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Zillow Group, Inc., or simply Zillow, is an American tech real-estate marketplace company that was founded in 2006 [4] by co-executive chairmen Rich Barton [5] and Lloyd Frink, former Microsoft executives and founders of Microsoft spin-off Expedia; Spencer Rascoff, a co-founder of Hotwire.com; David Beitel, Zillow's current chief technology officer; and Kristin Acker, Zillow's current ...
Pages in category "Real estate companies of Australia" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Australian property market comprises the trade of land and its permanent fixtures located within Australia. The average Australian property price grew 0.5% per year from 1890 to 1990 after inflation, [ 1 ] however rose from 1990 to 2017 at a faster rate.
In January 2017, REA Group acquired 14.7% of digital real estate marketing platform, Elara Technologies (Elara). [12] In June 2018, the company acquired 100% of Hometrack Australia, [13] a provider of property data services to the financial sector. In 2020, the company earned A$820.3 million in FY20 revenue. [14]
Property legislation in all states is grounded upon the Torrens principle of registration of title. [1] This posits that each state has a central register of all land in the state and that the register also shows the 'owner' of the land. This system was devised to reduce the amount of fraud relating to land due to the falsification of title deeds.
The Domain Group is best known for its real-estate portal domain.com.au, which is Australia's second largest real-estate marketing business, with 90% market penetration. [14] It competes directly with market leader REA Group, running real-estate.com.au, which is majority-owned by Nine rival News Corp Australia. [15] [16]
A real-estate bubble is a form of economic bubble normally characterised by a rapid increase in market prices of real property until they reach unsustainable levels relative to incomes and rents, and then decline. Australian house prices rose strongly relative to incomes and rents during the late 1990s and early 2000s; however, from 2003 to ...
In May 2024, Lendlease announced plans to sell its overseas operations and to be focused on its domestic operations in Australia by late 2025. [28] It described its overseas markets as a "drag" on shareholder returns; its new strategy will focus on simplifying the firm's structure, reducing costs and leveraging its competitive strengths.