Third Point challenges CoStar’s Homes.com strategy as CoStar defends $5B in investment, subscriber growth, and a path to profitability.
Homes.com CEO Andy Florance is calling out Zillow for anti-agent practices, but at the same time, it’s mailing sellers directly. Here’s what agents need to know in the latest portal power play.
CoStar CEO Andy Florance says Homes.com will now offer a free Boost to listings banned by Zillow, offering agents a workaround to the portal’s new private listing ban.
Homes.com Super Bowl commercials took aim at Zillow and Realtor.com, fueling the ongoing battle between real estate portals.
In this week’s BAM interview, Byron Lazine spoke with Latter & Blum CEO Lacey Conway on some big questions circulating among real estate professionals—including those on the NAR settlement. And the conversation gave us plenty to think about.
On Monday, April 22, CoStar Group, Inc., announced it has acquired all outstanding shares of Matterport with a cash and stock transaction valued at $5.50 per share—adding up to an estimated $1.6 billion of enterprise value.
Explore real estate’s most memorable Super Bowl commercials. From CoStar’s $1 billion campaign to Opendoor’s live ad, see how real estate giants leveraged the big game. Plus, discover who missed out on this year’s advertising blitz.
This week in BAM (January 29–February 2, 2024) brings Jerome Powell’s latest comments on housing, portal wars heating up, a Ryan Serhant interview, a script for reviving neglected leads, the 6 biggest video mistakes, and more
In this week’s episode of The Real Word, Byron Lazine and Nicole White discuss comments by four real estate CEOs on the portal wars.
This week in BAM brings another commission lawsuit, 2024 predictions, a BAM webinar on PR tools, a clear message from CoStar to Realtor.com and WSJ, an increase in conforming loan limits, opening scripts, and much more.
An email from CoStar CEO Andy Florance on November 20 addresses false statements made by Realtor.com senior vice president Bob Evans at the NAR NXT opening party. He also reveals anti-Realtor bias in Realtor.com and the Wall Street Journal.
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