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ZipRealty, Inc. is a U.S. real estate brokerage firm with licensed agents in offices nationwide who sell real estate on ZipRealty.com. In markets where there is no ZipRealty presence, the company partners with local brokerage firms through its Powered by Zip (PbZ) division. [1] [2]
Founded in 1999 by Scott Kucirek and Juan Mini, two graduates of the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business,[3] ZipRealty now operates in 35 metropolitan areas in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Headquartered in Emeryville, CA and incorporated in Delaware, the company went public in November 2004 and is traded on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol ZIPR. [4] Lanny Baker currently serves as the CEO and President of ZipRealty and is a member of HomeAway, Inc.’s board of directors. [5][6]
ZipRealty receives real estate listings directly from Multiple Listings Services to show properties for sale online.[7] Agents affiliated with ZipRealty utilize custom-built, in-house technology to incubate leads and manage customer relationships and their real estate transactions. [8] In metropolitan areas where ZipRealty does not have an owned-and-operated presence, the company sells its technology to other brokerage firms through PbZ. Xavier Y. Zang serves as President of PBZ. [9]
References
- ^ http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=zipr
- ^ http://www.inman.com/2013/03/06/accuracy-zillow-trulia-listing-data-under-fire-again/
- ^ http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/pubs/calbusiness/winter2006/feature01_05.html
- ^ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ngp-capital-ziprealty-ipos-make-healthy-debuts
- ^ http://www.dsnews.com/articles/lanny-baker-replaces-j-patrick-lashinsky-as-ziprealty-ceo-2010-09-27
- ^ http://investors.homeaway.com/directors.cfm
- ^ http://www.inman.com/2013/03/06/accuracy-zillow-trulia-listing-data-under-fire-again/
- ^ http://realtynewsreport.com/2012/12/28/zip-launches-zap/
- ^ http://www.inman.com/2013/06/06/ziprealty-brings-on-microsoft-exec-to-run-powered-by-zip/
Katie at ZipRealty (talk) 07:10, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
- Does anyone want to comment on the sources? http://realtynewsreport.com/2012/12/28/zip-launches-zap/ looks more like a press release than impartial news. Inman and DSNews look like trade publications, so I can't comment on their reliability. Marketwatch and Yahoo Finanace look OK. --Drm310 (talk) 22:25, 19 September 2013 (UTC)
- The first and second paragraphs look ok to me. The sources are weak, but the information they support is uncontroversial. The third paragraph comes across as marketing puffery and is supported by equally weak sources. I cut-and-pasted the first and second paragraphs and will leave the third paragraph here until something more solid presents itself. Neil916 (Talk) 08:47, 10 November 2013 (UTC)