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Zillow Nominated for Webware 100 Award
We are super psyched to learn that Zillow is a finalist in this year’s Webware 100 Awards in the Commerce category! This annual competition allows Webware users to vote for their favorite Web 2.0 applications. Over 5,000 web services entered and ...
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Dwellicious adds Finance section powered by Zillow Mortgage Marketplace
Dwellicious, a real estate bookmarking site, recently added a finance section that is uses live mortgage rate information from the Zillow API. Though they’ve had Zestimates, comps, and neighborhood information integrated for a few months, I’d ...
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Video Tutorial On Using Zillow Advice
In an attempt to offer Zillow tips and tutorials by means other than plain ‘ol content, we just launched a video about Zillow Advice, our question and answer forum. This is the first — done by yours truly — in a series of how-to ...
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Buyers Want Access to Mortgage Information – Are You Giving it to Them?
The vast majority of home buyers are extremely interested in current mortgage rates. Sure, there are some individuals who have enough cash to purchase a house outright, but that represents a tiny minority of the buyers out there and is definitely not the ...
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Welcome RealEstateABC to the Zillow API Program
We are pleased to welcome RealEstateABC as the latest member of the Zillow API program. While RealEstate ABC already has their own Real Estate Agent Directory and Home Buyer’s Guide, they are further enhancing their visitors’ experience by ...
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Live Examples of Zillow Real Estate and Mortgage Widgets
For the real estate professionals and publishers reading this, real estate widgets are a great way to quickly and easily add fresh and compelling content to your real estate or mortgage website. I was browsing through some of the websites with Zillow ...
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Live Mortgage Rates via Zillow Mortgage API’s
With 1.4 million mortgage quotes in Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, we can report live mortgage rates (explore mortgage rates.) Now, we have started to syndicate those mortgage rates to members of the Zillow API Network. Within minutes of a loan being ...
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Thanks to Those Who Stopped by at the ERA Trade Show
It’s always great to get out of the office and talk to agents and brokers all over the country. Whitney and I were representing Zillow at the ERA conference in San Antonio this past weekend and had the pleasure of speaking with numerous agents ...
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You Speak, We Listen: Non-listing Agents Can No Longer Mark a Home as “For Sale”
Everyone told us they didn’t like the feature and didn’t use it. So it’s ...
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Lurking Buyers, Refinancers Drive 60% Traffic Increase
My post last month on “buyers lurking” received a lot of comments, and debate, over whether these lurking buyers are going to translate into increased sales sometime soon. Since then, President Obama signed the stimulus bill, which includes ...