Zillow announces layoffs
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Zillow announces layoffs
Zillow will lay off just over 500 employees as part of a new organizational restructuring aimed at supporting the company’s next phase of growth, the company announced Tuesday in a Front Porch blog post by CEO Jeremy Wacksman.
The cuts come as Zillow continues to push its strategy of building an “integrated experience” for renters, buyers, sellers and real estate professionals, even as the broader housing market remains “essentially flat,” Wacksman wrote.
“These are difficult decisions that reflect both the strides we’re making in our strategy and the reality of what is required of us to grow at scale,” Wacksman said in the post. He said the company is “grateful to every person who is leaving” and is providing support through the transition, though details of that support were not disclosed.
Wacksman framed the layoffs as part of a broader effort to keep a “disciplined cost structure” and to “get more efficient, with the right people in the right positions.” He emphasized that Zillow’s core mission — “to make home a reality for more people” — and its consumer-facing offerings remain unchanged.
Zillow did not immediately respond to HousingWire’s questions regarding how the layoffs will impact different divisions within the company. This is the second round of layoffs at Zillow this year. In late January, the listing portal giant cut roughly 200 positions as part of its annual performance reviews.
Zillow is set to release its second quarter 2026 earnings on Wednesday. In Q1 2026, Zillow recorded an 18% annual increase in revenue to $708 million and a net income of $46 million, up from $8 million in Q1 2025.
Zillow announces layoffs
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- Nature of Cuts: A Zillow spokesperson characterized the terminations as performance-related and part of the company’s “typical annual review process”.
- Widespread Impact: The reductions were not concentrated in a single business segment but were spread throughout the company.
- Continued Hiring: Unlike a traditional cost-cutting layoff, Zillow indicated it has nearly as many open roles as the number of employees terminated, suggesting the company’s overall size may remain relatively stable.
- Financial Context: The moves follow a strong performance in Q3 2025, where Zillow reported $676 million in revenue (up 16% year-over-year) and a net income of $10 million.
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Zillow announces layoffs
Zillow announced today its ending its iBuyer service, Zillow Offers, and cutting roughly a quarter of its workforce, citing the volatility the service created for the online brokerage as the motivation for the move.
Recently, Zillow paused its iBuyer service, Zillow Offers, for the remainder of 2021. This news came following a “backlog in renovations and operational capacity constraints” and stunned the market. Zillow’s stock dropped more than 10% in a single day.
When announcing the company’s third-quarter earnings today, Zillow Group co-founder and CEO Rich Barton revealed a long-term plan to slowly terminate Zillow Offers. “We’ve determined the unpredictability in forecasting home prices far exceeds what we anticipated and continuing to scale Zillow Offers would result in too much earnings and balance-sheet volatility,” he said. “While we built and learned a tremendous amount operating Zillow Offers, it served only a small portion of our customers. Our core business and brand are strong, and we remain committed to creating an integrated and digital real estate transaction that solves the pain points of buyers and sellers while serving a wider audience.”
During the second quarter, however, Zillow Offers accounted for more than half of Zillow’s total revenue. But trouble was on the horizon. Zillow acquired nearly 8,000 homes during the third quarter, and yesterday, Bloomberg reported that the company was seeking to offload 7,000 of them on investors for a total of $2.8 billion.
Now, Zillow Offers is set to wind down in a move that will require cutting the Zillow workforce by roughly 25%
