zillow: Zillow, HomeGain and Trulia Home Values Reports -Stabilization? - 12/11/09 11:12 AM
Each of Zillow, HomeGain and Trulia came out with their respective Home values reports. In them there is a view of the future that indicates that perhaps home values are indeed stabilizing.
Here is a synopsis of the reports:
Zillow
The Zillow Report from December 9 focused on the cumulative sale value lost on homes in the first 11 months of 2009.
Zillow's conclusion:home values are declining at a lesser rate than last year -"Home values stabilized significantly during the second half of 2009, with the total dollar value of U.S. homes increasing since June," said Dr. Stan Humphries, Zillow's chief economist.
Unfortunately, … (0 comments)
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zillow: Zillow vs. HomeGain: Who has the Better Better Business Bureau Rating? - 05/14/09 09:28 AM
HomeGain announced today that it earned an A+ rating from the better business bureua.
HomeGain's Better Business Bureau Rating
Click Here for Zillow's Better Business Bureau Rating.
From HomeGain's Press release today announcing the A+ BBB Rating
We are extremely proud of this rating from the Better Business Bureau," said Louis Cammarosano, General Manager of HomeGain. "While our competitors like to tout their traffic statistics and press mentions, we prefer to focus on earning our real estate professional customers' satisfaction and loyalty as we strive to provide them with the best possible online marketing solutions. Our A+ Better Business Bureau rating … (2 comments)
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zillow: Alan Shafran Named Second Member to HomeGain's Million Dollar Club - 03/30/09 11:11 PM
Indeed, congratulations are in order for Mr. Shafran for closing ONE MILLION DOLLARS in life time commissions with HomeGain's Agent Evalator program.
Here is the press release documenting this achievement.
Here is the blog post.
And here is what Joseph Ferrara of Sellsius had to say ( a comparison to Zillow and Trulia)
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zillow: HomeGain, Zillow and Now Cyberhomes- Whose tool is more accurate? - 01/17/09 02:26 PM
A small debate is raging over on the front steps . Representatives from Zillow and Cyberhomes are arguing over whose instant home valuation tool is the most accurate.
Having been alerted to this debate by checking out the Sellsius blog on the topic, I had to jump in.
So, whose tool is the most accurate - Zillow or Cyberhomes? That question misses the point. The answer is neither Zillow nor Cyberhomes nor HomeGain.
HomeGain, the company that pioneered the concept of the instant home valuation tool takes the view that ONLY A PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCED REALTOR or a professional appraiser can provide a true … (0 comments)
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zillow: HomeGain And Zillow In NY Times - 01/17/09 01:00 AM
My friend Spencer Rascoff of Zillow and I recently discussed HomeGain and Zillow. I noted that HomeGain, not Zillow, pioneered the web based instant home valuation, despite the myth making of the Zillowites.
Spencer chided me "After all, if Homegain pioneered AVMs, then how come no one thinks of them when they think of home valuations?"
Granted Zillow, with it high octane 24/7 media engine constantly spitting out Zestimtes, Zindexes and press releases containing valuations of homes that are not and never will be for sale like the white house, IS the better known of the two.
However, in the past month … (5 comments)
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zillow: HomeGain vs Zillow - What's the Difference? - 01/13/09 08:06 AM
I was on a panel at Inman Connect last week and the topic of what HomGain can do for Realtors came up.
One thing that I mentioned was that HomeGain features Realtors, not Advertisers on our site.
Whenever HomeGain, the company that pioneered the instant homevaluation concept six years before Zillow, features a Realtor we do so in an advertising free environment.
Thus, a Realtor is the show, not a weighwatchers advertisment, a White House Zestimate (see below) or worse a competing broker's ad.
We send millions of HomeGain visitors a month to our agents on our buyerlink program where THEY display … (13 comments)
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zillow: Zillow and HomeGain in Charlotte Observer - 01/11/09 07:39 AM
I was interviewed by the Charlotte Observer for an article that appears on the front page of today's Sunday Business section!
The article is entitled "Clicking on your Home's True Worth -Web Tools Popular, But Can't Replace Appraisal"
I wished it had read -Can't Replace Realtors, but I was happy that the theme of the article was that Realtors are essential not just to the pricing of homes, but for the selling them as well.
