LoopNet
The largest commercial real estate marketplace with AI-powered property search, tours, and market intelligence.
What it does
LoopNet (owned by CoStar Group) is the most widely used commercial real estate listing marketplace - connecting buyers, sellers, tenants, and landlords across office, retail, industrial, multifamily, and land categories. AI capabilities include AI-powered property matching that recommends listings based on search behavior and stated requirements, intelligent saved search alerts that surface new listings meeting specific criteria, virtual tour technology that enables immersive property exploration, AI property valuation estimates that contextualize listing prices against comparable sales, market trend analytics that surface supply and demand dynamics by submarket and property type, and AI-generated listing descriptions that help brokers create compelling property marketing.
Strengths
- Mid-market CRE firms use LoopNet for market intelligence and deal sourcing - AI analytics informing investment and leasing decisions across target submarkets.
- Large institutional investors and national brokerages use LoopNet for market coverage - AI-powered search across the broadest CRE listing inventory.
- Small CRE brokerages use LoopNet for listing exposure and tenant/buyer discovery - AI-powered matching connecting listings with the most relevant prospects.
- Individual CRE brokers and investors use LoopNet for property search and listing - AI matching surfacing relevant opportunities and free tier enabling market access without subscription cost.
Watch-outs
- CoStar provides deeper analytics for professional CRE research: CoStar (LoopNet's parent) offers substantially deeper market analytics, comp data, and tenant intelligence — serious CRE professionals typically use CoStar alongside LoopNet.
- Listing quality varies — not all listings are current or complete: LoopNet's marketplace model means listing accuracy depends on broker/owner maintenance — users should verify availability and details directly with listing agents.
- Premium placement required for maximum listing visibility: LoopNet's advertising model means paid placements receive significantly more visibility — property owners and brokers must invest in premium listings for maximum exposure.
Pricing
Free basic search and listing. Premium listing packages from $99/month. {{costar}} professional access separately priced.