SEATTLE, Sept. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Potential home
sellers in Atlanta can now use
Zillow Offers to request an offer from Zillow to buy their
home.
Atlanta is the third market –
and first in the Eastern United
States - where Zillow directly buys homes, prepares them for
showings, and quickly lists them for resale. Zillow Offers has been
available in Phoenix and
Las Vegas since the spring. A
fourth market, Denver, will launch
later this fall.
Designed to give consumers more convenience and certainty in the
home-selling process, Zillow Offers provides an opportunity for
homeowners to sell their house on their own timeline. Zillow's
research shows that 71 percent of sellers are simultaneously buying
a home, adding stress, timing and financial complexity to what is
one of the largest financial transactions of their lives.
With Zillow Offers, consumers receive a service to help reduce
the stress and uncertainty usually involved in home selling.
Starting today, potential home sellers in the Atlanta area can request a free, no-obligation
cash offer from Zillow to purchase their home. If the offer is
accepted, the homeowner decides on the closing date and Zillow
conducts a free home inspection to finalize the offer. The
homeowner can complete a Zillow Offers sale without having to host
open houses, avoiding the extra work and time associated with
preparing a home for showings that would normally occur with a
traditional sale.
"In the few short months Zillow Offers has been operating in our
first two markets, we've seen strong interest from home sellers. We
have heard how valuable it is to them to be able to sell on their
timeline, with transparency and certainty," said Zillow Brand
President Jeremy Wacksman. "We're
excited to bring Zillow Offers to Atlanta-area homeowners and empower them with
more control, convenience and certainty during the home-selling
process."
Similar to Phoenix and
Las Vegas, Zillow will partner
with local brokerages and Premier Agents in Atlanta, giving them the opportunity to
acquire new seller leads as part of Zillow Offers. The two
brokerages partnering with Zillow for the Atlanta launch are Berkshire Hathaway
HomeServices (BHHS) Georgia Properties and Better Homes and Gardens
Real Estate Metro Brokers. The program gives real estate agents the
opportunity to acquire new listings by connecting them with
motivated sellers who have taken a direct action to sell their
home. Consumers who request a Zillow Offer, but decide to instead
sell their house traditionally with an agent or do not receive a
Zillow Offer, will be connected with a local brokerage or Premier
Agent.
Finally, Zillow pays a commission to real estate agents when it
buys and sells each home, and agents remain at the center of every
transaction Zillow is a part of.
"Consumers today are demanding services that make the entire
home-selling process easier and are tailored to their unique
circumstances – a goal we strive to deliver for our clients every
day," said Greg Sanders, Owner and
co-founder of the Sanders Team of Realty ONE Group Edge, the
brokerage representing Zillow in all of its transactions in the
Atlanta market. "With Zillow
Offers, we are taking this commitment to the next level and pairing
our local expertise with Zillow's relentless commitment to serving
the consumer. We're excited to help bring a better real estate
experience to Atlanta."
Zillow
Zillow® is the leading real estate and rental marketplace
dedicated to empowering consumers with data, inspiration and
knowledge around the place they call home, and connecting them with
great real estate professionals. Zillow serves the full lifecycle
of owning and living in a home: buying, selling, renting,
financing, remodeling and more. Zillow Offers provides homeowners
in some metropolitan areas with the opportunity to receive offers
to purchase their home from Zillow. When Zillow buys a home, it
will make necessary updates and list the home for resale on the
open market.
In addition to Zillow.com, Zillow operates the most popular
suite of mobile real estate apps, with more than two dozen apps
across all major platforms. Launched in 2006, Zillow is owned and
operated by Zillow Group (NASDAQ: Z and ZG) and headquartered in
Seattle, Washington.
Zillow is a registered trademark of Zillow, Inc. Zillow Offers
is a trademark of Zillow, Inc.
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