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zillow: Zillow to Realtors: Pay Up or We'll Put Any Price We Want on Your Listing - 01/28/10 12:32 PM
About a month ago or so (it was recent but I can't remember exactly when), Zillow sent me a nice e-mail telling me that I can continue to manually update my listings on Zillow for a nominal fee (about $10, as I recall) and it would be good for six months.  Well, I was none to pleased about this and mentioned it on a couple of blogs and Twitter.  Zillow, of course, came back with the response that this was really not such a big deal and, besides, the listing data will still be syndicated by MLS and other syndicators and … (18 comments)

zillow: Home Sellers and the Code of Ethics - 03/08/09 07:36 PM
Now, everyone knows that professional Realtors cannot lie about a house.  Sure, we can make it sound pretty attractive when, in fact, it's not all that pretty. We can say "some TLC needed" when you really need FHA 203(k) and a good contractor but we really can't lie.  It's against our Code of Ethics.
Home sellers, on the other hand, are not bound by the Code of Ethics.  They are bound by their own, personal moral and ethical code of behavior. That might be stricter or quite a bit more, er, flexible.  Or, as some would say, "situational".  In the case … (13 comments)