Zillow is not a deadly threat to real estate brokers or agents. But we think it might sound the death knell for appraisers. Whether someone consults Zillow, their neighbor, postman, psychic or Ouijee board, on their journey to home ownership or sale, they will undoubtedly continue and end that long journey with the […]
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Zillow’s Real Prey: It’s Not Brokers
Published by November 8th, 2006 in Zillow Real Estate and zillow. 11 CommentsRealtor’s Allan Dalton Calls Zillow Carnival Act
Published by October 19th, 2006 in Zillow Real Estate. 25 CommentsRealtor.com President Allan Dalton had some harsh words to say about Zillow, according to a report in OCRegister.com. According to reporter Jeff Collins:
Allan Dalton bitterly criticized Zillow.com, likening the site’s trademark Zestimates of home values to a carnival weight and age guesser.
Could this have been the inspiration for Zillow’s Carnival of Real Estate?
Related Update: […]
Zillow Confesses, Then Opens a Can Of Worms & May Become a National MLS
Published by September 20th, 2006 in Zillow Real Estate. 21 CommentsZillow has finally confessed. After intense scrutiny by bloggers and visitors to its website, zillow now admits that the facts may not be accurate. And inaccurate facts lead to inaccurate zestimates. No kidding.
Zillow’s solution:
Zillow will now let owners correct zillow’s mistakes and create a new zestimate, which will now be published. […]
Mining The Elusive Unzillowable
Published by September 15th, 2006 in Zillow Real Estate. 31 CommentsWhile I was researching the Fitch decision for the post The Future of Residential Appraisers?, I naturally went to the godfather of New York real estate appraisal, Jonathan Miller, to search his blogs, Matrix & Soapbox. I could not find a mention of Fitch but I did stumble upon this gem. […]
UnZestimate My Home: Will Zillow Let Owners Opt-Out?
Published by September 4th, 2006 in Zillow Real Estate. 18 CommentsThat Blanche Evan’s article had us thinking again. While public data on your home is unlikely to be controllable, what if an owner choses not to have Zillow attach a public Zestimate tag on their property for all to see?
Let’s say the owner is selling and the Zestimate is grossly inaccurate (for whatever […]
I See, said the Blind Man to the Deaf Lady
Published by August 16th, 2006 in Zillow Real Estate. 8 CommentsThis is a Zillow post. Actually it’s an AVM post. It examines the contest between market value based on data alone versus data PLUS sensory evaluation.
The new buzz term is “close enough”. (we’re still pushing “unzillowable” because we believe these keep zillow from getting closer) Seems fair. After all, no […]
