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Homecoming: Opendoor tries iBuying in Bay Area
By T.P. Yeatts | February 08, 2022 10:07AM
Opendoor, the San Francisco-based iBuyer, will attempt to flip homes in the nation’s priciest housing market — its own....
Homecoming: Opendoor tries iBuying in Bay Area
National
US housing market up a historic $6.9T in 2021: Zillow
By Holden Walter-Warner | Research By Christian Bautista | January 28, 2022 08:45AM
By any measure, the housing market went bonkers last year. Now, Zillow has put a number on it. The...
US housing market up a historic $6.9T in 2021: Zillow
National
Texas capital tumbles from top slot among hot housing markets
By Cindy Widner | January 12, 2022 03:36PM
Austin’s hot housing market, which topped a national ranking last year, may be about to cool – and then...
Texas capital tumbles from top slot among hot housing markets
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Institutional investors crowding iBuying purchases
TRD Staff | January 07, 2022 12:25PM
Wall Street is snapping up homes at historic rates, and it appears iBuyers are a key part of investors’...
Institutional investors crowding iBuying purchases
National Insights
American cities are short by 1.35 million homes, Zillow study shows
By Joe Lovinger and Joseph Jungermann | December 10, 2021 08:00AM
Zillow has good and bad news. Let’s start with the good. In a study comparing population growth with new...
American cities are short by 1.35 million homes, Zillow study shows
National
iBuyers reached record housing market share, sales volume
By Holden Walter-Warner | December 08, 2021 09:46AM
iBuyers were all the rage in the third quarter, accounting for a record share of the housing market. But...
iBuyers reached record housing market share, sales volume
National
Zillow selling half of iBought homes, will buy back $750M shares
By Erin Hudson | December 03, 2021 11:56AM
Zillow’s disastrous foray into iBuying may finally provide a silver lining to investors. The company’s shares jumped on Friday,...
Zillow selling half of iBought homes, will buy back $750M shares
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Now streaming: TRD’s podcast on Zillow’s iBuying collapse
By Isabella Farr | November 29, 2021 08:45AM
Earlier this month, Zillow quit the iBuying business. The firm said it would stop flipping homes, citing heavy losses,...
Now streaming: TRD’s podcast on Zillow’s iBuying collapse
National
Pretium Partners picks up 2,000 Zillow homes to kick off iBuying wind-down
TRD Staff | November 10, 2021 10:15AM
The great sell-off has started for Zillow as 2,000 of its homes are changing hands to an investment firm....
Pretium Partners picks up 2,000 Zillow homes to kick off iBuying wind-down
National
Humans vs machines: The fallout from Zillow’s iBuying fiasco
By Erin Hudson | November 05, 2021 04:53PM
For all the talk about how Zillow’s iBuying fiasco was a triumph of humans over machines, it’s worth remembering...
Humans vs machines: The fallout from Zillow’s iBuying fiasco