Zillow’s Zindex does not include recent home sales, yet it professes to be a reliable indicator of home values.
From Zillow’s May 6, 2008 Press Release:
Home values in the first quarter of 2008 fell 1.6 percent from the fourth quarter and 7.7 percent from the year-ago quarter, marking the most significant year-over-year decline in the past […]
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The Zindex Illusion or How to Sell A Housing Report Without Using Actual Home Sales
Published by May 12th, 2008 in zillow. 18 CommentsOur second Zillow post was published on February 10, 2006. (seems like only yesterday)
It’s not nice to kick a 200 ton gorilla when he’s down.
Remember people, it’s BETA.
Got Zillowed yet?
This, our first Zillow post, was originally published on February 8, 2006. (Interesting to see the first posts on their launch. Betcha there was a lot of the Kelley Blue Book marketing spin -that didn’t last.).
At long last the sleeping giant awoke, but apparently dozed off again.
Check it out at Zillow.com
Plus, they have […]
How Using Zillow Might Raise Your Property Taxes
Published by April 8th, 2008 in Tips and zillow. 19 CommentsIt’s the time of the season. No, not for love, but for taxes. Hence, this post for the property tax paying homeowner. You.
Zillow allows a homeowner to voluntarily correct or add data to their home listed on Zillow.com. This additional or corrected data may increase the value or zestimate of […]
Zillow’s Bogus Listings: Houses Listed for Sale Without Owners Knowledge
Published by April 5th, 2008 in zillow. 20 CommentsI just wrote a post on the fake ads on Craigslist. Now, I read there are similar shenanigans going on at Zillow. Seems folks will find the holes in any system, even ones built with zillions of dollars, like Zillow.
Case in point:
Mr. John Contos’ California house was listed for sale on Zillow, without […]
Show Me the ROI: Is Web 2.0 a Load of Hooey or Who’s Making Hay?
Published by March 28th, 2008 in Blogging, Real Estate Marketing, Technology and zillow. 5 Comments
Some folks in the real estate industry have decided it’s about time to ask “how big is yours?” referring, of course, to your big bucks return on your time investment in blogging, social media, Active Raining, Facebooking, Web 2.0 yada yada yadaing…. or are you just havin’ fun?
Some question whether old school methods […]
On the Way to the Zillow Beer with Bloggers Party
Published by January 12th, 2008 in zillow. 13 CommentsSource: WellcomeMatWe met some great people on the way to the Zillow Beer with Bloggers Party…Starring - David G, Drew Meyers, John McKnight, Tom Valetta, Jay Thompson, Michael Price, Lucas Lechuga, Kevin Tomlinson, Beth, Joe Price, Lenore and Alex Wilkas, Bernice Ross, Frances Flynn Thorsen, Doug Heddings, Amy, Diane Cohn, Guy “NRG” Johnson, Joel Burslem, […]
Is This Zillow Ad Misleading?
Published by December 22nd, 2007 in Real Estate Marketing and zillow. 12 CommentsThis Zillow print ad appears in RISMedia’s December 2007 issue. We wonder if Zillow has evidence to show you will sell a house faster on it’s site than somewhere else. And to what are they comparing? Knowing Zillow’s reputation for transparency, we ask they back up their marketing claim with some data. […]
Is Zillow.com keeping watch on its trademark? Apparently, others are using the word zillow to market pillows and blog about fishnets (and we’re not talking fishermen). Since it’s not real estate related (as far as we can tell from our investigation), it just might be legal.
Here’s the Zillow Pillow. Just $20.
The Zillow Book came […]
Zillow GPS? Yeah, Loren from The Future of Real Estate Technology has the scoop.
