Rocket Companies has finalized its acquisition of Redfin for a reported $1.8 billion, consolidating the most-trafficked brokerage site with the nation’s largest retail mortgage lender. In an announcement released yesterday,...

In 2019, activist investor Elliott Management wrote a letter to eBay's board in which it referred to the company's classifieds division as "an odd collection of unrelated assets". The letter...

Real estate marketplace Idealista has acquired 100% of Certicalia, a Spanish platform for real estate-related certifications and administrative documentation. The transaction price was not disclosed. Founded in 2012 by Carlos...

New South Wales' Supreme Court has approved a shareholder vote for Domain to decide on CoStar's proposed acquisition of the company. The decision allows Domain to distribute the terms of...

This week's roundup is very Europe-heavy, but we'll start in the United States with Redfin...   United States: Redfin integrates Thumbtack services into its Owner Dashboard Redfin has partnered with Thumbtack...

OLX Group is pushing forward with a significant pivot from its traditional C2C classifieds model to a more scalable, B2C-led strategy across its verticals, with real estate positioned to benefit...

Adevinta has reportedly slapped a €2 billion price tag on its suite of Spanish assets, with several parties expected to make acquisition bids by July. Spanish daily Expansión has reported...

Compass is suing Zillow for enacting a listings ban for agents who do not upload new real estate listings to a Multiple Listing Service (MLS). Zillow's listings standards policy, announced...

The Amsterdam-headquartered media giant Prosus has posted its results for its financial year ended 31st of March. Relevant highlights from the company's performance for FY25 include: OLX's consolidated revenues grew...

There's only one place we can start with this week's people roundup—a spate of hires and fires in Asia...   Asia: Dubizzle Group goes on a hiring spree for new...

It looks like portals are focused on marketing as well as Product in this week's roundup. We'll start in the United Kingdom...   United Kingdom: Zoopla launches interesting Prospect Plus...

Zoopla has announced the launch of Prospect Plus, a new product that delivers agents direct access to serious sellers who have signalled they want to move home in the next...