As I discussed in a previous blog post, I’m remodeling my bathroom. I’m fairly clueless about these types of things - home repair and interior design are two things that I’m pretty useless at. So I’ve been going through this process cautiously, just trying to avoid making any big mistakes.  Dueling Digs has helped me […]

Today’s Wiki Wednesday Feature: A Little Trick to Find a Bargain
While doing my weekly pass through the Real Estate Guide, I stumbled upon an article with a title that instantly caught my attention: A Little Trick to Find a Bargain. What could that be about? Ever the bargain hunter, I was intrigued.
It turns out that […]

Since we released our 7,000 neighborhood boundary polygons under Creative Commons license, we’ve seen several integrations that we’d like to highlight.
The 1st is Zilpy, a real estate site focused on providing rental statistics and helping you figure out where to live. Zilpy was the first site we learned of that had integrated the boundary files […]

Zillow’s family of partners grew even bigger this week with the addition of Homes.com. Any listings which are hand-entered into their system will be automatically fed to Zillow, at no additional cost to the customer.
“This partnership is just one example of our ongoing efforts to provide Homes.com customers with the most effective means of marketing […]

(Photo courtesy Seattle P-I)
Everyone’s favorite chick flick, “Sleepless in Seattle,” served up a romantic idea of what life would be like living in a houseboat: Walking over water on a deck to access your home and once inside, the sensation of being afloat, as slight waves gently lap near your doorstep. You sit out on […]

The 88th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted over at Bigger Pockets’ Real Estate Investing for Real. Josh Dorkin, the founder of Bigger Pockets, highlighted the top picks from last week — take a look!
The carnival will make its next appearance on Monday, May 5 at ActiveRain. Please submit your best post […]

One of the great things about community is that our users constantly keep us on our toes with suggestions, discussions and the occasional off-topic rant.
And in one case today, a member of the Zillow community called out our CFO/VP of Marketing (and my boss) Spencer Rascoff for doing a broadcast interview in a little-too-casual […]

Dueling Digs is one of my favorite Zillow features because it is entertaining and useful at the same time. Very few webapps manage to do both. You can get remodeling ideas while looking at real estate porn at the same time; what could be better.
I’m living this first hand right now, since I’m remodeling my […]

With more than 40,000 loan quotes submitted by lenders since the launch of Zillow Mortgage Marketplace a few weeks ago, we thought it was time to share some of the more interesting data we’ve compiled. Last week we opened up the marketplace even further by allowing everyone to search and view real, anonymous […]

In case you are not reading what I am, here are links to a few recommended recent posts by real estate bloggers:
What Aristotle Can Teach Us About Locking Mortgage Rates Instead Of Floating Them (Dan Green)
“… I advise mortgage applicants to lock a mortgage rate in as soon as possible. “Floating” can be risky in […]

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