Seven months after partnering on multifamily rental listings, portal behemoths Zillow and Realtor.com have agreed to syndicate 3D Zillow excursions, flooring plans and pictures to for-sale listings.
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Homebuyers can now discover Zillow 3D House Excursions, interactive flooring plans and pictures on Realtor.com, based on a joint announcement from the portals on Tuesday.
Itemizing brokers can create 3D dwelling excursions via the Zillow 3D House Tour app. The app guides brokers and photographers via capturing the perfect panoramic pictures with a smartphone or 360-degree digicam, and as soon as uploaded, stitches these pictures collectively to create an immersive dwelling tour. In the meantime, Zillow’s interactive flooring plan plots 3D excursions and pictures onto a blueprint, which allows homebuyers to raised expertise the form and circulation of their desired itemizing.
“At Zillow, we have long believed that more rich, interactive listing content benefits buyers, sellers and agents,” Zillow VP of Product Cynthia Taylor stated in an announcement. “That’s why we provide our Zillow 3D Home technology to the industry for free and it’s why we’re excited about collaborating with Realtor.com to share our 3D tours and interactive floor plans with more shoppers. When shoppers have more information, they can make better decisions. We think that’s a good thing no matter where shoppers are looking.”
Tuesday’s announcement builds upon a seven-month partnership between the rivals, which started with Zillow agreeing to syndicate multifamily rental listings with 25 or extra items to Realtor.com.
In a earlier Inman article, Realtor.com CEO Damian Eales and Zillow Chairman Wealthy Barton stated the partnership could be mutually helpful because the portals goal to develop their attain within the rental market, which is presently dominated by burgeoning residential participant CoStar Group’s Residences.com.
Realtor.com VP of Company and Enterprise Growth Angela Lu stated the partnership has been a “win-win” for everybody as they goal to lift the bar for homebuyers’ and renters’ homeshopping experiences.
“At Realtor.com we’re committed to constantly enhancing the home search experience, and this relationship with Zillow raises the bar,” Lu stated. “By seamlessly integrating Zillow’s 3D Home tour technology into listings on our site, we’re empowering agents to better showcase their sellers’ properties while giving homebuyers a more immersive, informed way to explore homes—it’s a win-win for everyone.”