Redfin CEO: These 10 shifts defined real estate in 2025
Opinion
2025 was another landmark year in real estate. Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman breaks down the 10 trends that mattered most
by Glenn Kelman Dec 30
Google for real estate
In this week's Download: How will you shift your marketing if Google becomes the next dominant player in the online listings landscape?
by Christy Murdock Dec 22
Analyst: Portals like Zillow face 'long-term risk' from Google real estate experiment
Google is displaying real estate listings as search results in some markets — prompting questions about IDX violations and analyst speculation about risks to the portals
by Marian McPherson Dec 15
real estate transparency
Opinion
Referral fees are just the starting point for a larger conversation real estate professionals need to have about transparency, Cara Ameer writes
by Cara Ameer Dec 11
Zillow climate data
Catch up with the latest on everything listings, from Zillow's climate data switch to pricing and marketing your next listing
by Christy Murdock Dec 7
Andrew Wild
Lofty’s Andrew Wild joined Zillow as employee No. 60 — when he left, it had grown past 6,000. After stops at Tom Ferry and Final Offer, today, he’s sharing predictions for where the industry is headed
Zillow removes climate data
The portal announced last year that listings would begin showing climate data from First Street. Now, however, Zillow has pivoted so that, instead, listings feature a link to First Street's website
by Jim Dalrymple II Dec 1
Realtor.com CEO talks ‘serious competitors,’ says 'quality is really what we're interested in'
In the first of a two-part exclusive interview with Inman, a general in the portal wars breaks down what the public (and the media) get wrong about the leading residential search platforms
by Taylor Anderson Nov 20
Redfin site fluke exposed past users' data on listing contact forms
The glitch momentarily revealed past users' names, phone numbers and email addresses over the span of less than a week
by Lillian Dickerson Nov 13
Realtor.com is gaining on competing portals despite decline in users, owners say
Average monthly unique users to Realtor.com sites fell 6.5% compared to the prior year. The company said it had 72M average unique monthly users in the most recent quarter
by Taylor Anderson Nov 6
real estate portal controversies
After a week of legal battles and portal platform shakeups, real estate leaders break down what it all means for agents on the ground
by Christy Murdock Oct 27
CoStar reaches agreement with CRMLS, keeping access to data
Homes.com won't lose access to real estate listing data from the California Regional Multiple Listing Service after all
by Taylor Anderson Oct 23
Homes.com hit with lawsuit over monetization of CRMLS data
Homes.com will lose access to the CRMLS data feed on Nov. 1. REcore Solutions says the portal monetized listings without paying an agreed upon fee for the data
by Taylor Anderson Oct 21
Zillow removes Matterport 3D home tours from its sites
The portal was notifying agents Monday that CoStar declined to renew Matterport's API agreement with Zillow, leading the portal to remove Matterport 3D tours from its site
by Marian McPherson Oct 20
How will the portals respond to the Compass-Anywhere deal?
Opinion
On this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, Rob Hahn and Greg Robertson from the Industry Relations podcast debate what this game-changing merger really means