Zillow Quietly Charging Big Builders for Listing Exposure
By: Andrea V. Brambila of Inman News | Since 2016, Zillow Group has been tapping into a new revenue stream by charging high-volume builders to post new-home listings on the company’s websites, which include Zillow.com and Trulia, the two most popular home search portals, Inman recently learned.
American Dream with Ben Caballero
This interview is an excerpt from the book American Dream: Interviews with Industry-Leading Professionals (October, 2016) by Jason Navallo and was published on Underdog.nyc in May 2017.
HomeUSA.com Clients Talk about Positive Experience with Platform
HomesUSA.com continuously seeks to improve our platform to better serve industry needs. Our clients’ input has always been an invaluable part what makes HomesUSA.com® the most innovative builder platform available.
HomesUSA.com Beta Now Available
HomesUSA.com Beta has been developed using the latest technologies and suggestions from our valued clients. HomesUSA.com offers builders the most robust, efficient, and economical method for our team to manage the builders’ inventory in MLS. The platform greatly enhances the user experience and increases speed
Feb 2018 – HomesUSA.com New Home Sales Index
New home prices rose for the first time in the last ten months as total new home sales stabilized and the pace of home sales slowed in three of the top four major Texas markets, according to the HomesUSA.com® New Homes Sales Index and other data released today. The Index is a 12-month rolling average of the Days on Market (DOM) for new homes listed in the local Multiple Listing Services (MLSs) for the four largest Texas markets, including Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio.
Lennar Chairman Talks About Innovation
Lennar’s embrace of transformational use of technology to drive its business forward became clear to audiences of Hive last fall as Lennar CEO Stuart Miller, a Hive dean, demonstrated ways that data would change local and enterprise decision-making and resource allocation from top to bottom.
Jan 2018 – HomesUSA.com New Home Sales Index
Texas new home builders finished 2017 with steady sales in December. Most buyers benefited from lower prices as the pace of home sales improve in three of the top four Texas markets, according to the HomesUSA.com® New Homes Sales Index and other data released today.
Your Listings may not be on Zillow
I recently learned that Zillow is not publishing my new home listings if the builder builds more than 150 homes a year. Its motivation is to have builders sign up for its Promoted Communities service, which Zillow covertly launched in early 2016.
Dec 2017 – HomesUSA.com New Home Sales Index
Dallas, Texas – December 22, 2017 – There’s good news for Texas new home builders and buyers as sales remain strong and prices continue to come down, but the pace of home sales are mixed in Texas markets in November, according to the HomesUSA.com® New Homes Sales Index and other data released today. The Index […]
