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Zillow Unveils New “Mortgage Marketplace” Offering (Compete)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:03:59 GMT

About eighteen months ago we wrote about the emergence of Zillow.com - the innovative real estate site that allows one to obtain a “Zestimate” of a residential property’s market value based on the company’s proprietary formula. While most people associate the Zillow brand primarily with home value estimation services, the company has increasingly [...]

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High Touch Marketing Using Interactive Ads (sellsius° real estate blog)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:20:41 GMT

Here’s an interactive ad for a Canadian cellphone company, Solo. Located at a bus stop, it is sure to attract attention. Can someone come up with a creative interactive ad for real estate? How about “See what your home is worth” ? Hey Zillow, there’s a marketing tip for you. Here’s an interactive search screen I saw [...]

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Seeker of Sweet Deals™ Addiction Returns (http://blogaboutablogaboutablogabou)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:23:00 GMT

This short sale is currently listed well below Zestimate and it includes a new foundation, roof and other key structural fixes for an Art and Crafts era house. Here's the 5 year Zillow chart: Nicely preserved vintage details: Here's the 10 year Zillow chart: Due to issues with a "tenant" who is getting free rent I haven't seen the inside yet. However, what I saw from the outside suggests...

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Explore : Addictions, Book Publishers, Publishers, Vintage

Happy Fishnet Friday with Doggies! (http://blogaboutablogaboutablogabou)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:05:00 GMT

Fishnet Reference by =MarticusProductions Le Femme Biskit by ~covertcreativity More Fishnet Friday Fun at Edgar's Toilet and Zillow Book . Woohoo!

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Today's Kvetch: Guesses Not Good Enough: Online real estate sites like Zillow... (Curbed SF)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:48:42 GMT

Online real estate sites like Zillow and Cyberhomes are getting some flack for their sometimes-wack estimates. The websites rely on "automated valuation models" to make educated guesses on a home's value, but can leave out relevant data like home improvements,...

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Newspaper Deal to Sell ‘Featured Listings’ for Zillow Launches (The Local Onliner)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:35:51 GMT

To all the skeptics who thought that Zillow’s deal with newspapers would never roll out…..next week, The Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and Richmond Times Dispatch are selling featured listings for Zillow at the same time as they are placing their classifieds. More newspapers will be added each week. The participating newspaper [...]

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Explore : San Francisco Chronicle, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Bizarro Zillow: How to List a Home Without a Zestimate: The Tale of Two Pages (sellsius° real estate blog)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:01:52 GMT

It is possible for 1 home to have 2 separate home detail pages on Zillow, one with listing information and no zestimate, one with a zestimate but no listing information. Really? Yup. How is that possible? Which detail page will a buyer land on? Which page is more valuable to a buyer? Are [...]

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Bizarro Zillow is Coming … (sellsius° real estate blog)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:09:57 GMT

If you liked the post I am Curious Zillow, you will find the sequel, I am Curious Two… bizarre. Coming tomorrow. You won’t want to miss it. (Hmm… sounds like a commercial. Is that allowed in blogdom')

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Redfin Co-Founder and Ex-Zillowite to Launch Fridge Door (http://www.rentbits.com/blog/feed)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:48:23 GMT

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 am also guessing that Fridge Door will not be the name used for the start-up after launch considering [...]

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Will Zillow Honor Home Seller Requests as Per NAR DOJ Settlement? (sellsius° real estate blog)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:13:59 GMT

... A) of the (Proposed) Final Judgment The Settlement only applies to VOWs. When I asked whether Zillow, which is NOT a VOW, would honor a seller request in keeping with the spirit of the settlement, I did not get an answer beyond “…it’s not an issue for Zillow; we’re not a VOW.” Today, I did a zip code search on Zillow (awful- so many wrong zips) and noticed a lot of homes coming...

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Classified Ad Gets Internet Listing As Well / Times-Dispatch Partners With National Real Estate Web Site Zillow.Com (Red Orbit )

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:00:10 GMT

By CAROL HAZARD Real estate agents and homeowners who buy classified advertisements to sell houses in the Richmond Times-Dispatch can get their listings highlighted on a national real estate Web site.

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Explore : Internet, Technology

Love Data? Zillow Wants You (Freakonomics)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:10:37 GMT

We've blogged a few times about Zillow (here and here), a website that is trying to shake up the real estate industry. I've made radical predictions about the future of the real estate industry. I'm hoping that Zillow will help make those prophesies come true. So to do my part (and because I am as [...]

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The Insider: Zillow creator's startup unlocks salary information (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:13:00 GMT

... from former Expedia executive Rich Barton.And like Barton's other projects -- including Avvo and Zillow.com -- Glassdoor promises to unlock information that was previously difficult to obtain. In this case, reviews, ratings and salary details from employees who actually work at companies.The genesis of the idea started about a year ago when Barton accidentally printed off the results of...

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Explore : Business, Software and services, Steve Ballmer, Telecommunication

How I Spent My Fathers Day (The Real Estate Bloggers)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:44:42 GMT

It could not get any better than this. Boys, wife, hockey. See you all tomorrow! Other Posts You May Be Interested In: The Horror, The Horror… Zillow Launches: Valuation Tool For Homeowners Housing for Disabled Soldiers: Homes For Our Troops Roger Staubach Retires As CEO of The Staubach Co. Florida’s NFIB Demands Eminent Domain Protection Post from: The Real Estate Bloggers How I [...]

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4realz Roundtable on Home Valuations (sellsius° real estate blog)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:07:54 GMT

Hosted on Talkshoe by Dustin Luther Guests : David G of Zillow Rhona Porter Yours truly Time: 7:00 pst Join in: Dial: (724) 444-7444 Enter: 20339 # (Call ID) Enter: 1 #

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Managers Beware: Rate Your Boss With Glassdoor (geeksugar)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:00:13 GMT

Are you unhappy with your job and about to launch a full scale attack on your local classified section? Then maybe you should check out Glassdoor first, before sending that resume. What is this Glassdoor I speak of? Well, the info junkies that brought us Expedia and Zillow have announced their new venture, dubbing it the TripAdvisor for companies . But instead of ranting about your dingy hotel...

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Barton's Glassdoor breaks into Web 2.0's workplace-gossip world (Seattle Times)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:26:38 GMT

Excerpts from the blog Surprisingly, Zillow gets glowing compliments from the five workers who contributed to workplace gossip Web site...

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Explore : Business, Technology, Web 2

Zillow ranks well in Rich Barton's new workplace gossip venture (Brier Dudley's blog)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:20:32 GMT

Surprisingly, Zillow gets glowing compliments from the five workers who contributed to workplace gossip Web site Glassdoor.com , a side venture of Zillow Chief Executive Rich Barton. The Sausalito, Calif.-based venture, which opened to the public late Tuesday, lets people anonymously talk about their workplaces and share salary information. It's led by Barton and other former Expedia...

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Peep this: Salaries, etc. behind the glass doors (Good Morning Silicone Valley)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:18:47 GMT

In the is-nothing-sacred department: Glassdoor, a start-up out of Sausalito, is like a Zillow for jobs. People who derive pleasure from finding out how much their neighbor paid for his house might be just as interested to know, for free, how much that neighbor makes, although the site doesn’t...

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Zillow founder launches site listing company salaries, employee reviews (The Puget Sound Business Journal )

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:12:31 GMT

A website launched Wednesday by Zillow.com 's founder will showcase compensation figures from individual companies along with employee reviews. (MSFT) (EXPE) (GOOG) (YHOO) (CSCO)

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