HOUSES WITH BLUE BATHROOMS AND MORE...

Hi Endre: You are so funny! He was a bit of a fool, now that I look back--And he thought his Blue Bath should have been a winner!! The Height of Narcissism! I think he did write a book but it was not a hit....much like his blue bathroom!

Hi Grant: Hang? I wouldn't go so far as to say they will "hang" but they certainly bought into it! Basically, because they don't know how to respond to such idiocy! That's the way I see it...who can challenge this? Pantone? Maybe they would have something to say...LOL.

Hi Jill: Jonathan is really something, isn't he. You may have heard he has taken on the whole idea of who has the right to "appraise" a property and who does not. There is a new law here in New York that was just passed that states, in effect, that unless you are a licensed Appraiser or a licensed agent/broker you can't give an opinion of worth on a property..We will see if the law sticks.

Hi Sharon--Me too! It never gets boring though when you read it--the humor is literally falling out of the press release as they talk about the Blue Bathrooms as if that is actually a common color!! I think we are in a time warp and this crazyness is actually being perpetrated by a company who is trying to destroy brokerage!! In fact, they are merely showing their complete and total ignorance...They talk as if this is a fashion show or something just as off the mark! Thanks for reading and commenting...

Hi Susan: Well, the press report that is a link above, in my post says that it came out in 2017 but the story behind the "Blue Bathroom" is an old one--from 2008, I believe. That is when Timothy Geitner, who's house was listed on Zillow with photos of his Blue Bathroom, pulled his home off their website because someone on the Daily Show poked fun and made a joke about it! That's about it--the bigger shock to me is that Z actually published a press release showing stats and "proof" that houses with blue baths get $5.4mil more than any other color! It is nothing short of insane that they actually think you can count sold houses and use bathroom colors as a statistic that affects pricing!

Hi Marte: You can say that again--to me, it is sum and substance of just how in over their heads they really are! The housing market will never be the same--and I just read where Redfin and Zillow have partnered up in 4 selling areas!! So, it is just a matter of time now...

Hi Myrl: It's AI--artificial intelligence being used as a wedge between two humans--the seller and the buyer--under the guise that those platforms are really improving the service that the public gets!! Somehow, I can hear Hal, the computer AI from Stanley Kubrick's film, "2001 Space Odyssey", in here somewhere, as he says to the owner of Zillow: "Rich, I know I've made some very bad decisions lately." as he takes over the running of the space ship...

Hi Jeff: I haven't and I am sure that this was done by some AI --this study sounds so otherworldly to me....like from another planet! Apparently, there was no embarrassment on the part of Z as people began to make fun of the report. This was a press release from 2017 so if there was a "Blue Bathroom" surge, we all would have at least heard about it! LOL Thanks for reading and commenting, Jeff!

Hi Carla: The funny thing is that they actually did a study--using the photos that agents paid for and put on their websites and Z took those photos from properties sold and looked at the sales, by room, by color!!! they then looked at the price the property sold for and actually used the stats  (read the link on the post--first paragraph) You won't believe what they were using to validate their theory!!If it weren't so pathetic it would be laughable!

Hi Georgie: You can say that again, and that is all it is. The worse thing about it is, they don't give a crap that this kind of information may influence a homeowner to paint their bathrooms blue or worse even, they may send out a message that unless your bathroom is blue you are going to sit with that house! Meanwhile, I wonder how many buyers ran out to buy a house with a blue bathroom! Stupid on the part of a company who has such influence. All I can say is: This won't last long if they keep up the horses-ass kind of data offerings!

So true....the public is so informed now that I am sure they see and laugh at such ridiculousness! As I said back in 2019...i believed it was AI who came up with the data about blue bathrooms. If it was not and was a  actual Zillow report--well, it proves all my points that I have tried to make since Z began in 2006!