CoStar Buys Zonda for $800 Million in Cash, Expanding Real Estate Data Reach
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Updated · The Real Deal · Jun 12
CoStar Buys Zonda for $800 Million in Cash, Expanding Real Estate Data Reach
3 articles · Updated · The Real Deal · Jun 12
Summary
$800 million is the price CoStar agreed to pay for Zonda in an all-cash deal slated to close later this year.
Zonda brings a proprietary lot-level database and development-activity data used by about 3,000 customers, including major homebuilders Lennar and Toll Brothers as well as lenders.
The acquisition extends CoStar’s push deeper into real estate information services at a time when market participants are watching uneven property activity and financing conditions closely.
Commercial real estate deal volume fell 33% in April from a year earlier, though year-to-date volume was still up 14% and MSCI’s pricing index rose 1.1%.