Zillow has terminated the employment of approximately 200 employees in recent weeks as part of what the company said were performance-related cuts, Inman has learned.
At the same time, the portal has nearly as many job openings, indicating that the job cuts weren’t part of a cost-cutting maneuver.
A Zillow spokesperson confirmed the size and nature of the cuts and said that the terminations weren’t concentrated in any particular segment of the company. The spokesperson said the changes were part of a typical annual review process within the company.
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At roughly 7,000 employees, the terminations amount to around 3 percent of the company’s employees, though Zillow apparently isn’t dropping in size. The portal wasn’t required to issue a WARN notice ahead of time given the move involved performance-related terminations rather than a mass layoff requiring 60 days’ notice to impacted employees.
The company lists 201 open positions. Nearly half of those positions are within the company’s mortgage division, indicating Zillow continues to focus on its fastest-growing segment of revenue, even as the division is under legal scrutiny.
That growth is spread across the country. Zillow currently lists open positions in 37 states plus Washington, D.C. Zillow’s mortgage arm grew revenue by 36 percent in the third quarter of 2025, the most recent snapshot of the company’s performance.
The company also has a handful of open roles in its rentals division, which was the fastest segment of revenue growth at 41 percent.
The company has 24 open roles within its software development division. Ten of them are based in Mexico.
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