{"id":3766,"date":"2022-12-08T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/08\/hw-media-acquires-altos-research-to-expand-access-to-real-time-housing-data\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:48:14","slug":"hw-media-acquires-altos-research-to-expand-access-to-real-time-housing-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/08\/hw-media-acquires-altos-research-to-expand-access-to-real-time-housing-data\/","title":{"rendered":"HW Media acquires Altos Research to expand access to real-time housing data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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HW Media<\/strong>, publisher of HousingWire<\/strong>, RealTrends<\/strong> and Reverse Mortgage Daily<\/strong>, announced today that it has closed on the strategic acquisition of Altos Research<\/strong><\/a>, the premier resource for real-time real estate data, providing weekly market statistics, analysis and reporting for 99% of the zip codes in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HW Media is focused on building a mission-critical resource that enables housing market professionals to make better decisions, stay informed and engaged, and grow their businesses. By acquiring Altos, HW Media will expand the breadth and depth of its product offering to help to create the most powerful and comprehensive media and data company covering the housing market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe housing market is one of the most studied and watched segments of the U.S. economy; but housing data is fragmented and lagging. Our acquisition of Altos Research is a step forward in our ability to bring real estate professionals improved access to local and national housing market intelligence,” said Clayton Collins, CEO and Founder of HW Media. “Altos Advanced Analytics and Market Reports provide real estate agents and brokers with a real-time pulse of the housing economy \u2013 that can actually be activated to engage and inform homebuyers and sellers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Altos founder and CEO Mike Simonsen will join the HW Media executive team as President of Altos Research, further strengthening the company\u2019s leadership team and adding nearly 20 years of housing market research and technology expertise to the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Altos will continue to provide weekly market statistics, analysis and reporting to its customer base of real estate professionals, real estate technology providers, and financial institutions, as well as tens of thousands of subscribers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen we started Altos Research 16 years ago, our goal was to bring much better housing market information to people who needed it now. So when the opportunity arose for us to join forces with HW Media, I immediately saw that the vision and capabilities of our companies were perfectly aligned,” said Mike Simonsen, President of Altos Research. “Together, we\u2019ll not only be able to provide customers with access to Altos\u2019 unique, real-time data, but we\u2019ll also have a team of journalists and analysts who can turn this data into meaningful insights at scale. It\u2019s a powerful combination that will have a big impact for the market and for our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hear more about this game-changing alignment from Clayton Collins and Mike Simonsen on the most recent episode of HousingWire’s Housing News podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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