Archive for February, 2007

It’s time again to release our quarterly real estate reports. For these 2006 fourth quarter results, we’re taking a slightly different approach than in the past when we released detailed reports and analysis for five specific markets and an overall national summary. Instead, this quarter, we’re releasing all the underlying data on which we […]

We have our birthday hats on today here at Zillow HQ in downtown Seattle: our little company is now one year old. It seems like just yesterday that we launched the site, but we’ve come a long way in this past year. Check our our recently added Zillow Timeline to see how much has happened! […]

Just in time for our first birthday, we’re very excited to be on the cover of the February 19th issue of FORTUNE Magazine.  The writer, Jeffrey O’Brien, tells a pretty interesting story about posting a Make Me Move price on his San Francisco home - and getting a serious offer.
The issue is online today […]

Today’s Wiki Wednesday Feature: Home buying one step at a time
I am a renter, and always have been.  Lately, however, my husband and I have been thinking long and hard about when, where and how to buy a house.  As it is with any first time buyer, the decision is a big one.  With the […]

The crew at Hotpads has posted a fascinating story from an MSNBC article titled "Wanted: Home-builders for the moon." NASA plans to build a permanent moon base starting in 2010.
The post also mentioned a slide show on "How to Build a Moon Base" so naturally, I checked it out. This photo is of a […]

It’s a predicament we all have faced in the aisles of our local store — we know that fluorescent lights are better in the long run, yet it is still hard to fork over triple or even quadruple the cost of the incandescent one. If you broke down and went for the cheaper version; you […]

Update: Today, we’re excited to announce that we completed the 1st CoRE Podcast. As a new addition to the carnival, each week, we will interview the host of the Carnival of Real Estate and get their opinion on that week’s submissions to the CoRE and on trends in our industry. Click the orange button below […]

As the internet becomes more and more important to consumers who are looking to buy or sell a home, it will be imperative that professionals keep up and provide the type of online services that consumer will begin to demand. To do this however, they will need to be armed with the skills to […]

Ed: This is the final part of our five-part mini-series highlighting advice for starting a (business) blog.
Realtors tell me that real estate is a "relationship business". Most businesses are relationship businesses and often it’s not what you know but who you know that has more impact on your success. The internet was always a good […]

Location, location, location.  It isn’t just for determining where to buy a home, it is also a critical decision when it comes to finding the ideal location to hold the Super Bowl.  Traditionally, the biggest sporting event of the year has been held in warm-weather climates (how did Detroit sneak in there?). My guess is […]