Zillow Teams with Yahoo! Real Estate and Yahoo! Search
By: Mark Eamer, Director, Online Marketing | July 18, 2006
We are very excited to announce today a partnership with Yahoo! Real Estate and Yahoo! Search that will expose Zestimates and comparable homes to a much broader audience searching for information on home values.
Yahoo! Search users who search for “home values” and other home value related search terms will be prompted with a Yahoo! Shortcut asking them to enter any U.S. address. That will bring up instant information from Zillow’s database of nearly 67 million U.S. homes. Yahoo! users can access current home Zestimates, historical value trends, view locations on a map and see comparable homes in the area.
You can also find this information in Yahoo! Real Estate by clicking “What’s My Home Worth?” and entering an address just like you would at Zillow.com.
It’s our mission to give as many consumers as possible access to free real estate information – whether they are homeowners checking on the value of their largest investment, or buyers and sellers in the market right now. Check out Zestimates on Yahoo! and let us know what you think!
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PostBubble on July 19, 2006 1:24 pm
Yahoo brings Zillow to the mainstream
Earlier this year Zillow, an online real estate service that combines maps with estimated home values launched. It shook up the once stagnant online real estate industry and opened the doors for a few others to follow, notably Redfin and Trulia.
Zillow…
The Future of Real Estate Marketing on July 20, 2006 2:17 pm
Zillow expands its reach
Congrats to the Zillow team for their content deal with Yahoo!. Form fields for their Zestimates now appear when anyone does a search on Yahoo! Search for the terms home value (Monthly Search Volume: 42,086) or how …
james on July 26, 2006 6:59 pm
every property i’ve looked at has been incorrect, everything from values to incorrect property lines, # of bedrooms, wrong addresses. i hope nobody really believes this info it’s bad info…
rvakil on September 3, 2006 3:12 am
Congrats. Service would be valuable in other international markets.
RVakil
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Steven Jones on February 18, 2007 5:47 am
The address of my house is incorrect, how do I get this fixed. My address shows a house on a different street a few block away.
Thanks, love the service you provide.
Bulgarian properties on March 14, 2007 4:56 am
i hope the Yahoo database will be corrected because now seems that there is many mistakes.
But your idea is great.
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Carolyn on April 20, 2007 7:34 am
Smart move Yahoo. The public now more than ever needs to keep an eye on their market value, especially after the Refi frenzie. Now the lookers can look without wasting agents time on getting home value info and the sellers can get a realistic look at their home value which might save the agent from breaking their heart by delivering that depreciation bad news to them. There are plenty of homes for sale, agents need to consider getting that property up front in their advertising and consider pro photography & virtual tours are real effective here in the Phoenix metro area including Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa, Ahwatukee
Carolyn on April 20, 2007 7:41 am
Very easy to use, impressive virtual market tool for real estate. Good job Zillow
http://virtualndustry.com
Ron Asteak on July 30, 2007 8:44 pm
“Guess-Idiots” at Zillow use outdated public records to formulate real estate valuations. They call those wild calculations - Zestimates. I thinks it’s best to use a trained professional appraiser.
Home Value Alternative on February 27, 2008 10:54 am
Ya know… there are many different sites doing the same type of thing. If you’re ok with an agent coming to your home you can use other sites and get your home valued for absolutely free. Just google home value and you’ll see a lot of other options, too.
Skeptical on February 27, 2008 11:08 pm
I don’t know… http://www.getmyhomesvalue.com seems a bit too easy… where’s the catch?
Danielle on February 28, 2008 6:43 am
Um, I think Home Value Alternative kinda stated the catch - it involves a real estate agent.
If you consider that a catch. I used a similar site before. An agent got me an accurate CMA for my home. Of course they want you to become their client, but the agent helped me respected the fact that I wasn’t ready to do anything yet.
At most I get an occasional email and mailing from the agent - and actually, that’s okay with me, because I’ve gotten some good info from it.
If you’re scared of agents, sites like GetMyHomesValue.com may not be your best bet. But I’m thinking the only place to get an accurate estimate on your home WITHOUT paying for it IS a real estate agent.
Westboro MA Realtor on February 28, 2008 7:53 pm
To get an accurate value of your home your best bet is too seek out a qualified Real Estate professional who knows the city or town and the comparable sales very well. Zillow and other sites like it may be able to provide the consumer with some details about a property but the zestimate is almost always way off…at least here in my area of Massachusetts.
Ehsan on April 23, 2008 6:33 am
Hi,
are there any plans to bring Zillow to India?
This is a Big Country and offers very good Market, for online Players like you
Ehsan
http://www.mybangaloreproperty.com
Indian Property on August 30, 2008 4:35 pm
I have enjoyed Zillow’s services. I live in US but I also like to invest in India. I wish some one starts similar world class website for proeprties in India.
HILI on November 12, 2008 2:51 pm
Panama real estate is exploding. We’re the #1 real estate market in this hemisphere.
Yahoo, how about expanding down here to Panama? You’re an international site, how about getting into international real estate?