Zillow's New Home Values Widget - 02/20/09 11:59 AM

Via Drew Meyers (Zillow):
It seems home values are on everyone's mind right now -- partly due to Obama's Housing Plan and the fact that mortgage rates are low and refinance activity is skyrocketing. Consumers are interested in market data and with the new Home Values Widget agents, brokers, and bloggers can instantly add up-to-date neighborhood, ZIP code, or city market information to their web properties (for free) by copying and pasting some simple html code. You can see an example of our new home values widget on the top of the right sidebar and I've embedded it in this post below. … (0 comments)

My thoughts on the housing bailout plan - 02/18/09 09:34 PM
Prepping for my CNBC appearance tonight forced me to dig into the housing bailout plan in a way that I might not otherwise have found time to do. I find this stuff really fascinating because it's at this beautiful intersection of several of my favorite disciplines: politics, economics and real estate. I majored in Government as an undergrad at Harvard, and studied Economics there as well, so I enjoy playing armchair economist and political theorist every now and then.
 
Here are my thoughts on today's announcement. And let me preface this by saying these are MY thoughts on the bailout … (42 comments)

On CNBC discussing Obama's homeowner bailout plan - 02/18/09 08:32 PM

 
 
You can watch the video here.
I was in Boston today, so the backdrop is of a Boston bridge at night. Great view from the studio you might say. But here's the dirty little secret of broadcast television: I was in a room with no windows, in front of a TV screen showing a live shot of that bridge. Ah, technology.
 
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On CNBC discussing homeowner confidence - 02/12/09 12:46 AM
I was on CNBC today discussing home values and homeowner confidence. You can watch the video here.
I think you'll be glad to see that I tried to spread some GOOD news about housing for a change!
 

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Finally, it starts to sink in: Homeowners getting more realistic about house values - 02/11/09 12:50 AM
I’ve blogged previously about how clueless most owners are about the value of their own home, and how frustrating that can be to real estate agents working with them. Well good news is on the way. Sort of.
Zillow’s latest survey of homeowners’ perception of home values shows that people are getting a little more realistic about what their house is worth.
More than half (57 percent) believe their own home lost value during the year, which is markedly more than the 38 percent who believed their home’s value was declining when asked during the second quarter of 2008. In reality, … (1 comments)

Marketing By Answering LOCAL Questions Thru Social Media on Zillow Advice - 02/10/09 12:28 AM
OK I know I'm biased, but I love Zillow Advice. I truly enjoy answering people's questions and participating in discussions about real estate.
Check it out...
Via Sara Bonert {Real Estate Internet Marketing} (Zillow):
Zillow Advice launched a few months ago (a interactive place to ask and answer real estate questions) and already thousands of questions and answers have been posted. 
But who has time to sort through them all and search for the ones that apply to you?  Good question- that's why you can sign up to receive email alerts when there is a question posted in your local area.
1.  Go … (0 comments)

On Blog Talk Radio with OC Register's Jon Lansner - 02/09/09 11:31 AM
Yes, I had a lot of bad housing news to share. But I gave big props to Realtors and reiterated that their commissions are not under threat from the Internet.
Enjoy!
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Will Twitter kill blogs? - 02/06/09 04:23 PM
No, probably not. At least not entirely. But I've been on Twitter for a few weeks now, having finally given in to peer pressure, and I'm very impressed. It's a great place to express yourself quickly. Their UI is fantastic (though the stability isn't very good). But the biggest impact that twitter has had on me is that I haven't been blogging as much. After all, why spend 10 minutes wordsmithing a thoughftul post when you can spend 5 seconds tweeting a pithy thought that gets across 98% of what the blog post would have communicated? And don't forget about the … (17 comments)

Survey of Realtors (Credit Suisse) shows improved buyer traffic - 02/06/09 11:27 AM
Realtor Survey 2-6-2009 Publish at Scribd or explore others: Research … (0 comments)

 
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