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Zillow (ZG) Launches AI-Driven Features to Assist Listing Agents
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Zillow Group, Inc. (ZG - Free Report) recently unveiled Listing Showcase, an immersive, AI-powered feature that aims to support agents in securing more listings, attracting serious buyers and accelerating the sale of homes. The Listing Showcase feature will be offered as a subscription and will be accessible to a limited number of agents. Sellers working with Listing Showcase agents have an advantage as their homes will receive higher visibility in home shoppers' personalized search results.
The newest addition in the ShowingTime+ suite immensely empowers agents and brokers in navigating the uncertain and dynamic real estate market, enhances their reach to potential homebuyers and provides a superior experience to sellers.
According to a study conducted by Zillow, listings with interactive floor plans receive more eyeballs and have a 10% more likelihood of going pending within 30 days. The solution from ShowingTime+ equips agents with the necessary tools to effectively highlight and display the best features of the home. AI assists in selecting high-resolution scrolling images based on buyer preferences and organizing room-by-room photos and interactive floor plans.
Moreover, agents will have access to various AI-generated insights pertaining to various home facts and features that are relevant to home buyers. Agents retain complete authority over customization options for the listing.
By offering 3D tours and drone photography, this feature enables buyers to virtually explore and gain a comprehensive understanding of the home.
Zillow provides real estate and home-related brands on the Web and mobile. The company focuses on home lifecycle, which includes renting, buying, selling, financing and home improvement. Zillow offers a complete suite of marketing software and technology solutions to aid real estate, rental and mortgage professionals make the best use of business opportunities and connect with millions of consumers.
The company’s growing user base and visitors is the primary factor that helps it generate significant revenues. Users are shifting to the Internet and mobile devices for real estate information. Management noted that the high visitor rate was backed by improvements in product lines, which increased its app downloads. The increase in visitors is a positive as it enhances the probability of generating leads for agent advertisers.
The stock has improved 49.7% in the past year compared with the industry’s rise of 7.2%.
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Zillow currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC - Free Report) , sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), delivered an earnings surprise of 170.89%, on average, in the trailing four quarters. In the last reported quarter, it pulled off an earnings surprise of 579.03%. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
It is a pioneer in advanced mobile technologies that enable wireless communications and capabilities. The company designs and develops a wide range of advanced technology solutions, which are used in digital cellular and wireless 3G, 4G and IEEE 802-related products and networks.
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM - Free Report) , sporting a Zacks Rank #1 at present, delivered an earnings surprise of 4.86%, on average, in the trailing four quarters. In the last reported quarter, it pulled off an earnings surprise of 6.06%.
It is a global provider of content delivery networks and cloud infrastructure services. The company’s solutions accelerate and improve the delivery of content over the Internet, enabling faster response to requests for web pages, streaming of video & audio, business applications, etc. Its offerings are intended to reduce the impact of traffic congestion, bandwidth constraints and capacity limitations on customers.
Viasat, Inc. (VSAT - Free Report) , currently sporting a Zacks Rank #1, delivered an earnings surprise of 7.98%, in the last reported quarter. Viasat designs, develops and markets advanced digital satellite telecommunications and other wireless networking and signal processing equipment. The company serves its high-bandwidth, high-performance communications solutions to the public, as well as military, enterprises and government enterprises.
Viasat provides broadband services named ‘Exede’ in North America. This features the world's highest capacity satellite, ViaSat-1; satellite broadband networking systems, global mobile satellite services comprising high-speed in-flight Internet, as well as global tracking and messaging; and Wi-Fi and other hotspot support, operations and management systems.
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Zillow (ZG) Launches AI-Driven Features to Assist Listing Agents
Zillow Group, Inc. (ZG - Free Report) recently unveiled Listing Showcase, an immersive, AI-powered feature that aims to support agents in securing more listings, attracting serious buyers and accelerating the sale of homes. The Listing Showcase feature will be offered as a subscription and will be accessible to a limited number of agents. Sellers working with Listing Showcase agents have an advantage as their homes will receive higher visibility in home shoppers' personalized search results.
The newest addition in the ShowingTime+ suite immensely empowers agents and brokers in navigating the uncertain and dynamic real estate market, enhances their reach to potential homebuyers and provides a superior experience to sellers.
According to a study conducted by Zillow, listings with interactive floor plans receive more eyeballs and have a 10% more likelihood of going pending within 30 days. The solution from ShowingTime+ equips agents with the necessary tools to effectively highlight and display the best features of the home. AI assists in selecting high-resolution scrolling images based on buyer preferences and organizing room-by-room photos and interactive floor plans.
Moreover, agents will have access to various AI-generated insights pertaining to various home facts and features that are relevant to home buyers. Agents retain complete authority over customization options for the listing.
By offering 3D tours and drone photography, this feature enables buyers to virtually explore and gain a comprehensive understanding of the home.
Zillow provides real estate and home-related brands on the Web and mobile. The company focuses on home lifecycle, which includes renting, buying, selling, financing and home improvement. Zillow offers a complete suite of marketing software and technology solutions to aid real estate, rental and mortgage professionals make the best use of business opportunities and connect with millions of consumers.
The company’s growing user base and visitors is the primary factor that helps it generate significant revenues. Users are shifting to the Internet and mobile devices for real estate information. Management noted that the high visitor rate was backed by improvements in product lines, which increased its app downloads. The increase in visitors is a positive as it enhances the probability of generating leads for agent advertisers.
The stock has improved 49.7% in the past year compared with the industry’s rise of 7.2%.
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
Zillow currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC - Free Report) , sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), delivered an earnings surprise of 170.89%, on average, in the trailing four quarters. In the last reported quarter, it pulled off an earnings surprise of 579.03%. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
It is a pioneer in advanced mobile technologies that enable wireless communications and capabilities. The company designs and develops a wide range of advanced technology solutions, which are used in digital cellular and wireless 3G, 4G and IEEE 802-related products and networks.
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM - Free Report) , sporting a Zacks Rank #1 at present, delivered an earnings surprise of 4.86%, on average, in the trailing four quarters. In the last reported quarter, it pulled off an earnings surprise of 6.06%.
It is a global provider of content delivery networks and cloud infrastructure services. The company’s solutions accelerate and improve the delivery of content over the Internet, enabling faster response to requests for web pages, streaming of video & audio, business applications, etc. Its offerings are intended to reduce the impact of traffic congestion, bandwidth constraints and capacity limitations on customers.
Viasat, Inc. (VSAT - Free Report) , currently sporting a Zacks Rank #1, delivered an earnings surprise of 7.98%, in the last reported quarter. Viasat designs, develops and markets advanced digital satellite telecommunications and other wireless networking and signal processing equipment. The company serves its high-bandwidth, high-performance communications solutions to the public, as well as military, enterprises and government enterprises.
Viasat provides broadband services named ‘Exede’ in North America. This features the world's highest capacity satellite, ViaSat-1; satellite broadband networking systems, global mobile satellite services comprising high-speed in-flight Internet, as well as global tracking and messaging; and Wi-Fi and other hotspot support, operations and management systems.