Reality Zillowing

By: Amy Bohutinsky, VP, Communications | March 22, 2006

The interesting thing about the topic of home values is that it’s always a bit ubiquitous… even when we’re watching TV. Who hasn’t watched an episode of Friends and declared there’s no way Rachel and Monica could afford that apartment in New York… or wondered how Mike the single plumber on Desperate Housewives lives in such a posh suburban home.

I heard from a colleague this morning who logged on to Zillow.com after watching The Real Housewives of Orange County on Bravo last night. This is a new documentary series that follows five families inside "one of the wealthiest planned communities in the country," the Coto de Caza area of Orange County, CA.

A Zillow search for "Coto de Caza" in California produced these results - with Zestimates ranging from just over $1 million to more than $4 million… and lots of swimming pools, tennis courts and nearby golf courses.

Here’s to reality TV.

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Categories: Vacation Homes, Zestimate, Zillow

Comments

4 Comments so far

Anonymous on March 24, 2006 1:28 pm

Is there a point in your post???
Will Chapman on March 25, 2006 10:26 am

The apartment that Rachel & Monica lived in was Monica’s grandmother’s apartment.
Amy Bohutinsky on March 25, 2006 10:36 am

Will - great catch! Answered that one…
Joe on March 30, 2006 12:55 pm

Help - Zillow is neat. But, I’ve only gotten results 1 out of the 20 or so attempts that I put in an addess. In the other 19 cases, nothing came back. I’m using IE v6.0 with Win XP SP2. Is there a troubleshooting area of the site? Can’t find it. It worked that 1 time though, so I’m not sure what’s different on my end. Any suggestions?