CoStar Group is facing a second activist broadside in as many weeks, this time from New York-based investment firm D.E. Shaw, which has published a sharply worded open letter accusing...

Rocket Companies, the owner of US real estate marketplace and brokerage Redfin, has been hit with a class-action lawsuit, accusing the Detroit-based group of steering homebuyers towards its own mortgage...

CoStar Group has issued a sharply worded response to yesterday's open letter from activist investor Third Point, pushing back against what it calls a “completely detached from reality” portrayal of...

Activist hedge fund Third Point has fired a blistering open letter at the board of CoStar Group, sharply criticising the company’s governance, capital allocation and, most pointedly, its multi-year push...

Realtor.com has chosen a very deliberate moment to place what it calls one of the biggest bets in its history. This week, the US portal unveiled Realtor.com Plus, a collaborative...

This week's product roundup starts with a nifty integration for Realtor.com in the United States...   North America: Realtor.com announces integration with CubiCasa for floorplans and virtual tours Realtor.com has...

Washington State is edging closer to becoming the next battleground in the US private listings war, with lawmakers introducing legislation that would significantly restrict how homes can be marketed off-market....

Zillow and Redfin have asked a federal court to dismiss the FTC’s antitrust challenge to their rental listing syndication partnership, pushing back hard against claims that the deal was designed...

This week's roundup features some household names in Europe and beyond. We'll start in Sweden...   Europe: Hemnet CEO hits back after share price tumble Jonas Gustafsson said Hemnet's recent...

Newly released court documents reviewed by Inman have highlighted Zillow’s thinking as the US portal battled the rise of private listing networks among brokerages. The documents form part of the...

Realtor.com has signed a new distribution deal with Movoto that will see its new construction inventory syndicated to the Lower-owned challenger portal, giving builders extra reach and Movoto a deeper...

New Zillow research claims to show that private listings in and around Chicago are disproportionately concentrated in majority-white neighbourhoods. The study, which was circulated to journalists via a press release,...