Amanda Pendleton
Home Trends, Zillow
Amanda is Zillow's Home Trends expert. Her practical, data-driven advice on real estate and design has been featured on TODAY, Real Simple, Glamour, Forbes and NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX affiliates around the country. She is an Emmy-award winning storyteller and television personality who spent 15 years as a major-market news anchor. She is passionate about renovating and restoring historic homes with design projects published in Apartment Therapy, Seattle Magazine and Boston Home magazine.
9:45 - 10:30 AM
Friday Day 3-March 20
Inside the Renter’s Mind: Revealing the 2026 Consumer Housing Trends Report
Ever wonder what today’s renters are really thinking? So does Amanda Pendleton—Zillow’s home trends expert and former journalist who’s spent her career asking why people do what they do. In this session, Amanda will reveal fresh insights from Zillow’s 2026 Rentals Consumer Housing Trends Report, powered by researchers dedicated to understanding the modern renter. You’ll leave with data-driven takeaways to help align your listings with:
- Who renters are
- What they want
- How they search