It’s that time of year again!  The radio stations are playing carols, the stores are bustling with holiday shoppers, and in some areas, the snow has started to coat everything in a soft blanket of white. 
And then there are those lights. 
A quick trip to any hardware store reveals aisles upon aisles of holiday [...]

I live very near the Russian Consulate in Seattle. It’s a beautiful building, with an imposing gate and a Russian flag proudly flying from the portico.

The property doesn’t appear in the Zillow database because we don’t display government-owned homes, but I can see from the county records that the Russian government bought the palatial [...]

If there’s one topic that current and prospective homeowners have questions about, it’s home financing. About 6 months ago, my sister purchased a home but finding relevant loan advice proved a real challenge. Zillow has some great financing articles in our new wiki to address the basics. Financing might not be the most interesting topic [...]

If you’re like me, you’ve checked the price tags on the homes in the most expensive area of your city and wondered what it would be like to buy a home in that neighborhood.  If that day comes, how will you know what is for sale in that area?  Or, how will you find homes [...]

When we opened Zillow up to For Sale and Make Me Move postings last week, a question I kept getting asked was “What percentage of for sale postings do you think will be offered by agents vs. owners?”  Well, we now have a few days of postings data, and the answer is: 70% of our [...]

It’s amazing how the real estate blogosphere continues to evolve and innovate. First, the Carnival of Real Estate , then the Sellsius 101 Blog Post Challenge and now a swap meet, which is the brainchild of Mary McKnight at RSS Pieces.
Next week (Tuesday, Dec. 19), we are participating in Real Estate’s Yankee Blog [...]

   
Last week we launched some fabulous new features here at Zillow and one of them that we’re super excited about is the Real Estate Wiki.
I’m sure most of you are familiar with Wikipedia and other wiki sites. If you’re not sure what a wiki is, read our wiki definition (or add to [...]

The 22nd edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at ActiveRain. The carnival highlights the top 11 posts from this past week, including a fantastic Pick of the Week. Don’t be surprised to see over 50 comments on Matt’s carnival post (ActiveRain bloggers are known to comment heavily).
The Carnival of Real Estate’s [...]

After purchasing our house last year and spending a great deal of time and energy into personalizing it and making it into our home, I’ve often thought about what price would make me want to move. I have come to know and love our home, and the thought of moving is pretty far from my [...]

Since launch, many of you agents and brokers out there have asked us the question "when will I be able to plant a ‘virtual for sale sign’ for my listings on Zillow?" As Lloyd mentioned last night, now you can!  Any agent or broker can quickly and easily post a home for sale and edit, [...]

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