Zillow s expansion may further disrupt residential realty in Northeast Ohio
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Zillow, the home listings portal eponymous with the Seattle-headquartered real estate technology giant, is on the verge of shaking up Northeast Ohio s residential market.
One gambit is clear. Look for Zillow Offers, its take on online instant home-buying services, to surface soon in the northernmost of Ohio s three biggest cities. It s already active in Cincinnati.
The other is the question of when the indispensable online real estate portal will directly expand its business into brokerage with its meaty commissions.
Legally speaking, Zillow could be conducting brokerage now in Northeast Ohio but does not choose to do so.
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