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Zillow iBuying Algorithm Collapse

Zillow's algorithmic home-buying programme (Zillow Offers) purchased homes at prices its model predicted would appreciate, then resold them for profit. The model failed to track rapidly changing market conditions in 2021. Zillow found itself holding 9,800 homes worth $2.7 billion, purchased at abov…

Confidence
80%
Sources
1
Entities
1
Detected
1 Jan 2021

Event summary

Zillow's algorithmic home-buying programme (Zillow Offers) purchased homes at prices its model predicted would appreciate, then resold them for profit. The model failed to track rapidly changing market conditions in 2021. Zillow found itself holding 9,800 homes worth $2.7 billion, purchased at abov…

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EdgeTypeConfidence
ent-org-zillow to ent-psf-d4maps to62%
ent-org-zillow to ent-psf-d8maps to62%