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This morning we announced an important milestone when it comes to the number and variety of listings on our site.  We now have nearly 3 million – that’s six times what we started with at the beginning of the year!  What’s more, we now have an immense variety of the types of listings buyers can […]

I am excited and honored to announce the creation of the Zillow Broker Advisory Board which is made up of 10 influential leaders in the real estate industry. Their role on the board will be to provide us counsel on existing Zillow services, while also helping to evaluate ideas for future Zillow products and […]

[Title Credit: “All Star” by Smash Mouth]
Last night, a few thousand Zillow users (and I) received this e-mail:
Thanks to your valuable contributions on Zillow, you have been granted a Zillow All-Star badge. The All Star designation will appear next to your name throughout Zillow, as well as on your profile.

Successful seller and all-around […]

When I was 8, my family moved into the Northshore School District because word on the street (AKA, other moms in playgroup) was that Northshore test scores were high, class sizes small, and teachers friendly. Based on this informal school “research” we purchased a new home inside the school district boundaries and relocated across town.
Zillow, […]

In this crazy market, how are you supposed to keep up with — and help others keep up with — the latest mortgage rates? Well, now you don’t have to worry about it. We did the work for you — Zillow has created new mortgage rate widgets you can add to your own Web site […]

Many real estate professionals and publications have links from their websites to pages on Zillow.com. If you link to Zillow we now have a great way to show you just how grateful we are that you do! Any website that links to any page on Zillow.com can virtually follow their site’s visitors to Zillow.com and […]

Today, Zillow Mortgage Marketplace reached a couple of impressive milestones: more than 50,000 loan requests have been submitted, and more than 3,000 lenders responded to those requests with 250,000 loan quotes. All of this activity has taken place since the product’s launch on April 3 — just three months ago!

In addition to the previous feedback […]

First Team Real Estate, one of Southern California’s finest real estate companies, is now in partnership with Zillow to display their property listings on our site.
First Team is the number one independent real estate company in sales in southern California. As such, they have taken proactive measures in today’s business climate to further increase […]

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 […]

Add two more to the growing list of celebrity foreclosures: Suspended Dallas Cowboys’ star ‘Pacman’ Jones and former NBA star Vin Baker, who had a promising career until alcoholism derailed it, are the latest celebs in risk of foreclosure, according to EURweb.com.