homeowners

By Mike Wheatley | November 27, 2020
The rapid rise in pandemic-driven remote work could make homeownership more attainable for black renters compared to other renters, based on factors including income, the makeup of local industries, geography and more, a new Zillow analysis has found. Zillow research found that of the nearly 2 million U.S. renters that have able to take advantage […]
News, US Real Estate

Zillow sees big revenue jump as pandemic boosts home sales

By Mike Wheatley | November 11, 2020
Shares in Zillow jumped more than 8% last week after the company reported third quarter earnings that blew past analysts estimates and offered better than expected fourth quarter guidance. More Americans are moving home due to record low mortgage rates and the pandemic-related trend towards remote work, and that has spurred an increase in sales […]
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