Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace at 3.88 percent, down from 3.93 percent at this same time last week.

The people in front of the camera get the glory (or the final rose), but most often it’s the people behind the camera that get the biggest paycheck.

At first glance, the Pacific Palisades home is classic — a comfortable mansion appropriately priced for the area, but it doesn’t look like the home belonging to an actor like Tom Hanks.

Each month, past San Diego State University lecturer and Zillow Blog contributor Leonard Baron answers two questions from readers regarding buying, selling and investing.

For a celebrity known for keeping her private life private, a home can serve as a window into the past. Such is the case with Jodie Foster’s Hollywood Hills home, now on the market for $6.399 million.

This April, Zillow celebrated the launch of the new home improvement platform, Zillow Digs, by giving away hundreds of $25 instant-win gift cards and one grand prize of $10,000 in the “Zillow Digs Instant Win and Sweepstakes.”

Buying an affordable house with a pool is possible in real estate markets around the U.S. — and nothing beats swimming in the privacy of your own backyard.

Is the “Sex and the City” townhome as fabulous as the apartment owned by the actress who plays Carrie — Sarah Jessica Parker?

The missile silo is leftover from the beginning of the Cold War and is designed to survive nuclear explosions, earthquakes, blizzards and nearly any other disaster imaginable.

As of June 2, the overall number of for-sale listings on Zillow was down 12.2 percent year-over-year. But that may actually represent some good news. Even though inventory remains down compared to last year, the crunch is less severe than it was at the beginning of 2013.