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Homes Less Affordable As Prices Fall, Rates Rise, Zillow Says
The San Diego Real Estate Blog | July 7th 2008 by Gary Glaser
Higher interest rates are balancing out lower home prices and making home ownership less affordable in many U.S. real estate markets, according to a study of about 25,000 mortgage offers to potential homebuyers conducted by Zillow.com. MAKING SENSE read more
What’s Up With Zillow?
Eastside Real Estate Buzz | June 24th 2008 by Debra Sinick
Interesting and open, this is how I would characterize Jorrit Van Der Meulen, the Vice President of Partner Relations for Zillow. I had the opportunity to hear Mr. Van Der Meulen talk at my monthly Forum XXII networking meeting. He shared some read more
Redfin Co-Founder and Ex-Zillowite to Launch Fridge Door
Rental Tips and Industry News | June 20th 2008 by Dan
Michael Dougherty, who co-founded Redfin and was then at Zillow, will be launching a new start-up called Fridge Door. SeattlePI.com says the start-up will not be in the real estate space but rather the “personal communications space.” I a read more
Enliven Your Website with Streaming Activity, Tickers, or Counter…
NetBanker | June 19th 2008
One thing that's hard to recreate online is the hubbub of a busy branch, retail outlet, or event. Other than the occasional popup inviting you to chat about whatever financial product you're viewing, most financial websites are lonely experiences. Su read more
Virtual Real Estate Roundtable
Maxsell Real Estate | June 12th 2008 by Brad Nix
I’ve been a huge fan of Dustin Luther’s work in the real estate blogosphere ever since he started Rain City Guide. However, his latest idea to feature a weekly virtual real estate roundtable is phenomenal. Tonight he hosted a great conv read more
Looking for a big salary? See what this start-up has to say
PaulSpoerry.com | June 11th 2008 by Paul Spoerry
Glassdoor’s data shows Yahoo’s Jerry Yang became very unpopular May 14. Soon after May 14, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang’s approval rating among an admittedly small group of Yahoo employees tanked. Not surprisingly, that was the day word sp read more
Zillow banned in Arizona?
Housing Chronicles | June 10th 2008 by Patrick Duffy
According to the social networking blog Mashable.com, Zillow has been banned from operating in Arizona. The cease and desist order claims that Zillow shouldn't be offering up estimates of property values -- called 'zestimates' -- unless it has regis read more
Managing Your Online Reputation
Jan O'Brien - Real Estate Coach | May 30th 2008 by Jan O'Brien
One of the panel discussions at the recent Bloodhound Blog Unchained covered the topic of online reputation management with: David Gibbons, Zillow Rudy Bachraty, Trulia Jeff Brown, www.bawldguy.com Real Estate Investments Broker Here are some of the read more
WWW Ruled on NAR’s MLS Data Monopoly Suit Ages Ago
Boomer's Blog | May 28th 2008 by Gary Boomershine
A three-year standoff between the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) over the association’s attempts to virtually monopolize its multiple listing service (MLS) data is one legal hurdle away from resolution. read more
What is Your Favorite Real Estate Website?
The Emerald Hills Blog | May 28th 2008 by Chuck
When I first made the jump over to real estate after 20+ years in technology sales, the biggest surprise to me was the realization of how low-tech the real estate industry is. And I’m not talking about the frightening amount of paper we still c read more
Real Estate Websites are Growing Up.
The White Oaks Blog | May 28th 2008 by Chuck
When I first made the jump over to real estate after 20+ years in high-tech sales, the biggest shock to me was the realization of how low-tech the real estate industry is. And I’m not talking about the frightening amount of paper we still cons read more
Trulia Beats Zillow in Twittering
Rental Tips and Industry News | May 14th 2008 by Dan
First off. What is Twitter? Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? I just started getting into twitterin read more
Glassdoor Announces Board of Directors, But Still Not Disclosing…
The Inquisitr | May 13th 2008 by Duncan Riley
Glassdoor, billed as “a new consumer technology company that has yet to disclose details of its product,” has announced the remaining three members of its five-member board of directors. The new Glassdoor board members include: Erik Bla read more
Zestimate For Roswell Not Too Far Off the Mark
Atlanta Real Estate Blog | May 13th 2008 by Ryan Ward
I received an email from Zillow.com today stating that according to their zestimate, home values in Roswell were down 2.7% for the 1st quarter of 2008 compared with the first quarter of 2007. You can see the report here.I’m always a little bit read more
Zillowed, Disappearing Inventory, and Free Housing: 3 Major Psyc…
Dr. Housing Bubble - How I Learned to Love SoCal and Forget… | May 8th 2008
You know you do it. Deep down you know you feel a bit sneaky when you do it like going on a clandestine secret mission. I would venture to guess that you have Zillowed yourself or homes in your neighborhood. Welcome to the major equalizing force i read more
Free Online Data Shatter MLS Real Estate Model
Boomer's Blog | May 7th 2008 by Gary Boomershine
Technologies offering free on-line property information are changing the real estate business and quietly building a mighty force that is poised to obliterate the National Association of Realtors‘ (NAR) virtual monopoly on property information read more
Should I Wait to Buy a Home in San Diego?
