Whitney T's Q&A

Stay tuned! The winner will be announced mid December. More info in the official rules. http://zillow.prizelogic.com/rules.pdfBest of luck to you.

Hi Helen- Whitney from Zillow.  Yes, we have Zillow Home Value Index (median home value) data back to 1996. You can view the data here http://www.zillow.com/local-info/. To access the complete historical time series in Excel, click the "download- chart data" button.

Here you go! http://www.zillow.com/webtools/facebook-apps/

Whitney from Zillow. Zillow's Real Estate Market Reports track local real estate trends. In Washington County, the median list price is $96,000, down -11.9% year-over-year. You can view the report here.

Whitney from Zillow, here. For a data driven look at the Bellevue housing market, check out Zillow's real estate market reports. In Bellevue, the Zillow Home Value Index (median home value)  Bellevue decreased 7.4 % in January  http://u.zillow.com/vwN/ . In Seattle, the Zillow Home Value Index decreased 9.4 % in January http://u.zillow.com/v4Af/ .

Whitney from Zillow. Yes, according to Zillow's Real Estate Market Reports home values in the 93108 zip code are down 23.5% YOY. FYI, Zillow also reports on other metrics, such as the % of homes sold for a loss, the % of homes with a price reductions, % of homes foreclosed, etc. You can view all these metrics on the Local Info tab, under the orange "home values" column.http://www.zillow.com/local-info/CA-93108-home-value/r_97130/

I can't speak for Trulia, but Zillow has 4+ million homes for sale and 160,000+ homes and apartments for rent. We also have  a lot of listings you will not find anywhere else: 155,000 + Make Me Move listings, and for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) properties.But, Zillow is much more than listings. We are a database of more than 100 million homes--that's nearly every home in the country. This living database of all homes, not just homes for sale, makes Zillow a great resource to learn more about real estate---whether you're buying, selling, renting, currently own a home, or are just searching around for fun.We are always looking for ways to improve the usability of our site and value user feedback. If you have any specific suggestions, please message me anytime.

Liam had another great opportunity he wanted to pursue. Liam joined Zillow before our public launch in 2006 and was a fantastic general counsel and we wish him great success.We're excited to welcome Kathleen Philips as our new GC. You can read more about her here.

Hi- Whitney from Zillow. Here's a link to our site stats and traffic. In July, 11.7 million visitors came to Zillow, up 35 percent from a year earlier. I've also included a link to the recent Yahoo! partnership announcement blog post. Starting this fall, Zillow will exclusively sell advertising to real estate agents and brokers on Yahoo! Real Estate and Zillow will supply its 4 million for-sale listings, as well as Zestimate home values, to Yahoo! Real Estate, creating a convenient one-stop advertising solution that brings together the second-and third-largest real estate websites.

Stan Humphries, chief economist at Zillow, believes that Florida will take longer to recover from the real estate recession than other states hit similarly hard by the crash. Why? Florida is still seeing monthly depreciation rates and foreclosures are not being processed very quickly.Here are two recent articles that summarize what's happening to Florida home values. http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/realtime/2010/06/04/floridas-recovery-will-lag-nation/http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jun/05/bz-floridas-housing-slump-is-years-from-recovery/news-realestate/