Spencer's Blog
This is my blog where I discuss things I find interesting, including: real estate, venture capital, entrepreneurship, economics and pop culture.
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2009
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My three business passions are real estate, travel, and entertainment. Fortunately for me, I've been able to work in two out of those three fields so far in my career. The Entertainment industry will have to wait. I keep a close eye on the changing nature of the TV and Film industries though, so ...
05/29/2009
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We all know that a question like this is irrelevant because all that matters is when local home prices (down to the neighborhood level) will turn around. However, the media can't help but ask this question, and I don't really blame them. My own perspective is that we're still about a year out fro...
05/20/2009
It was always a good idea to post your listing on Zillow for free. But with the runaway success of the new Zillow iPhone App -- over 300,000 downloads in the first two weeks -- there's yet another reason to do so.If your listings still aren't on Zillow, there is now another reason they should be:...
05/15/2009
I have posted the monthly Hitwise rankings for a few months prior, and it seems to be of great interest - so here are April's numbers. I tried to categorize and color code the various site, to make it easier to interpret. (For example, Hitwise considers Rental part of the Real Estate industry.)...
05/12/2009
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Watch John Reinhardt, president and CEO of Fillmore Real Estate in Brooklyn, explain why he loves the Zillow iPhone App, why he's switching from Blackberry to iPhone, and how he uses the Zillow app with his agents. Off camera, John explained to me that even though Zestimates aren't always accur...
05/07/2009
Here's the Fox Business News clip which talks about negative equity. Unfortunately I can't embed the FBN clip. And here's CNBC...
05/06/2009
There's an interesting thread in Zillow Advice right now discussing whether we're at a bottom in the housing market. And the discussion is very timely because today Zillow released its 1st Quarter Home Value Report, detailing what is happening to home values in 161 cities. It's by far the most...
05/06/2009
Zillow continues to zoom to the top of the traffic rankings - we're now receiving about 8.5 million monthly unique visitors, and our traffic is growing 70% year-over-year. (We measure our traffic with an internal measurement tool called "Omniture", which is widely considered the most reliable w...
05/04/2009
Here is a video with an overview on how you can be using Zillow to market yourself and reach our audience of almost 9 million monthly users. This video is especially good for those whose are not familiar with the site or it could be used for training purposes at office meetings. Also, don't m...
05/04/2009
