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The embattled real estate brokerage notified authorities in California it will eliminate 55 employees and 68 independent sales agents.

An estimated 477,039 homes worth approximately $268 billion are at high risk of being damaged by wildfires, a new study from Zillow shows. 

In the U.S., 24-hour cities essentially translate to our gateway cities: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, 18-hour cities are the markets with above-average urban population growth.

With my last article, I outlined how the current closing process leaves so much to be desired. The system is more or less broken as designed when the consumer at the heart of the transaction has anything short of an excellent experience.

Some real estate agents have to be secret agents as well. That’s because, in every global city, there are off-market properties that are never going to be listed openly.

With home prices at record highs, what are today’s 20- and 30-year-olds most interested in? Considering that Gen Z and millennials account for 55% of HGTV’s audience, fixer upper properties are a good bet.

I celebrated my first anniversary at Zillow recently and there are a lot of reasons why I am excited about year two. One aspect of Zillow that initially drew me here and continues to be important to me is the corporate culture of giving.

Moving a real estate business onto a new technology platform doesn’t have to be frustrating or overly time-consuming. When the new product can raise productivity and transform business, tech users have even more motivation to take the leap and make the move.

In our industry, the importance of “protege building” is not widely discussed. In a day and age when the competition is tough and egos run high, how do you find the right mini-me to pass along your wealth of knowledge to?

Industry leaders and a lawyer for the National Association of Realtors ponder how to make agent commission structures more transparent in light of high profile litigation, and an investigation into industry practices by the Justice Department.