Zestimate category archives

Recently we released the 2007 Q3 Zillow Home Value Reports. Stan has already pointed out that the markets are cooling in his quarterly report summary. His analysis also shows that it’s “raining” on some markets a bit more than others. The map included in his post gives us a macro view of the metro areas. […]

Today we’ve released our Q2 2007 Home Value Reports, covering the national market and 66 individual metropolitan statistical areas (MSA’s). The reports go deep on an MSA basis, by county and neighborhood, and by quarter-over-quarter, year-over-year, and 5 & 10-year annualized changes. We also look at different categories of homes — large/medium/small, single-family residences vs. […]

I’m sure thousands of you have been following the saga of my attempts to sell my house in Seattle (OK, maybe not thousands, but it certainly feels that way).  Even the Wall Street Journal got involved in ribbing me, highlighting the fact that even the CEO of Zillow can’t seem to price and sell his […]

… even Bill Gates!  Today, we saw the headlines on the Seattle P-I blog and the CNET News Blog that the Microsoft chairman admitted to checking out the value of his mansion on Zillow at a recent conference.  He also admitted that the Zestimate was too low (even at $134 million).  That’s not too […]

Today’s Wiki Wednesday Feature: The Perils of Pre- and Post-Possession
It never fails that when I read some of the Zillow Real Estate Guide articles that deal with real estate no-no’s, I have usually thought about doing most of them. Doing a no-no, that is. Here’s one that strikes close to home:
Scenario: Your lease is […]

Tonight we launched our Q1 2007 Home Value reports, with separate data sets for both the U.S. and 46 metropolitan areas (all data can be obtained here).  Particularly in the local markets, there’s a lot to dig into — for most areas, we’ve broken out trends by county, city and individual neighborhood. 
Home values turned […]

Project Blogger is well underway and I’ve been having a lot of fun talking Tisza Major-Posner through some tips and tricks to effective business blogging. I said I’d report back when there was substantial progress, so here’s what’s new:

Thanks to a wordpress plugin by Realivent (contact them about it) you can now get a Zestimate […]

Shout-out to any developer or web wizard who might be reading this: Does anyone have a spare cycle* to develop a Wordpress plug-in? Here’s the idea: Develop a plug-in that would retrieve a Zestimate without leaving the Wordpress blog they’re on. I envision some type of small search box module displayed on the sidebar. […]

I have some questions and wonder if anyone can help me with some answers? Here we go…
Q: How long has this house been on the market?
Q: Want to buy my house? (really)
Q: Anyone know the architect for this home?
Q: How’s the street noise from this house?
Q: For my morning commute, […]

Media attention and conversations on the national housing market often focus on the coasts. Fortunately here at Zillow our data also covers the areas in between the East and the West. A couple months ago in our Quarterly Home Value Reports, we took a look at 75 metro areas throughout the nation to […]