Archive for July, 2008

This week, Zillow began providing a powerful tool to enhance the home shopping experience for our visitors by offering Saved Search e-mail alerts. After conducting a search for homes on Zillow and choosing the specific criteria you are interested in, you can save these searches and receive regular e-mails alerting you to new homes […]

I’m happy to announce that Education.com has joined us as a Zillow API partner. We’ve heard time and time again that home buyers want to look at school data, which led us to recently integrate school data in the experience on Zillow. That said, it makes sense that the reverse is also true — those looking […]

Last week’s RE Bar Camp in San Francisco was a roaring success; a perfect storm of talented people in the right place at the right time. This video will hopefully give you a taste of what went down and who showed up to the first RE Bar Camp. And if you can overlook my amateur […]

Zillow is a media site, or a marketing platform for real estate professionals to utilize to connect with buyers, sellers, and each other.  Each month, more than 5 million people come to Zillow with one common interest — real estate. If you are a real estate agent, take a look at my post on Active […]

Last week, a few of us attended the Inman Connect Conference in San Francisco. It was a fantastic conference with great networking opportunities. RE Bar Camp helped set the stage for a great week — a group of about 100 or 150 bloggers and techies gathered to chat about the latest and greatest products and […]

Yes, I think we might be just a wee bit obsessed with celebrity real estate here on the Zillow Blog. But we can’t help it! If you’re as hooked on celebrity gossip as we are, you’ll want to check out our new Famous Celebrity Neighborhoods page, which rounds up the top areas stars call home.
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Update, October 6, 2008: We’ve received an update from Rachel Byers, the recipient of the Extreme Makeover home in Oregon, who wrote to tell us that the stories that have been reported about her family’s home are not true. They are not in any danger of foreclosure. We’d also like to note that the Byers have set […]

I’ve always wanted to be a homeowner, however with all the doom and gloom these days about the current housing market,  I’ve found myself much less inclined to purchase a home than I had been previously.  At least that’s what I thought until I spent the weekend spiffing up my sister’s recently purchased home— talk about sibling […]

Here’s the home on Redfin and here’s the home on Zillow.
Is it a photo disaster or is it just a genius marketing ploy? Whatever the reason, I fell for it just as Glenn did…

Is it just me, or are there a ton of celebrity real estate transactions going on lately? This week, we’ve got more celebrity comings and goings: [Hat tip: Thanks to Bob Goldsborough at Big Time Listings Blog for the scoop.]
In the Silver Lake area of L.A., 24 actor Keifer Sutherland’s home is on the market for $4,895,000 — all 14,400 […]