By: Drew Meyers Community Relations Specialist | April 18, 2007
Shout-out to any developer or web wizard who might be reading this: Does anyone have a spare cycle* to develop a Wordpress plug-in? Here’s the idea: Develop a plug-in that would retrieve a Zestimate without leaving the Wordpress blog they’re on. I envision some type of small search box module displayed on the sidebar. [...]
By: Leslie Pandey Senior Content Writer/Editor | April 18, 2007
Today’s Wiki Wednesday Feature: Navigating Open Houses for the Buyer
The scent of freshly baked cookies wafting through the house? Check. Eager agent milling about? Check. Blue paper shoe covers that make you look decidedly Smurf-like? Check.
Ah, the joys of the open house …
The crowd at open houses is usually a mix of nosy neighbors [...]
By: Chloe Harford Director, Strategic Planning | April 17, 2007
Since EZ Ads launched, hundreds of advertisers have purchased over a thousand individual adverts. These are just some of the first EZ Ads that caught my eye:
For tips and feedback from one of our early advertisers, check out Brian Brady’s post on the Bloodhound blog. We’d love to hear what other people think– what is [...]
By: Diane Tuman Content Manager | April 16, 2007
To: Wiki contributorsFrom: Wiki administratorsRe: The wiki ( aka Zillow™ Real Estate Guide)
First, thanks to everyone who has contributed to the wiki (yay!). People are adding articles in droves and we really appreciate your time and effort in doing so. But, to save yourself some hard work that might be lost, please help us [...]
By: Zillow Team Zillow.com | April 16, 2007
Blimey! From across the big pond to the land of her majesty, the Queen, comes the 38th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate. This jolly good show is now live at Renthusiast, a smashing blog from London. (You’d be barmy if you missed it). Don’t be blinkered to the two international posts that were [...]
By: David Gibbons Director of Community Relations | April 14, 2007
That’s my favorite quote from a very enjoyable discussion I had with Jay Thompson, who was my latest CoRE Podcasts guest. Jay hosted the 37th CoRE this week on his blog, The Phoenix Real Estate Guy. Yes, he did break the rules — click the Podcast button below to find out why.
It was [...]
By: Graham Doran Account Manager | April 13, 2007
"To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint." - Carl Spackler
Poison… check
Explosives… check
Traps… check
Stabbing instruments… check
This list may sound like the mental pre-op checklist that Jack Bauer goes through before single-handedly saving the world (remember, if everybody did what Jack said, the show would be called "12")*, [...]
By: Matt Johnson Content Editor/Writer | April 11, 2007
Today’s Wiki Wednesday Feature: Staging Your House
As anyone who has sold a home can attest, there is a lot more to the process than just hammering a "For Sale" sign in your front yard. (Don’t believe me? Take a look at our Seller’s Roadmap.) And whether you go at it alone or hire a real [...]
By: Drew Meyers Community Relations Specialist | April 10, 2007
Project Blogger officially kicked off yesterday in which 13 "teams" — consisting of a coach and an apprentice — began a four-month venture to help develop skills for new bloggers. I got a cool domain set up for my apprentice, Tisza Major-Posner of Keller Williams Realty in Claremont/La Verne. I’ll be posting weekly updates [...]
By: Zillow Team Zillow.com | April 9, 2007
The 37th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is live at Jay Thompson’s blog, the Phoenix Real Estate Guy. With the Masters having being this played weekend (congratulations Zach Johnson), Jay incorporated the golf theme; 18 posts are highlighted, with 10 of those being chosen for the “winners circle”. Yes, 10 “winners” technically breaks [...]
