By: Ajay Mehta Zillow Business Development Intern | August 31, 2009
We recently released several new and updated widgets (see all of our Mortgage and Real Estate Widgets) and in my humble opinion, this batch includes our most impressive one yet — new amazing upgrades to our Regional Real Estate Statistics Widget. This easy-to-embed webtool is flippin’ cool.
Here’s why: When you’re configuring the widget, you can [...]
By: Sara Bonert Director of Broker Relations | August 27, 2009
Did you know that you can advertise your open house information on Zillow, for free? The information will show up on the site a week before the event, and is automatically removed when the open house is over. Here is a short video that walks you through the process:
And it works! Below [...]
By: Zillow Team | August 21, 2009
If you’re a real estate news junkie, or just a Zillow fan, don’t miss Zillow COO Spencer Rascoff tonight on NBC’s “Nightly News with Brian Williams” as he discusses home sales and first-time buyers. Nightly News airs at 6:30 EDT (times vary nationwide). Spencer was also on CNBC’s Reality Check this morning, you can view the [...]
By: Sara Bonert Director of Broker Relations | July 31, 2009
Yes, Zillow is mostly known for Zestimates, but in the three and a half years since we launched, we have evolved into so much more. Here are 26 highlights for real estate pros — from A to Z — including some training resources and videos.
A – Advice. Market your expertise in our real estate [...]
By: Sara Bonert Director of Broker Relations | July 20, 2009
On Zillow we like to bring attention to those who contribute the most to the Zillow community by awarding Zillow All-Star and Zillow Local Expert badges.
These badges appear on profile pages and can also be posted on other marketing efforts, such as a personal blog. People with these badges are also given better placement in [...]
By: Diane Tuman Zillow Content Manager | July 14, 2009
One of the most-asked questions we get is how to find comps, or comparables, on Zillow. Comparables, by definition, are homes that recently sold (ideally, within 3-6 months) that are similar to yours. If you’re selling your home, comparables are a critical piece of the puzzle when figuring out how to price your home for [...]
By: Sara Bonert Director of Broker Relations | July 9, 2009
Once again, our friends at the California Association of Realtors have released another report full of good information about the habits of real estate buyers in their state, the 2009 Survey of California Home Buyers. While some of the buying statistics in the report may be very specific to California (for example, 38% of purchases [...]
By: Katie Curnutte Zillow PR Manager | July 9, 2009
We’re asked questions about how Zillow works every day, but one of the most frequently-asked has to do with recently sold homes, and how long it takes for the sale of a home to appear on Zillow. As users of the site know, recent sales appear as little yellow icons on our maps, and you can see [...]
By: Amy Bohutinsky Zillow VP of Communications | July 1, 2009
Today we announced some significant milestones achieved in the first half of 2009 (how could it be July already??), including a whopping 67 percent year-over-year traffic increase. On average, 8.3 million people (unique visitors) came to Zillow each month so far this year.
You can see all of our record-breaking stats in today’s press release, but meanwhile here’s a [...]
By: Mary Miller Zillow Director Product Management, Mortgages | June 5, 2009
Today, Zillow launched a new feature that automatically notifies you when mortgage rates reach your target rate. Called “Mortgage Rate Alert,” this new e-mail helps those who are refinancing or purchasing a home know the optimal time to request mortgage quotes from lenders. No need to continually check back for rates — this rate alert e-mail gives [...]
