On CNBC discussing buying vs renting - 08/21/09 02:57 PM
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Welcome to Seattle, Greg & Lisa - 08/20/09 11:03 PM

 
A friend of mine, Greg, and his wife Lisa are moving from New York to Seattle. As a fellow former New Yorker, I empathize with his trepidation. It's always daunting moving across the country, but the transition from New York to Seattle can be a little, well, jarring. So to try to make them feel more welcome, I figured I'd jot down a few of my favorite things about Seattle. So why not share it with all of you?
 
 
 
Dear Greg & Lisa,
Welcome to Seattle! Growing up in New York and then LA, I certainly never … (4 comments)

Don't Let Mortgage Deals Become a Showstopper - 08/18/09 11:32 AM

Via Sara Bonert {Real Estate Internet Marketing} (Zillow):
To minimize risk, many agents now require their buyers get pre-approved before they begin looking at homes.  This is a smart tactic, since it's important for buyers to know right from the beginning how much they can afford to spend on a home.  In addition, some sellers require buyers to get pre-approved just so they know that a lender has looked at their financial picture.

On Active Rain, when we talk about Zillow, we spend a lot of time talking about real etate and Zestimates, but did you know that there is also a very … (1 comments)

Real Estate Agent Survey by Credit Suisse - 08/14/09 05:41 PM
Industry Realtor Survey 8-5-2009 … (3 comments)

What causes foreclosures? Excessive borrowing, not home price declines - 08/04/09 11:17 PM
An interesting paper from several economists including two from Fannie Mae studies the causes of foreclosures in Southern California over the last few years. The paper seeks to determine whether it was home value declines or excessive borrowing at the time of the purchase and in subsequent refis that cause foreclosures. This is the sort of question that's fascinating to economists and academics but doesn't matter much to the homeowner who finds himself out on the street. But it does have important policy implications and it's helpful for us to understand as we start to post mortem the housing crash of … (30 comments)

Zillow July 2009 Traffic Stats - 08/04/09 03:20 PM
Zillow's July 2009 traffic stats are out, and as usual I'm pleased to share them with you. To my knowledge, we're the only online real estate company that actually publishes our exact traffic statistics each and every month. But that's just how we roll here at Zillow.
So without further ado, Zillow recorded 8.7 million unique visitors in July, 64% more visitors than July 2008. We had 14.6 million visits in July. (We prefer to look at Uniques, but I mention the total number of visits because some other companies sometimes cite Visits. All of our traffic data comes from our … (17 comments)

 
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