CoStar hires Shumail as data visualization journalist

Real estate news service CoStar Group has hired Muhammad Shumail as a data visualization journalist. He has been interning at The Wall Street Journal in the graphics department. Shumail also interned at inewsource and Schneps Media. He holds a bachelor’s degree from SUNY-Old Westbury and a master’s degree from CUNY’s Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.

CoStar hires Sharma to cover Toronto area

Real estate news services CoStar has hired Neil Sharma to cover the greater Toronto area. Sharma has been freelancing for The National Post for more than 13 years. He has also written for the Real Estate News Exchange and Canadian Real Estate Wealth. He has also been editor in chief for Canadian Real Estate Wealth […]

CoStar hires Stephens to cover Houston residential real estate

Matt Stephens has been hired by CoStar Group to cover residential real estate in the Houston market. He has been at the Community Impact publications for the past 12 years, most recently as senior managing editor. Stephens previously worked at Houston Community Newspapers in The Woodlands. He is a graduate of the University of Texas.  

S&P Global hires Leipzig to cover natural gas

S&P Global has hired Parker Leipzig to cover the natural gas industry. She will be focusing on downstream gas utilities and the changing nature of the gas industry. Leipzig has been at real estate news service CoStar as a data visual journalist. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where she was a staff writer […]

CoStar seeks a residential real estate reporter in Atlanta

CoStar has served as a respected source of news for the fast-paced real estate industry for more than two decades. Our award-winning, industry-focused news informs subscribers and complements CoStar’s role as the leading source of real estate information and data. CoStar’s news team is launching coverage of the residential housing market on Homes.com. We are […]

CoStar pushes copyright case against Zillow

Real estate news company CoStar claims Zillow has neglected to remove thousands of photos at the heart of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed over the summer and has subsequently used thousands more photos without permission, reports Meghan Roos of RealEstateNews.com. Roos writes, “The parent company of Homes.com claimed in a July 30 lawsuit that Zillow was […]

CoStar hires Haynes as Homes.com regional editor

V. Dion Haynes has been hired by CoStar Group to be a regional editor for Homes.com. Haynes has been managing editor at the American Psychological Association. He previously was the real estate editor at The Washington Post. He joined the Post in 2005 to cover D.C. schools and then later served as a business writer and […]

CoStar hires Edgerton as real estate reporter

Real estate news company CoStar Group has hired Kennedy Edgerton as a residential real estate reporter. He spent the past year writing for HousingWire. Edgerton also worked for a year as an intern and assistant editor at Forbes Advisor. He is a graduate of Morehouse College.

CoStar hires Slay as Denver reporter

Real estate news service CoStar Group has hired Elisabeth Slay to cover residential real estate in Denver. She has been with Colorado Community Media for the past two years as a reporter. She also worked at the Shawnee News Star in Oklahoma as a reporter. Slay is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma.

CoStar hires Kellogg as senior copy editor

Real estate news service CoStar Group has hired Valerie Kellogg as a senior copy editor. She is joining the editorial team expanding national residential real estate news coverage at Homes.com. Kellogg previously spent more than 24 years at Newsday in a variety of roles, including news editor and op-ed editor. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Long […]