Archive for the 'Zillow Real Estate' Category

Zillow Bans Unzillowable Ad

Zillow.com has banned the word “unzillowable“. Ze powers zhat be have decreed “thou shalt not use the word unzillowable” in ads on its website. Have Barton and Frink been spending too much time in the Phoenix sun? David G, help explain this.

Not to be deterred, Carole tried to get this ad through […]

Is Zillow Using Our Homes As Bait?

Is Zillow using our homes as bait?
First, they publicly displayed your home and put their zestimate price tag on it (and did not let you remove it, even if your sale price was much higher and the zestimate was cockeyed). Now they will allow ANYONE to claim a home is for sale without the […]

Zillow Partners With Chinese Restaurants

Zillow partners with Chinese restaurants? No, we’re just having a little fun announcing our new real estate blog feature: “Caption This”. Blame the fun on Jim Cronin and Teresa Boardman over at The Real Estate Tomato.
Here’s how to play “Caption This”. We put up an image and youz guys make up […]

Redfin and Zillow: Stats of a Feather

Redfin just released its yearly statistics to show that Redfin agents, on average, get their buyers a better deal. The data showed the “average” Redfin buyer paid 99.233% of the list price while buyers using other brokerages paid 100.233% of the list price. Redfin proudly wears the feather in its cap. But […]

Zillow Tells Sellsius Rentals Are Next

From the Left - Rudy, Lloyd, Joe
We had the pleasure of speaking with Lloyd Frink of Zillow.com. We asked if rentals are next and he said yes. Commercial may follow. It was quite an Unzillowable experience. Thanks Lloyd.
Kevin Boer of 3Oceans was also present and was the man behind the camera for this shot.
Thanks […]

Will Zillow Let Listing Owners Opt-Out Now?

Scenario: Owner wants to sell his home and list it on Zillow. The only problem is his house is zestimated at $300K and he has several appraisals/CMAs which say it’s actually worth around $450K. Owner decides to list it for $400K to get a quick sale. The only problem is the owner […]

Zillow Comes Clean: Yes, I am a National Listing Site

I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse.

We told you so. Was it really any surprise? Zillow is now a national listing site.
Keep Your Eye on the Zestimate
Every professional knew Zillow could not live on zestimates alone. They were so often lacking in nutritional value and those who got a taste of it […]

Z-Day: Z for Zendetta

It is the duty of the entire real estate community…to guard consumers from hoaxers, con-men and frauds….If we are silent when confronted with the public’s gullibility toward the Zillow.com fraud, we are complicit in that harm. (Greg Swann, from Tell the world: Zillow.com is bunk)
We wrote the following posts during our trip to the matrix. […]

Has Zillow Spiked The Google Juice? Holds #1 Spot in Google & Yahoo Search for “Appraise My Home”

These number 1s are in organic search results. For a site that’s not an appraisal site, how did Zillow jump the line ahead of all the true appraisal websites? So, who’s mixing the SEO sauce at Zillow.com? It sure is special.

If Zillow is not trying to mislead consumers that a zestimate is […]

Zillow Housing Reports: The Statistical Lie of Estimated Truths

Do statistics mislead or distort reality if they contain zestimates of unsold houses as well as actual sales? Is a Zindex Housing Report better than a Miller Samuel ( Matrix ) Report which contain only actual sales?

If you don’t know the margin of error for a zestimated home (which can only be known after a […]