CoStar Group, Inc. × Zonda
CoStar Group, a leading provider of real estate information and marketplaces, completed its acquisition of Zonda for $800 million in cash. [30] The deal, which was agreed upon on May 29, 2026, significantly expands CoStar's presence into the new home construction sector. [30] Zonda provides a deeply embedded platform with data and analytics on the new home market, serving homebuilders, developers, and lenders. [26, 34]
The asset
A proprietary, lot-level database covering new home communities, land development activity, construction status, home sales, and builder operations across the United States and Canada. [26, 29, 30]
- 3k customers
- 17k active communities tracked
The record
- Seller status
- Going concern
- Sector
- Real estate data and analytics
- Modalities
- numeric, text, geospatial
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Personal data
- The dataset primarily consists of property and construction information at the lot level, not personal data of individuals.
What it means if you hold data
This acquisition gives CoStar, a dominant force in commercial and rental real estate data, a crucial foothold in the $400 billion U.S. new-home sales market. [29, 31] It consolidates another major real estate dataset, combining Zonda's new construction intelligence with CoStar's existing marketplace and technology capabilities to create a more comprehensive platform for the entire property ecosystem. [32]