Friday Fun category archives

We’re in a “laugh so you don’t cry” kind of real estate period, so for today’s Friday Fun, take a run through some of these Slate cartoons to get a cartoonist’s wry take on the housing crisis. There are 94 of them, so go get a cup of coffee (or your favorite beverage) and enjoy [...]

It’s no secret… the marketing team here at Zillow is on the verge of obsession with celebrity gossip - just look at the marketing team Halloween photo from last year when we went as celebrity train wrecks (bonus points if you can identify us all)! The posts on this blog coming from members of the [...]

As US Magazine highlights each week, celebrities are just like us! They ride their bikes! They shop for groceries! They go out for a stroll! Here’s a new one we can add to the list: They overprice their homes!
We recently did a blog post about a Zillow survey that showed 77% of homeowners believe their [...]

Years after Karen Carpenter’s death in 1983, fans still flock to her house in Downey, California, to leave flowers, peek in the windows, ring the doorbell and be expected to be given a tour, much to the chagrin of the owners of the home. Who can blame them for being so irritated? Now the owners [...]

Zillow’s Famous Homes lineup contains collections of homes that we consider “famous” or remarkable for one reason or another. One of the themed lineups is Famous Unique Homes in which we show off the “Guitar House,” the “Airplane House” and a rotating home. One home that fell under our radar for that list was [...]

(Photo courtesy Philadelphia Daily News)
Airplane pilots are privy to lots of sights from up high and here’s another one they will come across as they land and depart from Philadelphia International Airport:
“F_U F. A. A. No Fly Zone.”
According to an article in the Philadelphia Daily News, a couple who lives in Ridley [...]

There’s some fuzzy math happening in the real estate biz that I don’t quite get. Real estate agents don’t make a ton of money — not unless they’ve been in the biz for awhile, or they’re incredibly savvy in marketing themselves or they’re the Realtors to the stars or they’re just plain lucky. Six figure [...]

Down in Florida, Coral Gables and Orlando were preparing for an all-out war over who gets to claim the nickname “The City Beautiful,” which seems like such a silly squabble, because beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But, truth be told, Coral Gables is probably much more beautiful than Orlando’s theme-parked environs. It just [...]

Want to really increase the value of your home?  Make sure you have the latest upgrades buyers are looking for in their next home.  Mark Nash recently completed his annual survey of what’s in and out with homebuyers in 2008.  One of the upgrades that really stuck out to me— in-home pet showers.  Not only are [...]

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 [...]