Property listing platforms. Aggregate scattered dwellings into one searchable view.
It is a product you buy.
It exists to relieve Locate a suitable dwelling among opaque options. That is the whole reason it is here: nothing enters this map without a human problem behind it.
It could not exist without Shared listing data (MLS), Smartphones and internet and Cloud computing and data centres. These are the quiet preconditions — remove any one and the solution stops working.
It competes with Real estate brokerage for the same friction.
6 organisations in this map sell it, 6 of them publicly listed.
Its neighbourhood
Everything this entry connects to directly. Click any point to follow it.
The line back to a human being
2 hops from a person at a phase of life. The further a thing sits from the person, the more abstract it looks — and the more it tends to be mistaken for something that came from nowhere.
- SolutionProperty listing platforms
- FrictionLocate a suitable dwelling among opaque options
- Life phaseHousehold formation
- Rooted inScarce time
- Rooted inUncertainty
Relieves
Requires
Who sells it
| Organisation | Value | Type | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prosus | $130B | public · PRX | Tencent stake, iFood, Just Eat Takeaway |
| Rocket Companies | $35B | public · RKT | Rocket Mortgage, Redfin, Mr. Cooper servicing |
| CoStar Group | $35B | public · CSGP | Homes.com, Apartments.com, CoStar |
| KE Holdings (Beike) | $20B | public · BEKE | housing transactions platform, renovation |
| Zillow Group | $18B | public · Z | Zillow listings, Zestimate, Zillow Rentals |
| News Corp | $17B | public · NWSA | WSJ, Realtor.com, HarperCollins |