PHOTO: Zillow CEO Rich Barton and President of Media and Marketplace Greg Schwartz at Zillow Premier Agent Forum 2017 (Geekwire Photo / Kevin Lisota)
Thousands of would-be home buyers looking for a mortgage will soon have a new option: Zillow Group.
The Seattle-based online real estate giant is preparing to go deeper into the business of mortgage origination, making loans to help people buy the same homes they come across in the Zillow app.
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It’s part of a broader transformation that promises to make Zillow Group a drastically different company than it was just a few days ago. The mortgage news was largely overlooked amid two other major changes announced by the company last week: Co-founder Rich Barton’s return as CEO, and Zillow’s announcement that it will go all-in on direct home sales.
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