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Zillow Group reports on a real estate technology platform that connects consumers with homes, rentals, real estate agents, loan officers and housing providers. Company updates commonly cover financial results across residential, rentals, mortgages and for-sale activity, along with products such as Zillow Showcase, Zillow Home Loans, Zillow Rentals, Zillow New Construction, ShowingTime, dotloop and agent software tools.
News also includes Zillow housing-market research, including home value, rent, inventory, affordability and buyer-engagement data. Other recurring themes include pre-market listing products such as Zillow Preview, brokerage participation, marketplace transparency, AI-enabled search tools and services for renters, buyers, sellers and real estate professionals.
Z (Zillow) analysis dated Dec 11, 2025 finds nearly 7 in 10 mortgage shoppers submit only one application, potentially costing buyers thousands over a loan.
On a typical U.S. home valued at $359,241, a drop from 6.24% to 5.74% on a 30-year fixed reduces monthly payments from about $2,345 to $2,253, saving roughly $1,104 per year. Zillow estimates that level of savings would have made 22,000 more homes affordable nationwide in November 2025. Larger metros show bigger annual savings (e.g., $4,752 in San Jose).
Zillow (NYSE: Z) relaunched its seasonal "Santa's House" Showcase listing on Dec 10, 2025, featuring five new virtual staging themes — Icicle Dream, Gingerbread House, Tinsel Town, Nordic Scandinavian and Midnight Magic — driven by Zillow's Virtual Staging AI and a new SkyTour view. The off-market North Pole cabin has received more than 3 million views and a special Zestimate of $1,207,345, up about 0.1% year-over-year. The Showcase experience highlights interactive floor plans, room-by-room photo organization, a self-rotating carousel and the ability to "Stage This Space" on web.
Zillow says Showcase listings attract 70% more page views, saves and shares versus non-Showcase listings.
Zillow (NYSE: Z) forecasts a modest housing rebound in 2026 driven by improving affordability. Key projections: home values +1.2%, existing home sales 4.26M (+4.3%), and the share of major metros with annual price declines falling from 24 to 12. Mortgage rates are expected to remain above 6%. Multifamily rents are forecast to rise 0.3% while single-family rents climb 2.3%. Single-family construction starts are trending 5% below last year with a possible further 2% drop in 2026.
Zillow Group (Nasdaq: Z) will present at the Barclays 23rd Annual Global Technology Conference in San Francisco. CEO Jeremy Wacksman will join a fireside chat on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 at 11:35 a.m. PT / 2:35 p.m. ET. Investors can register for the live webcast and access live and recorded versions under the company's Events & Presentations section on its Investor Relations website.
Zillow Group (Nasdaq: Z) will present at the UBS Global Technology and AI Conference 2025 in Scottsdale.
CFO Jeremy Hofmann will participate in a fireside chat on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 at 9:35 a.m. MT / 11:35 a.m. ET. A live webcast is available by registration, and live and recorded versions will be posted in the Events & Presentations section on Zillow Group's investor relations website.
Zillow (NYSE: Z) analysis on Nov 24, 2025 finds the typical U.S. listing received $25,000 in cumulative price cuts in October, matching the largest discounts Zillow has tracked.
Median individual price cuts remain near $10,000 and 26.9% of listings had at least one price cut in October. High-dollar metros saw the largest median cuts (San Jose $70,900, Los Angeles $61,000, San Francisco $59,001, New York $50,000), while Pittsburgh and New Orleans recorded the largest relative discounts (~9% of typical home value).
Z (Zillow) published an analysis of Chicago-area MLS data showing that homes listed in a private listing network were 2.2 times more likely to be in majority-white neighborhoods after controlling for price, home type, location and broker activity.
Within the Midwest Real Estate Data private network, 7.9% of homes for sale were private in majority-white areas versus 3.4% in majority-non-white areas. The report warns private listings reduce public visibility on portals, may deepen segregation, and urges broader listing transparency.
Zillow (NYSE: Z) launched CreditClimb on Nov 19, 2025, a nationwide tool powered by Esusu that reports on-time rent payments to Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion for $20 a year. CreditClimb lets renters track scores and submit up to two years of past rent payments. The release cites that nearly 87% of renters lack rent reporting, renters using Esusu programs saw an average +45 point credit increase, and reported programs unlocked over $30 billion in mortgages. Zillow says it has helped 147,000 renters with rent reporting since early 2024.
Zillow (Z) research found 53% of U.S. homes lost value year-over-year as of October 2025, the highest share since April 2012. The national average drawdown from peak is 9.7%, while the median home value has risen 67% since last sale (median ownership ~8.6 years). Only 4.1% of homes are valued below their last sale price and 3.4% of new listings arrive priced under last-sale value. Metro variation is large: Denver, Austin and Dallas show very high shares of homes down, while Providence, Buffalo and Milwaukee show low shares.
This reflects broad regional dispersion: nationwide normalization in values rather than a repeat of Great Recession declines.
Zillow (NYSE: Z) and Thumbtack analysis (Nov. 13, 2025) finds the hidden costs of homeownership average $15,979 per year nationwide — about $1,325 per month above mortgage payments. Costs split as $10,946 maintenance, $3,030 property tax, and $2,003 insurance. Hidden costs rose 4.7% year-over-year while household incomes rose 3.8%. Insurance premiums climbed 48% since Feb 2020, with metro spikes like $4,607 average in Miami (up 72%). Coastal metros show the highest totals (New York $24,381; San Francisco $22,781).