Carlsbad, Encinitas and San Diego Luxury Real Estate | May 6th 2008 by Roberta Murphy
by Roberta Murphy A Zillow questioner asks if he or she should wait to buy a home in San Diego until the market levels out. It is a question that seemed to beg an answer from me, if only because we are personally struggling with that very issue as I read more
Join ‘em…don’t fight ‘em!
RealtyTechBytes | May 5th 2008 by Jerry Kidd
I know a lot of agents and brokers that do not like the emergence of online players such as Zillow and Trulia. I was involved in many "water cooler" talks when these sites first came out. In fact, many of those conversations revol read more
Realtor’s Web 2.0 Crash Course Tool #1: MiloBlog
deansguide | May 3rd 2008 by dean
Are you a Realtor, broker, or affiliate who is interested in learning what Web 2.0 means, how it effects the real estate industry, and how to harness the power of this ongoing revolution? Even if you just want to look informed and with it, the best read more
People in Iowa Riot Against Foreclosures
1916 Bungalow House Blog | April 30th 2008 by 1916home dot net
Many thanks for whomever posted three more house valuation websites!cyberhomes.comeppraisal.comrealestateabc.comand then of course there is zillow.com and trulia.comCheck this out:Iowans Riot Against ForeclosuresDes Moines: Sporadic outbreaks throug read more
Is Expedia Listening to My Audio?
Rental Tips and Industry News | April 26th 2008 by Dan
I just got done listening to a great radio interview with Rich Barton, the CEO of Zillow and Founder of Expedia.com. The interview can be found on MadeFromScratch. Rich talks about his days at Microsoft where he founded Expedia at the age of 25 as we read more
Whats Your House Worth These Days?
1916 Bungalow House Blog | April 26th 2008 by 1916home dot net
Nah, Im not going to divulge my info here ;) but you can check your own stats with a couple of interesting websites...http://www.zillow.com/and also...http://www.trulia.com/Zillow was one of the first websites to give some sort of value to a home bas read more
Buy from Me and I’ll Buy Your San Diego Home
Carlsbad, Encinitas and San Diego Luxury Real Estate | April 23rd 2008 by Roberta Murphy
by Roberta Murphy You’ll really buy my San Diego Home? It’s an old come on–and a persistent temptation. You’ve seen the sign riders all over the the San Diego real estate market. “Buy this Home from Me, and I’ll Bu read more
Five Additional Steps of Due Diligence When Buying a Rental Prope…
Real Estate Investing For Real | A BiggerPockets Blog | April 18th 2008 by Joshua Dorkin
Due diligence is a term used for a number of concepts involving either the performance of an investigation of a business or person, or the performance of an act with a certain standard of care. It can be a legal obligation, but the term will more com read more
Building a Lead Marketplace is Hard, as Zillow is Learning
Lead Marketwatch | Internet Marketing News, Tips, Trends | April 18th 2008 by Bill Rice
Zillow has been at the lead marketplace building business for about two weeks, and I bet internally they are saying, “wow this is hard!” Early responders to the Zillow Mortgage Marketplace were easy to categorize, as I pointed out in my Z read more
Zillow Mortgage Gets Negative Reviews (from Non-Adopters)
Lead Marketwatch | Internet Marketing News, Tips, Trends | April 7th 2008 by Bill Rice
I have been following the Zillow Mortgage discussion with great interest. By reserving follow-up to my early commentary in BusinessWeek I have an opportunity to survey the discussion and distill a few important observations: Zillow did something rad read more
Zillow launches new mortgage marketplace
From the Jack of All Trades | April 4th 2008 by pastilan
Real estate site Zillow is set to launch on Thursday a service that will let borrowers get quotes anonymously and lenders get leads for free. People applying for home loans online now have to supply personal information to get quotes. Their informa read more
Google Acquires Zillow and Trulia for $4.4 Billion
Rental Tips and Industry News | April 1st 2008 by Dan
This morning, Google announced their recent acquisition of both Zillow and Trulia for $4.4 Billion. The terms were $2 billion in cash and the remaining in Google stock options. I had the opportunity to interview Eric Schmidt, Google’s Chairman read more
Lower Your San Diego Real Estate Taxes in 3 Easy Steps
Carlsbad, Encinitas and San Diego Luxury Real Estate | March 29th 2008 by Roberta Murphy
by Roberta Murphy Many clients from the past few years have been calling, wondering if it might be worth the effort to get their San Diego property taxes reduced. Property values have dropped significantly in parts of San Diego County, and many are read more
Lower Your San Diego Real Estate Taxes in 3 Easy Steps
Carlsbad, Encinitas and San Diego Luxury Real Estate | March 29th 2008 by Roberta Murphy
by Roberta Murphy Many clients from the past few years have been calling, wondering if it might be worth the effort to get their San Diego property taxes reduced. Property values have dropped significantly in parts of San Diego County, and many are read more
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