• Zillow Creating a More Streamlined Experience for Offers Customers With Lender Acquisition

    Company Is Developing Opportunities for Broker Partners as It Builds Out New Mortgage Technology
    Zillow Group’s Zillow Offers (formerly Instant Offers) program continues to make its presence known, expanding into new markets and offering new tools to consumers.
    Recently, Zillow made news again with the announcement that they’ll be acquiring Mortgage Lenders of America, based in Overland Park, Kan., a move designed to streamline and shorten the mortgage process for consumers who purch
  • Against Grain, Luxury Market Moves Up

    Luxury prices are strengthening, with double-digit growth in 20 of the largest markets in the nation—a contrast from the housing market overall, according to the August Luxury Home Index by realtor.com®. The age of inventory in the luxury segment sped up to 121 days, the Index shows.
    “The conditions in the luxury segment are quite different from the market overall—it’s really a tale of two markets,” says Danielle Hale, chief economist for realtor.

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