Condos, Colonials and Cabins: Popular Listing Descriptors for Urban, Suburban and Rural Areas
The U.S. landscape changes dramatically as we move from our bustling urban centers to the sprawling suburbs and on to the vast open spaces of rural America. And as the landscape changes, so too does the way we describe homes listed for sale in these different regions.
The Price of Overpricing: How Listing Price Impacts Time on Market
Sellers know that overpricing your home can lead to a drawn-out sale – likely with price cuts – while pricing at or below market value will lead to a speedier sale. But how severe is the penalty of an inflated price, and how strong is the speed boost of a lower one?
Listing Language: From the Bottom of the Bubble to Now
The U.S. real estate market has changed a lot in the past five years. So have the kinds of terms used in real estate listing descriptions.
Listing Language: The Relative Popularity of Different Rental Listing Descriptors By State
Find the most popular rental characteristics and descriptors in each state according to our analysis of 1.6 million Zillow rental listings descriptions in 2015.
Listing Language: The Relative Popularity of Different Home Listing Phrases By State
Think you know in which state you’re most likely to find references to boat landings in home listing descriptions, relative to the rest of the nation? What about snow mobiles, impact windows or dive-in pools?
