By: Jorrit Van der Meulen VP, Partner Relations | May 8, 2008
That’s just one of the many things they say in Texas and I’m really happy to announce that Zillow just “went big” with Keller Williams, headquartered in Austin, Texas. See the release here. We are proud to announce that Keller Williams has joined the Zillow Listings Feed program and that listings from KW’s 73,000+ associates are now prominently displayed […]
By: David Gibbons Director of Community Relations | May 7, 2008
A few interesting recent posts by real estate bloggers …
Free Flushes? (Gordon Stephenson)
Flushing constitutes nearly 40% of domestic water usage, so in theory, this will reduce your water (and sewer) bills considerably. And it’s just “light grey” shower water, which if you avoid shaving, toothbrushing, and any other debris-generating activities (not to get too […]
By: Diane Tuman Content Manager | May 7, 2008
While poking around the cool Quarterly Home Value Report heat map and drilling in closer to the trends in Grand Rapids, Michigan, an interesting-looking home popped up in the little snapshot for Ada, MI (screenshot, above). It is the most popular home in Ada and come to find out, it’s for sale for $1.5 million. […]
By: Amy Bohutinsky VP, Communications | May 7, 2008
As you saw from Stan’s earlier post, home values continued to slide downward in the first quarter, falling more significantly than any quarter we’ve ever reported — down nearly 8% from a year ago.
Despite this trend and near-endless streams of news coverage on the subject, a lot of homeowners are still bullish about their home’s […]
By: Drew Meyers Business Development Specialist | May 6, 2008
One of the regulars in Zillow’s Discussions named SoCalBubbleHead decided to have a little fun the other day and started a game called “Guess the Price of that House.” This is how SoCalBubbleHead started it:
I thought I would try something new. Everyone can post a photo of a house and we can guess how […]
By: Zillow Team Zillow.com | May 6, 2008
Aw shucks! The Webby Awards, which began acknowledging excellence on the Internet since 1996, just bestowed Zillow with the top Webby in the real estate category. Thank you Webbys! We are deeply appreciative and humbled by this recognition.
Come to find out, Zillow was chosen as the overall real estate winner by members of the International […]
By: Stan Humphries VP, Data & Analytics | May 6, 2008
Conditions continued to worsen in Q1 as U.S. home values continued their slide down with the Zindex posting a 7.7% year-over-year decline, the sharpest decline we’ve ever seen in our data, which extends back to 1996. Not surprisingly, the market decline brought with it increasing rates of negative equity, with one out of two […]
By: David Gibbons Director of Community Relations | May 6, 2008
Now you can add Zillow’s Quarterly Home Value Reports to a blog post just as easily as you can add a YouTube video. All you have to do is cut and paste. We used the Editgrid service to create this portable spreadsheet which includes median home value data, year-over-year changes and market peak info for […]
By: Zillow Team Zillow.com | May 5, 2008
The 89th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at the Official Active Rain Blog. Rich Jacobson, one of Active Rain’s community builders, put this week’s carnival together and highlighted the top 10 “rides” from last week — take a look!
The carnival will make its next appearance on Monday, May 12 at […]
By: Zillow Team Zillow.com | May 5, 2008
Tomorrow Zillow will be releasing home value data for Q1 2008. Please join Dr. Stan Humphries, Zillow’s VP of data & analytics for a teleconference to discuss Q1 results and market data. The call will begin at 11 a.m. PDT/2 p.m. EDT. Please visit our press room shortly beforehand to download slides for the call.
To […]
