zillow: Zillow's Rich Barton Says Make Me Move, Please - 04/06/07 06:49 PM

Zillow Co-Founder Richard Barton may be the famous Expedia maven, but just like many of us, he’s having a tough time selling his Seattle home. It is currently listed for sale on Zillow at $2.85 million. Here are the stats: 4 beds, 2.25 baths*, 3,740 square feet, DOZ (Days on Zillow): 85. DOM: 290.
* Mr. Barton corrected his baths to 3.5, yet Zillow does not reflect that truth in the description (I guess even the owner can’t mess with the “policy”) The following information was provided by a Deep Throat.
June 17, 2006: the home is listed at $3.475 … (14 comments)

zillow: Zillow Goes Fishing - 04/04/07 12:02 PM

Is Zillow using our homes as bait?
First, they publicly displayed your home and put their zestimate price tag on it (and did not let you remove it, even if your sale price was much higher and the zestimate was cockeyed). Now they will allow ANYONE to claim a home is for sale without the homeowner or listing agent's permission.
How to Get a Zillow Exclusive Your Profile on a Home That’s Not For Sale—Just say it is.
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zillow: Sellsius° on Zillow: Business 2.0 Beta Blog - 12/10/06 06:14 PM

Some interesting news:
Paul Kaihla of the The Real Estate Economy, a member of the Business 2.0 Beta blog network, quoted Sellsius° twice regarding Zillow: read here
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zillow: Today is Z-Day: Z for Zendetta - 11/07/06 04:24 PM

It is the duty of the entire real estate community...to guard consumers from hoaxers, con-men and frauds....If we are silent when confronted with the public's gullibility toward the Zillow.com fraud, we are complicit in that harm. (Greg Swann, from Tell the world: Zillow.com is bunk)
 
Read all Z-Day posts starting here 
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zillow: Zillow vs Realtor.com: The Video - 10/27/06 03:42 PM
The video has that everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived folks.
Watch it here. 
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zillow: Realtor.com: Top 10 Complaints - 10/23/06 05:32 AM

Since Allan Dalton of Realtor.com chastised Zillow, there has been a flurry of posts and comments about how Realtor.com may not be serving NAR members effectively.
Here are 10 of the top complaints we found:
Not a consumer friendly site. Listings lack details and contact information Lead Capture - requiring consumers to submit personal information Charging extra for enhanced listings Charging extra for leads Charging extra for featured listings Read the rest of the post here
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zillow: Realtor.com vs. Zillow.com: Realtor's Allan Dalton Calls Zillow Carnival Act - 10/19/06 03:18 PM
Hot off the presses! 
Realtor.com President Allan Dalton had some harsh words to say about Zillow, according to a report in OCRegister.com. According to reporter Jeff Collins:
"Allan Dalton bitterly criticized Zillow.com, likening the site's trademark Zestimates of home values to a carnival weight and age guesser."
Could this have been the inspiration for Zillow's Carnival of Real Estate?

 
We would love to listen to a podcast or actually see the video of this heated panel discussion between LLoyd Frink of Zillow and Allan Dalton of Realtor.com. Inman Real Estate blog compared the dicussion to a Jerry Springer show episode. I wonder … (28 comments)

 
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