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25 06, 2026

The new Zillow Workspace: Convenient tool or brokerage replacement?

By |2026-06-25T05:29:47-07:00June 25th, 2026|Broker-Agent Information, MLS Insights, Real Estate Technology|Comments Off on The new Zillow Workspace: Convenient tool or brokerage replacement?

Zillow’s new pitch for the new Zillow Workspace sounds so friendly, so helpful, and  so wonderfully efficient: “Your business, your tools, one workspace.” Zillow has looked across the real estate industry, seen the frustrating burden of accessing technologies from multiple log-ins, and heroically stepped in to save the day. Zillow Workspace is being positioned as the agent’s “command center” for real estate efficiency. It brings together access to Zillow tools, Follow Up Boss, Dotloop, ShowingTime, Showcase, listing media, showing activity, deal activity, and the promise of lots more integrations to come.

21 05, 2026

Zillow’s Transparency Argument Has a Blind Spot: Zillow’s Own Exclusive Inventory

By |2026-05-20T16:13:47-07:00May 21st, 2026|MLS Insights|Comments Off on Zillow’s Transparency Argument Has a Blind Spot: Zillow’s Own Exclusive Inventory

Zillow has positioned itself as a champion of listing transparency, but its own ecosystem includes significant categories of exclusive inventory, including FSBO, rental, new construction, and pre-market listings. This analysis examines the contradiction, the implications for the cooperative marketplace, and what true transparency would require from every player in the industry.

4 03, 2026

Zillow’s CTO Spills the Tea on AI Strategy

By |2026-02-25T12:58:26-08:00March 4th, 2026|AI & Application Development, Artificial Intelligence, Data-Driven Culture, Technology|Comments Off on Zillow’s CTO Spills the Tea on AI Strategy

Zillow’s artificial intelligence strategy is built on more than investment. It rests on a powerful ecosystem of listing, consumer, showing, agent, and transaction data accumulated over two decades. This article examines how integrated AI across these datasets could reshape competitive dynamics for brokers and MLS organizations.

26 11, 2025

RICO charges against Zillow raise broader questions for brokerages, MLSs, and industry leadership

By |2025-11-26T10:42:20-08:00November 26th, 2025|Broker-Agent Information, Legal in Real Estate|Comments Off on RICO charges against Zillow raise broader questions for brokerages, MLSs, and industry leadership

The Zillow lawsuit, combined with the new NAR delegate vote and CRMLS’s disclosure mandate, marks a shift toward more explicit transparency in referral systems.

21 11, 2025

Zillow Offers $1.3 Billion for Private Listings and plans to pressure brokers and MLS to share private listings

By |2025-11-21T11:57:44-08:00November 21st, 2025|Broker Information, MLS Insights|Comments Off on Zillow Offers $1.3 Billion for Private Listings and plans to pressure brokers and MLS to share private listings

Brokers that reinforce MLS partnership, invest in owned channels, and upgrade listing launch systems can blunt the impact of any visibility or tool-based pressure from external players.

14 11, 2025

Zillow’s New Playbook: When a Platform Starts Making Policy

By |2025-11-13T17:46:23-08:00November 14th, 2025|Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT|Comments Off on Zillow’s New Playbook: When a Platform Starts Making Policy

The next decade will determine whether MLSs remain the backbone of cooperation, or evolve into data providers to platforms that make their own rules.

31 10, 2025

Zillow + ChatGPT: a new front for international listing exposure

By |2025-10-30T16:00:54-07:00October 31st, 2025|ChatGPT, MLS Insights|Comments Off on Zillow + ChatGPT: a new front for international listing exposure

For international markets, it is not a distant opportunity, it is a new front already opening through the gateways built by globally minded MLSs.

21 10, 2025

NAR does not see the tree or the forest in the reciprocity statement about Zillow’s display of data on ChatGPT.com

By |2025-10-21T18:03:51-07:00October 21st, 2025|Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, MLS Insights|Comments Off on NAR does not see the tree or the forest in the reciprocity statement about Zillow’s display of data on ChatGPT.com

NAR’s policy statement offers caution but avoids clarity. Until the association clearly defines what control means in the age of AI, it risks losing both the tree and the forest.

16 10, 2025

Zillow launches Zillow Pro: client tracking enters a new phase

By |2025-10-16T13:52:44-07:00October 16th, 2025|Real Estate Technology|Comments Off on Zillow launches Zillow Pro: client tracking enters a new phase

It is a logical evolution of customer for life solutions, but it also raises new questions about privacy, data sharing, and competitive dependence.

14 10, 2025

The Zillow ChatGPT Integration of IDX Data: A Test of Opinion

By |2025-10-14T10:11:08-07:00October 14th, 2025|Artificial Intelligence, Broker Technology Research, ChatGPT, IDX, MLS Insights, Zillow|Comments Off on The Zillow ChatGPT Integration of IDX Data: A Test of Opinion

If MLSs provide a standardized, policy-compliant way for AI systems to query listing data (with proper guardrails), then any broker or authorized app can use it and we maintain a level playing field and oversight.

7 10, 2025

Zillow seeks forgiveness, not permission: MLSs must enforce cooperation in the AI era

By |2025-10-07T11:00:50-07:00October 7th, 2025|Data-Driven Culture, Legal in Real Estate, MLS Insights|Comments Off on Zillow seeks forgiveness, not permission: MLSs must enforce cooperation in the AI era

Zillow built its business on cooperation. Now it’s the MLS’s job to defend it.