On CNBC tomorrow morning (5/27) - 05/26/08 10:29 PM
Around 8:10am EST, 5:10am my time. Better get to sleep soon...
Talking about real estate. (What else?)
Update: here's the video.
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Zillow Mortgage Marketplace - is it working for lenders? - 05/22/08 02:01 PM
A few weeks ago I posted some stats with early results from Zillow Mortgage Marketplace. That was on April 25, when Zillow Mortgages was 3 weeks old. It has been another month, and the product continues to grow like a weed.
After 7 weeks, here are the stats:
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Realty Times: "Realtor.com isn't bringing any game." Ouch. - 05/21/08 09:30 AM
Blanche Evans, the well-regarded senior editor of Realty Times, and one of the 25 Most Influential People in Real Estate according to REALTOR Magazine, tears into Realtor.com today in an editorial.
She writes: "For a tech company, Realtor.com is surprisingly out of touch. Why should agents be excited about … (44 comments)
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Fascinating foreclosure data - 05/20/08 11:15 PM
There are a lot of ways to report on foreclosure statistics, most of them inaccurate. This is because most foreclosured homes go through several steps on their way to the final sale from the bank to a new owner, so statistics frequently overcount actual foreclosures.
I think the best way to … (1 comments)
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Talking Seattle house prices, Rainier Club lunch on May 19 - 05/15/08 10:26 PM
No lunch plans for Monday? Come be my guest at the Rainier Club in downtown Seattle at a gathering of the Real Estate Roundtable. Dr. Stan Humphries (Zillow's head of data & analytics) is the guest speaker. He'll be comparing the Seattle residential real estate market with the rest … (0 comments)
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Keller Williams adds their listings to Zillow - 05/08/08 11:52 AM
I'm pleased to tell you that Keller Williams, the fourth largest real estate franchise in North America (with 650 offices and 73,000 associates) is now sending their listings to Zillow. If you're a Keller Williams agent, this means that you no longer have to manually upload your listings to Zillow. Instead, … (1 comments)
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Radio interviews about housing prices - 05/07/08 11:11 AM
I spent 6 hours today (from 3am until 9am my time!) doing radio interviews about house prices around the country – Columbus, Akron, Tampa, Pittsburgh, New York, Portland, Grand Rapids, Boston, Denver and several others. Here are some observations:
While nationwide homeprices are down 8% y-o-y, there are obviously huge … (7 comments)
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Home prices continue to slide - 05/06/08 11:22 AM
Zillow released our Q1 Home Value Report today -- a comprehensive look at what's happening to house prices nationwide. And it's grim. Here are some highlights (or lowlights):
- nationwide, home prices declined 8% year-over-year, the 5th quarter in a row of declining prices and the … (37 comments)
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Conference Call on Housing Prices, 5/6 @ 11am PT - 05/06/08 12:17 AM
Zillow released our Q1 Home Value report tonight. I'll blog about the findings tomorrow when I have time, but I wanted to give you a heads up that our head of analytics (Dr. Stan Humphries) is hosting a conference call tomorrow @ 11am PDT to discuss the findings. If you're a … (0 comments)
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I'll be on Bloomberg TV on 5/6 @ 8:30am EST - 05/05/08 11:16 PM
Discussing housing trends. … (1 comments)
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Identity Theft – it can happen to you (or at least to your spouse) - 05/05/08 03:21 PM
I had read plenty of scary articles about identity theft, but until last week I had mostly rolled my eyes about the topic, figuring that the media was making a bigger deal of the situation than it actually warranted. But last week I started noticing some strange behavior in my … (4 comments)
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Less work? Then charge less. - 05/01/08 06:30 PM
I was talking to a real estate broker friend of mine (who also owns a mortgage brokerage) earlier this week about Zillow Mortgage Marketplace (see my earlier post here) and he said something interesting to me. He said that his mortgage brokers are having good success finding borrowers through Zillow Mortgage … (34 comments)
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