Articles about Opendoor

After ditching home-buying business, Zillow Group partners with rival Opendoor

Zillow Group still wants to help people quickly sell their home. The Seattle real estate giant announced a partnership with… Read More

Ex-Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff leads SPAC deal to acquire Offerpad, a rival to his former employer

Former Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff is jumping back into the real estate game in a big way. Rascoff, who… Read More

Tech Moves: Slalom and WTIA add diversity leaders; Seattle mayor won’t seek re-election

— Seattle-based consulting firm Slalom announced Iesha Berry as its first chief inclusion and diversity officer. Based in the Dallas… Read More

Zillow cuts 80 Zillow Offers jobs, adjusting its approach in field offices as it eyes expansion

Zillow has cut about 80 positions from its Zillow Offers homebuying and selling operation, streamlining its management structure in some… Read More

Zillow rival Opendoor will go public via SPAC; home buying and selling platform valued at $4.8B

Opendoor, the Zillow Group rival that lets people directly buy and sell homes online, is going public. The San Francisco-based… Read More

These cities were the top markets for ‘iBuyers’ like Zillow and Redfin in 2019

The cities of Las Vegas, Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte and Atlanta all have one thing in common — they were the… Read More

Opendoor and MoxiWorks team up to arm real estate agents with cash offers for homes

Seattle real estate tech startup MoxiWorks is teaming up with leading iBuyer Opendoor in a new partnership to help agents… Read More

These are the cities where Redfin and Zillow are directly buying and selling the most homes

The so-called “iBuyer” movement is still young, but a new report sheds light on its growing impact on real estate.… Read More

Tech Moves: DocuSign hires trust and security chief; Opendoor beefs up leadership; Avanade names chair

— DocuSign landed former United Airlines executive Emily Heath as chief trust and security officer. Before she led information security… Read More

Zillow and Redfin rival Opendoor unveils mortgage push as real estate powerhouses vie to control home sales

Opendoor, the well-funded San Francisco online real estate marketplace that buys and sells homes, is getting into mortgages, intensifying competition… Read More

Real estate rivals Redfin and Opendoor join forces in surprising home-buying partnership

Homeowners looking to sell their homes in Phoenix and Atlanta can now get a cash offer on Redfin’s website. However,… Read More

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A new era for home-buying: How Zillow, Redfin and their rivals plan to revolutionize real estate, again

The peak home-buying season is upon us, but buyers and sellers taking a fresh look at the market will see… Read More

Huge funding rounds for Opendoor and Offerpad show how expensive Zillow’s bet on home sales could be

Buying and selling hundreds or even thousands of homes at the same time gets pretty expensive — just ask Opendoor… Read More

Zillow and Redfin competitor Opendoor acquires home buying startup Open Listings

Opendoor, a San Francisco online marketplace that buys and sells houses, has acquired online home buying startup Open Listings, intensifying its… Read More

Opendoor raises $325M as it battles Redfin and Zillow in competitive homebuying and selling market

Opendoor, a San Francisco online marketplace that buys and sells homes, has raised a whopping $325 million to expand to… Read More

Zillow’s next $1B business? Online real estate giant makes risky bet buying and selling homes

“We sell ads, not houses,” Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff declared in a conference call with analysts three years ago.… Read More

Zillow ‘Instant Offers’ launches in two cities to test quick-and-easy option for home sellers

Zillow has waded into the complicated and sometimes lengthy process of selling a home by launching a new product on… Read More

Opendoor is the latest startup trying to be the Amazon of home buying

Today, nearly all home searches start online, and buyers can find valuable information about a home within a couple of clicks. But some don’t believe the real… Read More