I went to great pains to highlight that HomeGain features real estate professionals, not advertisers on our site and that HomeGain itself does not view its home … (4 comments)
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zillow: HomeGain vs. Zillow - Famous TV Homes - 12/27/08 08:47 PM
Just for fun I was comparing the with the "famous TV homes" zestimates on Zillow's site. HomeGain home values
On HomeGain's site, the company that pioneered the web-based instant home valuation tool, (no, it wasn't Zillow!) you can look up the same homes.
Not surprisingly, the values on HomeGain and Zillow are about the same.
Two big differences between the sites are that the HomeGain site is advertising free, while Zillow's is littered with ads and take quite a bit longer to load.
In about 2200 zip codes, HomeGain also features a local real estate agent who can provide a customized comparative market analysis. … (4 comments)
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zillow: HomeGain, Trulia, Zillow and Active Rain Noted on Both Sides of the Atlantic - 10/09/08 10:06 AM
Recently Inman News published its 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders of 2008.
According to Inman news "the people on the list embody leadership, innovation, ingenuity, power and persistence"
Representatives from Zillow (Lloyd Frink and Richard Barton) Trulia (Peter Flynt and Sami Inkinen) Active Rain (Jonathan Washburn and Matt Heaton) and HomeGain (Louis Cammarosano) were mentioned.
Today, Global Edge, a UK based real estate site, published its "World's Most Powerful Property People - Top 100.
It noted these people "are powerful because they work for (or in many cases, helped to create) the most authoritative real estate websites in the world."
Again, representatives from Zillow … (6 comments)
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zillow: A Winking Thumbs up Monkey? Brought to you by Sellsius. - 09/21/08 11:27 AM
That's what you will see when you visit the Sellsius Real Estate blog written by Joseph Ferrara.
It's Joe's way of covering HomeGain's integration of HomeSaleMaximizer into AgentView.
Click here to see the winking monkey.
The Sellsius blog features some great writing and quite a few very entertaining finds like the Toilet Bowl House! .
The innovative Sellsius blog first coined the term "unzillowable" to describe the shortcomings of Zillow's zestimates and last summer conducted a cross country blog tour to promote blogging.
If you have not checked out the Sellsius blog, please do so.
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zillow: HomeGain 1999 vs Zillow 2006 - 09/13/08 09:27 AM
Many people believe that Zillow pioneered the concept of the web based instant homevaluation tool.
For those of you with longer memories, you know this is not true.
HomeGain had a web based instant homevaluation tool back in 1999! (see what it looked like below).
Read also HomeGain Cries Flattery on Zillow!
Currently our instant homevaluation tool is part of our product AgentView which features Real Estate Agents' blogs, listings and profiles exclusively in an advertising free environment.
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zillow: Are Online Seller and Buyer Tools Helpful? - 09/11/08 05:38 PM
I've heard many realtors talk about potential customers who come to them with a Zillow or HomeGain homevaluation (the original -pre Zillow homevaluation tool) and a discussion ensues regarding the valuation received from these tools.
At HomeGain, we have also spoken to our agent customers, many of whom have had their customers mention Home Sale Maximizer.
What about other tools?
Do they help or hurt the interaction between real estate agents and their customers?
Here is a link to HomeGain's buyer and seller tools including our Homevaluation tool, HomeSaleMaximizer and a half a dozen other tools
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zillow: Zillow Helps McCain!!!!! - 09/02/08 10:22 PM
I just posted about the fun one can have with Zillow's Dueling Digs and Celebrity Homes.
Now I find out another use for Zillow. They were able to tell John McCain how many homes he had!
To be fair Zillow is going to have to support the Obama campaign in some way.
Any suggestions on how Zillow can help Obama?
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zillow: Home Staging and HomeGain's HomeSaleMaximizer - 08/24/08 10:08 AM
Every few days or so I come across a blog article on Home Staging.
Inevitably there is a mention to one of two HomeGain surveys (the 2003 and 2007 surveys) that indicates that home staging provides one of the best pre-sale ROI's.
