By: Diane Tuman Zillow Content Manager | October 31, 2008
It’s Halloween and the time of year when everyone loves a good scare. Whether it’s a death-defying roller coaster ride (I never understood this) or sitting through a spine-tingling horror movie (never understood this, either), we as humans are suckers for hair-raising situations. That’s why stories about JonBenet Ramsey and the home where she was [...]
By: Diane Tuman Zillow Content Manager | October 17, 2008
Our blog friend, Matthew W. Heafey, who is a real estate agent in the Piedmont, CA area, just rolled out a new edition of unusual homes, titled “Aren’t You Glad These Aren’t Your Neighbors?“ The answer is “YES!”
Here’s another set of Matt’s work, titled, “Real Estate Gone Wild.” Thanks for the laughs, Matt!
By: Leslie Pandey Senior Content Writer/Editor | October 3, 2008
Homeowner Charlie Kratzer of Lexington, Kentucky thought the “classic cream” walls in his basement could use a little something. So what did he do? He took $10 worth of Sharpie markers and transformed his basement into this:
(Wait a few seconds and you’ll get a 360-degree view of the room.)
Look closely and you may spot some [...]
By: Diane Tuman Zillow Content Manager | September 26, 2008
It’s been a long week, with banks continuing to collapse (my WaMu is now JP Morgan and I’m told everything’s cool), the $700 billion bank bailout wearing everyone down and one of the presidential nominees threatening to suspend campaigning and skip the debate over the economic crisis. But then, we looked out our windows and [...]
By: Leslie Pandey Senior Content Writer/Editor | August 15, 2008
Swimmer Natalie Coughlin from Vallejo, California (Photo courtesy Al Bello/Getty Images)
Many of us here at Zillow have been cheering on the U.S. team in the Beijing Olympics this week. Which got us thinking, which state do you think has the highest number of Olympians? If you guessed California, you’re right. In fact, California wins by [...]
By: Diane Tuman Zillow Content Manager | July 25, 2008
If it’s bizarre, we love it. And, if it’s Friday, we feature it. Make way for a fun lineup of unusual homes we found on Matthew W. Heafey’s site, “Real Estate Gone Wild.” Some of these homes have been featured on our Famous Unique Homes lineup, so you might recognize them.
Don’t forget about our other [...]
By: Diane Tuman Zillow Content Manager | July 11, 2008
It’s amazing that real estate agents and home owners allow really, really bad photos to be published as part of the real estate listing. I suppose a bad photo is better than nothing. Or, is it? You make the call:
The blog “It’s Lovely, I’ll Take It!” devotes itself to “A collection of poorly chosen photos [...]
By: Zillow Team | July 4, 2008
After last year’s holiday falling on a Wednesday, we’re all pretty excited around here that this year the 4th is on a Friday, giving us all a much needed 3-day weekend. The only downside? Fourth of July parties this year could get out a little more out of hand than usual. With [...]
By: Whitney Tyner Zillow PR Specialist | May 30, 2008
Girls just wanna have fun, especially during the (paid) workday. When the women of the Zillow marketing team started dreaming about attending the Sex and the City movie premiere as a “team morale” outing, I eagerly volunteered to pre-purchase the tickets. It was the least I could do, considering the premiere has been on the [...]
By: Diane Tuman Zillow Content Manager | May 30, 2008
(Photo courtesy Living on Earth)
This past Memorial Weekend, I bought and planted three different varieties of tomato plants, planning ahead for an August day when my BLT has a big slice or two of my juicy, homegrown tomatoes. I buy and plant different varieties to see which kind will produce the best, most tastiest tomato. [...]
