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Mortgage payments on a typical home were already 2% higher in August compared to a year earlier.

Zillow Group (NasdaqGS:ZG) and Realtor.com jointly launched a new pre-market listing feature called Preview for U.S. home sellers. Preview allows properties to appear on both Zillow and Realtor.com before going live on Multiple Listing Services, giving buyers earlier visibility. The launch creates what the companies describe as the largest coordinated pre-market syndication effort in U.S. residential real estate. The new Preview pre-market listing rollout arrives alongside broader shifts in...

Zillow Group has seen its share price retreat sharply in recent years, which puts fresh focus on whether the current valuation is still supported by the earnings the business generates. With the housing market adjusting to weaker new construction and affordability pressures, the key issue is how much of Zillow Group’s profit potential is already reflected in the stock. Over the past 5 years the share price has fallen 67.9%, which raises the question of how the market is reassessing the...

Housing stocks are sliding in unison on Wednesday while the broader market barely flinches, and the reason why Opendoor is falling twice as hard as its closest peers cuts to the heart of what makes iBuyers structurally different from every other name in the group.

A new Zillow report has found that renting in the Atlanta metro is actually cheaper than owning your home in monthly costs.

Zillow faces long-term risk from its high agent fees, which could drive agents toward lower-cost competitors like CoStar. Read why Z stock is a Hold.

The study found sellers lost an estimated $2,165 when using agents that represented buyers as well.

Zillow Group shares have fallen sharply toward 52-week lows, potentially putting the online real estate giant back on investors' radars.

Zillow Preview listings will be available on RealScout later this year, giving homebuyers earlier access to pre-market homes through the agent they already work with.

Treasury yields pushing past 5% are separating winners from losers among iBuyer stocks, and the gap between Opendoor, Offerpad, and Zillow reveals something telling about where the housing market may be headed.

New data from 2026 shows that U.S. new home construction has slowed after a historic run, with single-family completions declining for a third straight year and residential building permits dropping to a post-pandemic low. This thinner pipeline of new houses could deepen the existing housing shortage just as affordability is already stretched, potentially reshaping how buyers, sellers, and renters use Zillow Group’s platforms. We’ll now examine how a slowing flow of newly built homes, and...

The pace of residential building permits in the US fell further below its pre-pandemic trend line in

One measure of a hot rental market is how many people search its apartment listings from out of town. These 10 cities draw the most interest.

Opendoor's CEO took to social media to admit something investors did not want to hear, and it landed in the worst possible week for a company that lives and dies by interest rates.

Rising mortgage rates pushed home sales down 10.7 percent from July to August — a trend that's expected to continue into the fall.

As U.S. rent prices rise, more tenants are relocating to cheaper markets, according to a new report by Zillow.

Zillow (ZG) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock? We take a look at earnings estimates for some clues.

Zillow's rent-reporting program is helping renters build credit while expanding its housing platform from rental search to homeownership.

Nearly one-third of mortgage applicants are denied a loan because of insufficient credit history, making it the most common reason for a denial.1 Yet the average renter's biggest monthly expense doesn't count toward their credit score. Zillow® is helping to change that. Since launching rent reporting in 2024, Zillow has reported more than 1.78 million on-time rent payments to credit bureaus for free.

Earlier this month, Rocket Companies’ Redfin resolved a Federal Trade Commission and multi-state investigation into its multifamily rental-listing agreement with Zillow, preserving the partnership through at least 2030 and lifting prior competitive restrictions. The settlement allows Redfin to restart its own rental advertising business while still receiving listings and payments from Zillow, reshaping Rocket’s rentals-focused revenue opportunities. We’ll now examine how Redfin’s renewed...

Zillow and Pinterest recently launched a partnership that brings Zillow’s Elevate advertising product onto Pinterest’s ad platform, allowing brands to target housing-intent audiences directly within Pinterest’s planning-focused environment. This move highlights how Pinterest’s planning-stage user base can attract real estate marketers, potentially deepening its role in high-intent, visually driven advertising campaigns. Next, we’ll examine how integrating Zillow’s housing-intent data into...

Zillow finds the rent-buy gap is widening across major US markets, extending buyer timelines and supporting rental demand.

Zillow Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: Z and ZG), which is transforming the way people buy, sell, rent and finance homes, today announced Zillow Group will present at this year's Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco.

Zillow Group (ZG) resolved a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission and several states over its multifamily rental syndication agreement with Redfin. The settlement keeps the partnership intact and clarifies how both companies can compete in rentals. See our latest analysis for Zillow Group. The legal clarity around rentals has landed at a time when Zillow Group’s share price has shown short term strength, with a 1 month share price return of 23.7% and a 7 day gain of 10.6%. However, the...

Zillow Group, Inc. recently resolved a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission and five states over its multifamily rental listings syndication agreement with Redfin, keeping the partnership and syndication intact across platforms like Zillow, Trulia, HotPads, Rent.com, ApartmentGuide and Redfin through at least 2030. The settlement not only removes legal uncertainty but also clears the way for Zillow and Redfin to introduce standalone multifamily advertising products in 2027, potentially...

Zillow and Redfin reached a settlement with the FTC, which requires Redfin to reenter the rental advertising business.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says it has settled a claim against Zillow and Redfin accusing the real estate listings companies of striking a deal to suppress competition in online rental advertising.

Federal regulators alleged that a $100 million deal between Redfin and Zillow stifled competition for apartment listings.