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CoStar can’t stop talking about Zillow as Homes.com growth surges

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It may have been CoStar Group’s earnings call, but Zillow, the rival of its North American residential real estate portal Homes.com, was certainly a hot topic of conversation.  CoStar Group executives entered their discussion of Zillow by highlighting Homes.com’s growth over the past year, which included a 1,225% annual increase in annualized net new bookings, […]

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Zillow adds in-app messaging to chat with ‘co-shoppers’

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Zillow has added a new messaging feature to its app — allowing homebuyers to chat with “co-shoppers” and share listings. Leaders say the new feature aims to reduce confusion and missed messages by consolidating talk about listings into a single channel.   “This new messaging product brings the collaboration that already happens across text messages

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Tech Pulse: MLS AI debate; CoStar disputes Zillow announcement

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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: It’s up to MLSs to decide if the Zillow-ChatGPT integration violates IDX policies The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said individual MLSs must determine whether Zillow’s ChatGPT integration

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Are Zillow Flex agents required to send buyers to Zillow Home Loans?

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The hits against residential real estate listing portal giant Zillow keep coming. On Tuesday, The Capitol Forum published a report claiming that their research and reporting shows that Zillow’s Flex program could violate the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA).  According to the report, agents, many of whom were former Zillow Flex agents, told The Capitol

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It’s up to MLSs to decide if the Zillow-ChatGPT integration violates IDX policies

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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has weighed in on the ongoing debate over whether or not Zillow’s app integration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT violates MLS IDX policies.  In a statement issued on Tuesday, NAR said that when it comes to enforcement, “each MLS is individually responsible for conducting its own assessment of technologies that use

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Zillow pulls Matterport tours from its listings

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As tensions between CoStar Group and Zillow continue to heat up, Zillow has claimed that CoStar did not renew its Matterport API agreement.  CoStar closed its $1.6 billion acquisition of Matterport in March, meaning that it would be up to CoStar to decide if it wanted to renew the API agreement with Zillow. Matterport and

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Tech Pulse: Are MLS policies built for the ChatGPT era?

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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Are MLS policies built for the ChatGPT era? Zillow‘s integration with ChatGPT has ignited a debate over MLS compliance, with industry leaders examining the implications for data privacy

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Zillow unites agent focused products in Zillow Pro

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Zillow is uniting some of its various agent-focused product offerings under a new umbrella. Described as a suite of products, Zillow announced the launch of Zillow Pro on Wednesday.  The suite of products includes Follow Up Boss, My Agent and Agent Profiles. The integration of these products enables agents to do things like invite any

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NY couple claims Zillow, First Street’s climate risk data harmed home sale

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Chappaqua, New York home sellers, married couple Andrew and Eri Uerkwitz, are claiming that flood risk data provided by First Street Technology accompanying their listing on Zillow is to blame for their home-selling woes, according to a story first published by the Daily Mail. In April 2025, the Uerkwitzes listed their Westchester County home, which

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Tech Pulse: Mortgage leaders stress forward thinking

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Welcome back to Tech Pulse — HousingWire‘s weekly series rounding up the latest in technology news, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Mortgage execs advise lenders to embrace technology or risk falling behind Lenders were urged to embrace technology and adapt to a changing mortgage market at HousingWire‘s 2025 Mortgage

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