Archive for November, 2007

Today is the official launch of our free Zillow Listings Feed program for brokerages, and we’re excited to name a bunch of inaugural partners, totaling close to half a million for-sale listings on the site in the next week. We’ll be adding more partners and more listings soon.
We’re also announcing an entirely new concept […]

Today we’re thrilled to announce a pretty groundbreaking partnership for real estate.  We’ve partnered with 11 major newspaper companies – totaling 282 newspapers across the country – to extend offline content like classified listings and open house information to Zillow, and to share Zillow’s online data and tools with newspaper Web sites.   It’s a first-of-its […]

Kevin Boer of 3 Oceans Real Estate — a “Boutique Real Estate Brokerage Serving the San Francisco Bay Area” (love that) — used a World Cup soccer theme for the 67th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate. For anyone who knows soccer, the ultimate player is Pelé, so the Pelé award, which means the winning post, went to […]

Remember when you learned how to ride your bike in the driveway when you were six years old, wobbling along on training wheels as your dad helped stabilize the back of the banana seat? Well, turns out, bicycling is making a huge comeback, thanks to the cost of gas, a nod to the environment, and for physical […]

I recently sneaked a peek into the Home Remodeling and Repair section of the Zillow Discussions board to see what’s on people’s minds and there it was: “cats cats cats.”

How could anyone resist clicking on it? Was this someone thinking they were on Craigslist and they wanted to give away kitties from a recent litter? Was […]

It’s been a great couple of weeks for our soon-to-launch Zillow Listings Feed program, and today we’re happy to announce a new partner, United Country Real Estate, which will feed approximately 25,000 for-sale listings nationwide to Zillow.com. United Country has a great niche — more than 675 franchisees in 44 states specializing in small town […]

Today’s Wiki Wednesday Feature: Things to Know When Buying a Foreclosed Property
Thinking about buying a foreclosure? With the way the market is heading right now, there are surely great deals on foreclosed properties to be had. But foreclosure can be a risky business: It’s important to be cautious and patient. Before you take the leap, […]

Recently we announced our inaugural partner in our upcoming Zillow Listings Feed program, ERA Real Estate. Today we’re happy to announce another partner, RE/MAX Allegiance, which includes over 40 offices and 1200 associates in Virginia, Maryland and DC. By volume, RE/MAX Allegiance is the #1 RE/MAX brokerage in the world, and we’re thrilled to have […]

We’re excited, tickled, humbled, flattered, and thrilled to announce that we’ve been named the Best Start-Up in the 2007 NWSource People’s Pick! THANK YOU, PEOPLE! And if this isn’t exciting enough, we’ve also been named runner-up in some other categories, including best office party, coolest office space, best high-tech company and most laid-back atmosphere.
If you […]

We discussed a few times on this blog some of the creative ways people go about trying to sell their home. One recent we hadn’t heard before, however, was about a couple living just outside of Pittsburgh who are offering a money-back guarantee on their home. Bob and Ricki Husick have been trying […]