Today’s Wiki Wednesday Feature: Buying and Selling at the Same Time

Since it’s Halloween and it’s Wiki Wednesday (our weekly exposure of interesting articles in the Real Estate Guide), I thought to myself, “what is the scariest thing out there in real estate?” Loaded question, I know. There are tons of scary things in real estate, […]

In honor of the spookiest day of the year, I thought I would use this opportunity to round up some of the creepiest haunts in the country.
First, we have Zillow’s own roundup of famous scary homes. These homes played an important role in some of the scariest movies and TV shows of all time, including […]

As many of you probably know, Zillow makes money via advertising– we provide interesting content, and sell advertising around it. Since it’s not a new concept, success requires constant innovation. Today we’re happy to announce some innovation on our part with the launch of Zillow Home Direct Ads. This suite of tools provides large and national advertisers the opportunity […]

The 65th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is now live at the Arizona Mortgage Guru. Shailesh was very economical in naming three top winners, with the grand prize going to Kevin Boer of 3 Oceans Real Estate who drilled into the brouhaha between Move.com and ActiveRain. There was also a Halloween twist as […]

So, who’s a better shopper? Men or women? Let’s be more specific: Who’s a better real estate shopper and knows when a deal is a deal? No doubt that women are pros at converging on Nordy’s and finding shoes, purses, and clothes for markdown prices. (Professional shoppers never buy at full price!) But, what about […]

Today’s Wiki Wednesday Feature: The Teardown Page
In my neighborhood, I’ve recently watched at least five run-down, but decent homes be torn down and replaced with large new houses that dwarf the small Craftsman homes that surround them. And I’m certainly not alone: This “teardown” phenomenon is increasing across the country.
Wherever you stand on this contentious […]

This just in…
The ink on the contract is barely dry but we are proud to announce the first brokerage partner in our upcoming Zillow Listings Feed program: ERA Real Estate, which will add about 80,000 daily for-sale listings to the site. We’ve been talking about this upcoming feature for a while now, and while we’re […]

The wildfires that are raging in southern California are catastrophic.  The number of homes destroyed, people evacuated, and acreage burned is staggering; the latest CNN article notes the following:

More than 500,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes
More than 1,300 homes have burned to the ground
The fires currently threaten more than 56,000 additional homes
Approximately 17 wildfires have scorched about 425 […]

Welcome to the 2007 Zindex World Series!
BaaaaahhhhSTUN! For you Cleveland fans, we won’t even mention the third-base coach’s name or infer that his blown call sent the Indians into a tailspin en route to a 11-2 loss in the deciding game of the ALCS. And we also won’t bring up the fact that you guys […]

RE Revealed hosted the 64th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate, but decided #64 is not glamorous enough and dubbed it the 100th edition, to which we say: Come back and host for the 100th, too! We give Lani credit for her creativity — we love the photos included in this week’s carnival. Daniel Rothamel of Agent Genius took […]

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