{"id":3366,"date":"2022-08-03T15:07:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T15:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/03\/lasting-impact-zillows-rich-barton-for-creation-of-the-zestimate\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:44:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:44:46","slug":"lasting-impact-zillows-rich-barton-for-creation-of-the-zestimate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/03\/lasting-impact-zillows-rich-barton-for-creation-of-the-zestimate\/","title":{"rendered":"Lasting impact: Zillow&#8217;s Rich Barton for creation of the Zestimate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/1200x675_Rich_Barton_Banner_art-01-1.png?w=1024\" alt=\"1200x675_Rich_Barton_Banner_art-01 (1)\" class=\"wp-image-31457\"\/><figcaption>Rich Barton, co-founder of Zillow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lasting Impact: Zillow Co-Founder Rich Barton built the most-visited online residential real estate site in the country along with the most-used online valuation tool by consumers. He built Zillow into a new household name in real estate in less than ten years and in 2021 had over two billion visits to its various websites.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barton had extensive experience in building <a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/articles\/zillow-shareholders-re-elect-rich-barton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disruptive online businesses<\/a> before he and a partner launched <strong>Zillow<\/strong> in 2006. He had had a major role in the creation of <strong>Expedia<\/strong> while with <strong>Microsoft<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Zillow was not the first national online real estate portal, Barton created and launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/articles\/zillow-says-theyve-got-a-new-more-accurate-zestimate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zestimate<\/a>, the first truly automated home valuation tool. Its popularity with consumers drove Zillow to record levels of consumer engagement well before the company became a major source for online listings, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zillow built an enormous online advertising and lead generation business for agents and brokerage firms in its first 15 years. Despite miscues in the iBuying segment with Zillow Offers, which they shuttered in early 2022, the company is now growing its lead generation business, having moved downstream in the process of working with agents and teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking solely at revenues outside of the home-buying business, Zillow has grown to be one of the five largest residential real estate brokerage services businesses in the U.S in terms of revenues. 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