http://www.zillowblog.com Sat, 10 May 2008 01:21:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As of 9AM this morning, 45,192 people have signed the online petition at AngryRenter.com calling for Congress to not pass any bailout programs that reward risky borrowing and lending. According to the AngryRenter.com website, the preferred solution to the foreclosure crisis is to; "Let the free market sort ... http://www.zillowblog.com/45192-people-think-sally-should-not-have-to-bail-out-bob/2008/05/ HP shows his dexterity and flexibility doing the limbo Ask a Zillowite why they love working here, and I think you'd find a consistent theme: The people, the product, and the potential. All of these energize us to do better, be better, take risks and have fun along the ... http://www.zillowblog.com/a-peek-into-life-at-zillow/2008/05/ The New York Times today has an article on the city of Vallejo, CA declaring bankruptcy. In what the Times calls "a potentially ominous harbinger" for other California cities, the City Council of this northeast suburb of San Francisco voted unanimously, citing no other choice due to dwindling ... http://www.zillowblog.com/city-of-vallejo-declares-bankruptcy-and-some-of-the-nations-highest-rates-of-negative-equity/2008/05/ That’s just one of the many things they say in Texas and I’m really happy to announce that Zillow just “went big” with Keller Williams, headquartered in Austin, Texas.  See the release here.  We are proud to announce that Keller Williams has joined the Zillow Listings Feed program and that listings from KW’s 73,000+ ... http://www.zillowblog.com/go-big-or-go-home/2008/05/ A few interesting recent posts by real estate bloggers ... Free Flushes? (Gordon Stephenson) Flushing constitutes nearly 40% of domestic water usage, so in theory, this will reduce your water (and sewer) bills considerably. And it’s just “light grey” shower water, which if you avoid shaving, toothbrushing, and any other debris-generating ... http://www.zillowblog.com/what-are-you-reading-2/2008/05/ While poking around the cool Quarterly Home Value Report heat map and drilling in closer to the trends in Grand Rapids, Michigan, an interesting-looking home popped up in the little snapshot for Ada, MI (screenshot, above). It is the most popular home in Ada and come to find out, it's ... http://www.zillowblog.com/architectural-gem-in-ada-michigan/2008/05/ As you saw from Stan’s earlier post, home values continued to slide downward in the first quarter, falling more significantly than any quarter we’ve ever reported -- down nearly 8% from a year ago. Despite this trend and near-endless streams of news coverage on the subject, a lot of homeowners are ... http://www.zillowblog.com/%e2%80%9cnot-my-house%e2%80%9d-homeowners-bullish-on-home-values-yet-perception-widely-off-from-reality/2008/05/ One of the regulars in Zillow's Discussions named SoCalBubbleHead decided to have a little fun the other day and started a game called "Guess the Price of that House." This is how SoCalBubbleHead started it: I thought I would try something new. Everyone can post a photo of a house ... http://www.zillowblog.com/can-you-guess-the-price-of-that-house/2008/05/ Aw shucks! The Webby Awards, which began acknowledging excellence on the Internet since 1996, just bestowed Zillow with the top Webby in the real estate category. Thank you Webbys! We are deeply appreciative and humbled by this recognition. Come to find out, Zillow was chosen as the overall real estate winner ... http://www.zillowblog.com/zillow-wins-top-webby-in-real-estate/2008/05/ Conditions continued to worsen in Q1 as U.S. home values continued their slide down with the Zindex posting a 7.7% year-over-year decline, the sharpest decline we’ve ever seen in our data, which extends back to 1996. Not surprisingly, the market decline brought with it increasing rates of negative equity, ... http://www.zillowblog.com/record-breaking-declines-in-first-quarter/2008/05/