The HomeGain survey is even cited the the book "Home Staging for Dummies" and a couple of pages dedicated to it.
While most people cite the study, they've never seen the nifty online tool, HomeSaleMaximizer that goes along with it!
HomeSaleMaximizer cites about a dozen other home improvement projects that can pay off.
There is also a handsome PDF … (4 comments)
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zillow: The Real Estate GrapeVine on HomeGain's Agent View - 08/22/08 07:02 AM
The Real Estate Grapevine is operated by successful Realtors Ryan Ward (HomeGain Member), Eric Bramlett (Bloodhound Blog Contributor), Wayne Long (HomeGain Member) and Eric Blackwell (Bloodhound and HomeGain blog contributor), SEO expert and Director of Technology for RE/MAX Properties East.
The Real Estate Grape vine along with Messr. Ward, Bramlett, Long and Blackwell's other ezine Real Estate Industry Watch are worth checking out.
Here is what Ryan Ward had to say about AgentView:
HomeGain Continues to Innovate with Real Estate Agents as Their Focus
"I'm also being quite honest with my assessment that of all of the vendors that we interact with as … (9 comments)
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zillow: What they Are Saying About HomeGain's Agent View - 08/21/08 11:18 AM
Late Tuesday evening HomeGain launched Agent View. The tool provides agents with one place to exclusively feature their listings, their blogs, their profiles all in an advertising free environment and along side HomeGain content. Agent view comes with weekly blog training and lead conversion tools as well.
Joseph Ferrrara at Sellsius had this to say in his blog post HomeGain Launches AgentView Marketing Tool for Real Estate Agents
" HomeGain is on a roll. First they hit the Web 2.0 blog pool like Michael Phelps. Then they gave their agents free blogs with a blog school . They even unleashed a … (35 comments)
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zillow: HomeGain Launches AgentView! - 08/20/08 01:16 AM
This evening we launched AgentView, a new product that features real estate agents exclusively in an advertising free environment.
Consumers can view agent blogs, agent listings and profiles as well as use HomeGain's original instant homevaluation tool (pre Zillow circa 1999-2000) and our Home Sale Maximizer tool.
As the consumer explores these features, a real estate professional is prominently featured to assist in answering questions about the home buying or selling process.
Blog Training is also provided to AgentView subscribers by Joseph Ferrara of Sellsius.
For more information on Agent View click here to read about it on the HomeGain blog.
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zillow: Agent View by HomeGain Is Coming! - 08/16/08 10:35 AM
Early next week HomeGain will be releasing Agent View, a unique product that provides a complete marketing solution combining featured listings, agent profiles, personal blogs, blog training, lead management and homevaluation tools and email.
Instead of advertising on Homevaluation sites or featuring your listings on another, or setting up you own blog, or licensing local content from yet another vendor , HomeGain puts it all together for you and also provides blog training and lead conversion tools for a low price starting at $29.
We have been working for a year on this product and while there are more features to come we … (4 comments)
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zillow: HomeGain Blog Nominated for Inman Innovator Award - 07/31/08 09:42 PM
The award went deservedly to the Agent Genius Blog.
The HomeGain Blog was started late in 2007. Here are some of the most read blog posts to give you a sense of the type of writing that we carry -industry insights, and tips on how to make realtors more successful and no blog wars!
Here are some of the most read blog posts on the HomeGain Blog:
HomeGain Cries Flattery! on Zillow
Understanding Lead Capture and Conversion
10 Real Estate Predictions
Use HomeGain or Blog
The Failed Promise of Real Estate 2.0
The Case Against Blogging
Urban Myths About Blogging
Use … (0 comments)
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zillow: An Alternative to Zillow: HomeGain - 07/06/08 09:24 PM
Many realtors complain that consumers often insist that their home is worth a certain amount. Their reason for this belief? They are armed with a ZESTIMATE from Zillow, so it must be so.
You can show them all the comparable sales you want, but as Mark Twain says "people will believe any thing they see in writing"
So they stand by their Zestimate.
In this case its best to show them that automated valuations are a dime a dozen.
You can show them HomeGain's valuation of their home.
Try it here.
HomeGain invented the original instant home valuation tool back at the … (26 comments)
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