Zillow.com Announces Broker Advisory Board; Appoints Influential Real Estate Industry Leaders
SEATTLE, July 18 - Zillow.com today announced the formation of a Broker Advisory Board to provide counsel on existing Zillow services for the real estate industry, and evaluate ideas for future products and services. Zillow® has quickly grown its number of real estate industry partners since the launch of its listings feed program in November 2007, with nearly 3 million for-sale listings today, and hundreds of prominent listings partners. More than five million unique users visit Zillow every month, with 90 percent owning a home, and two-thirds buying or selling now, or in the next one to two years.
The members of Zillow’s Broker Advisory Board are 10 influential leaders in the real estate industry who are actively involved in running their respective companies: Steve Baird, President/CEO of Baird & Warner; Ken Baris, President of Jordan Baris; Bob Blount, CEO of RE/MAX Allegiance; Sherry Chris, President and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, LLC; Craig Cuyar, SVP & Chief Information Officer for the Realogy Franchise Group; Dan Elsea, President of Real Estate One; Pat Lashinsky, CEO and President of ZipRealty; Mike Montsko, President of Weichert Lead Network; Harley Rouda, Jr., CEO of Real Living; and Mark Woodroof, Managing Partner for Prudential Gary Greene.
“In selecting our Broker Advisory Board, we wanted a range of different types of companies represented — both franchise and independent, large and small, national and regional,” said Jorrit Van der Meulen, Zillow’s vice president of partner relations. “We asked people whom we know to be leaders in the industry, and we believe this Board will help us in planning and building our products and services in a way that serves the real estate community to our full potential.”