Archive for June, 2008

Elk Grove, CA, with a Zillow Home Value Index (Zindex) of $292,500 at this writing, seems to have attracted a fair share of real estate known as pot houses or, indoor marijuana farms, according to an article in the San Jose Mercury News.
In 2007, authorities busted 3,713 indoor marijuana houses in the United States, 590 […]

This week’s 4th of July Stars and Stripes edition of the Carnival of Real Estate (the 97th CoRE) is posted at Trulia Blog. There are 11 posts highlighted for your enjoyment — head on over and take a look!
The carnival will make its next appearance on Monday, July 7 at Transparent RE. Please submit your […]

This past January, banks and lending institutions started sending “Dear John” letters of sorts, telling borrowers their HELOC was being cancelled or frozen. And, just like that, the spigot of money was switched to the “off” position.
But, what if you were in the middle of a kitchen remodel, your house is torn apart and your […]

Real estate is becoming stranger by the minute. Here’s a story that teeters on desperation: A single woman apparently posted a combo ad on Craigslist, looking for love and to sell her South Florida home. Eight years of the single life and a year of trying to sell her home has put Deven Trabosh over […]

Jazz great Ernestine Anderson, 79, a four-time Grammy nominee and Seattle resident, is another star to add to the celebrity foreclosure list. Anderson’s Central District home is at risk of foreclosure since she’s behind approximately $45,000 in fees and back taxes. A peculiar piece of this report is how Anderson got a loan with monthly […]

With the Fourth of July right around the corner, it’s a perfect time to unveil our brand-new list of America’s famous historic homes. These historical gems range from ornate mansions to mid-century modern icons. See the sweeping ocean views from the Astors’ Beechwood Mansion, which played host to New York society in the late 1800s. […]

This week, Zillow unleashed the new and improved Home Report email.  These monthly emails highlight the shifts—good or bad—in a home’s value over time.  The Zillow Home Report is an easy way for you to keep up with changes in the Zestimate® value of your home (or any other home you’re interested in) and track […]

If so, you’re in luck.
We’ve extended the opportunity to win free admission (valued at $779) into July for those who are still interesting in winning one of the three prepaid (meaning FREE to you) passes Inman has given us to give away. All you need to do to stand a chance of winning one of […]

You can tell summer’s here when you start reading bizarre headlines like this one — Man throws flare in mole hole, ignites neighbor’s house
To add insult to injury, it was the home of a 91-year-old woman, who escaped unhurt. No word whether the mole was torched or not.

“The Loan Lady” is now the “Tone Lady”!
Congratulations to Donna Huffman, aka ‘The Loan Lady”, from Home Quest Mortgage out of Oskaloosa, KS on being the winner of the iPod give away at our booth at the National Association of Mortgage Brokers show this week.
The NAMB conference in Indianapolis marked the first time Zillow had […]