Zillow Mobile: Zestimates to Go Part 2

By: Mark Eamer, Director, Online Marketing | March 14, 2007

Our first foray into Zillow mobile was a really cool application that allowed anyone to email or text an address to z@labs.zillow.com, and within a few minutes get a response that included a Zestimate, the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, the square footage and the year that home was built.

We are now taking that one step further by eliminating the need to actually type in the address, and instead tapping into the GPS functionality included in many newer phones. uLocate has taken Zillow’s API and created an application using their WHERE Widgets platform that allows users on the Sprint network with a GPS enabled phone to simply click a button and Zillow will send back Zestimates of the closest three addresses based on their location.

Imagine going for a walk and having Zillow information at your fingertips as you discuss home values in your neighborhood. Or even better, imagine going into an open house and in less than 10 seconds knowing the Zestimate of that property.

To sign-up for the functionality you have to click over to the uLocate Web site. We are working hard with the folks over at uLocate to expand the offering to include more phones and carriers - stay tuned!

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Categories: Real Estate, Real Estate Industry, Zestimate, Zillow, Zillow API

Comments

3 Comments so far

Teresa Boardman on March 14, 2007 2:26 pm

Cool, but is it still the same data?

Hey Teresa - they are the same Zestimates you will find on Zillow
G. M. Mayhugh on March 14, 2007 3:30 pm

Zillow has not enabled me to add my addition to the home where we live. It was 1000 square feet and much of the house was remodeled. The Zillow estimate does not include all the additions and upgrades.
David G from Zillow.com on March 16, 2007 9:37 am

Hi GM

You can edit your home facts on Zillow to show your upgrades — that information will appear alongside the public records we have for your house. You can also calculate your own estimate based on this data and publish it (next to the Zestimate value).

If you want to correct the public records (used to calculate the Zestimate value), you will need to do that with with your county assessor — we’ll be informed of any changes they make when they publish their next tax roll.