Real Estate Marketing & Beyond

Industry Technology, US Real Estate

Zillow Tests Waters For Smaller Dot-Com Companies

By Allison Halliday | July 19, 2011

Real Estate, Residential, US Real Estate

Higher prices in April, but can it last?

By Allison Halliday | June 29, 2011

Home prices in the US rose by 0.7% in April, up from March, according to the latest Standard & Poor/Case-Shiller price index, but even though this is great news there are doubts about its sustainability. It is the first time in eight months that prices have increased, and S&P feels it may be due […]

Real Estate, Residential, US Real Estate

Cash Remains King in Weak Market

By Allison Halliday | June 23, 2011

Cash buyers are taking advantage of prices, and are betting that they cannot go much lower; last month they accounted for 30% of all existing home sales, up from 25% in May 2010. Just two years ago all-cash buyers accounted for just 12% of sales, but now many are being enticed by the prospect […]

Featured News, Real Estate, Residential, US Real Estate

Property Value Insurance Makes Perfect Sense

By Mike Wheatley | May 17, 2011

What with US property prices falling all over the country and homeowners seeing literally thousands of dollars wiped off their greatest asset, haven’t you ever wondered why no one tries to hedge against this kind of risk? Just last week, Zillow reported that US property prices in the US fell again for the 57th straight […]

Real Estate Investing

Is Now Really Such a Great Time To Buy?

By Mike Wheatley | May 10, 2011

“Now is a great time to buy” Yeah, we’ve heard that so many times over the last few months, and no doubt so have you. We wouldn’t be surprised if you were actually sick of hearing it, it’s been repeated so much over the last few months. But, according to Zillow at least, now really […]

Real Estate, Residential, US Real Estate

Zillow: 28 Percent of U.S. Homeowners Are Now Underwater

By Tavis J. Hampton | May 9, 2011

The percentage of homeowners with negative equity has increased to 28, according to Zillow, a website listing and property-value estimate website. Those homeowners, said to be “underwater”, accounted for 22 percent last year, but home values have fallen 8.2 percent over the past 12 months. Zillow says home prices dropped 3 percent in the first […]

Zillow is Going Public, Files for IPO

By Tavis J. Hampton | April 20, 2011

Popular online real estate information marketplace Zillow, Inc. has filed with the SEC to raise $52 million in an initial public offering (IPO). Zillow has been growing fast in these turbulent real estate times, offering a simple interface and process to buying and selling property. Richard Barton and Llloyd Frink, both former Microsoft executives and […]

Real Estate Marketing, US Real Estate

Zillow Snaps Up Postlets Syndication Platform

By Mike Wheatley | April 14, 2011

Popular real estate search and valuation website Zillow today announced its acquisition of the Postlets listing syndication platform. Postlets is a unique tool that allows users to distribute property listings and promote real estate for sale to 13 different social media and real estate websites for free, including Zillow itself, Yahoo Real Estate, Trulia, Twitter, Facebook and more.

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