Real Estate
NYC Real Estate Agents Take on Zillow With Their Own Website
- Brokerages work with REBNY, CoStar’s Homesnap on new platform
- Citysnap set to launch next year as alternative to StreetEasy
New York’s residential brokers are about to get their own listings website to compete with real estate giant Zillow Group Inc.
The city’s major brokerages -- and the trade group that represents them -- are working with Homesnap, owned by CoStar Group Inc., to develop the new platform. Citysnap, set to debut next year, will offer home shoppers an alternative to Zillow’s StreetEasy and other sites that the agents say use their hard-won listings as a springboard to generate revenue.