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The $500 million deal was announced in February and prompted debate among ShowingTime users. The FTC is reportedly seeking more information.

Share via Shortlink Less than a decade ago, startups valued at $1 billion or more were so rare — so mythical even — that the tech world took to calling them unicorns. In 2013, there were just 39 such magical creatures, a number that has since surged to more than 600. Residential real estate, a longtime tech desert, had but a couple over the years. But in the last eight months, four proptech startups focused on the residential industry have hit valuations of $1 billion or more. Thre...

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Rich Barton The lights were dimmed. Soft music played in the background as Dan Levy, clad in paisley pajamas, parted his lips and tossed his head. “I need a new fantasy,” he moaned. “Are you in your 30s? You need something new,” a satin-clad woman purred in reply. “The pleasure you once got from sex now comes from looking at other people’s houses. You need Zillow.” Rich Barton’s company had made it to “Saturday Night Live,” in a skit that went viral. Acknowledging the pop cu...

Business Zillow and Trulia hit with antitrust suit claiming they’ve made it harder to find some listings Portland, OR, USA - Mar 7, 2021: A man searches for a single family home in the Bay Area from the Zillow website on his laptop at home. The U.S. is seeing the greatest housing price surge since 2006. by: By Anna Bahney, CNN Posted: Mar 10, 2021 / 06:52 PM EST (CNN) — A seemingly small change to Zillow and Trulia’s websites in January has cha...

True. And now?  Realtor.com is redeeming itself after sitting on the sidelines of the digital real estate wars. With growing profits and booming traffic, the wounded soldier is back on the battlefield. News Corp. is publicly touting the turn-around. Previously, its Australian real estate portal REA was the crown jewel of its digital real estate strategy, as tarnished realtor.com lost ground to Zillow. Not anymore. Realtor.com on the mend “Realtor has contributed more to our profit growth, th...

Errol Samuelson and Michael Lane addressed the concerns over the acquisition at Inman Connect Now.

“I swallowed hard when I heard the news,” one agent told us.  For agents, the deal raises concerns about who owns their data, as well as what Zillow has planned for software that many people consider part of their daily toolbox.  At a time when Zillow’s power has never felt more ascendant, that’s just the start of the questions that we’ll have for Zillow’s Errol Samuelson and ShowingTime president Mike Lane, both of whom will take the stage at Inman Connect Now on Thursday.  They...

In the wake of Zillow’s acquisition of ShowingTime, real estate agents who used the platform were concerned about data. The fear expressed was that data from their clients, data regarding showings, is now sitting in the hands of a company it sometimes considers a competitor.  David Klein | Photo credit: Klein Moynihan Turco LLP Zillow was clear that the deal shouldn’t change the way ShowingTime handles data and the company’s existing privacy policy would remain in place. David Klein, the...

A day after Zillow announced its purchase of ShowingTime, Homesnap responded that it was putting "the pedal to the metal" on its own show scheduling tool.