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    Virtual Housing Stock Market – Zillow API Idea #1

    As you may know, we have an Open API. This means that anyone is free to develop anything as long as they adhere to our Branding Requirements and Terms of Use. Many of us here at Zillow have kicked around the idea of a game using Zestimate data for quite ...

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    Really, we are a media co., Really

    The title of this post is a stealthy way for me to welcome Greg Schwartz as Vice President, Advertising Sales, to Zillow.  Greg is based in our NYC sales office and will grow the national sales team across the country.  I met Greg in January, and ...

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    Top Pot Doughnuts fuel Zillow.com Recruiting Drive

    Yesterday marked another interesting day at Zillow as we embarked on an awareness and recruiting initiative not likely seen before in Seattle.   As you may know, we have a number of job openings and we wanted to find a way to attract the top notch ...

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    Zillow Mobile: Zestimates to Go Part 2

    Our first foray into Zillow mobile was a really cool application that allowed anyone to email or text an address to z@labs.zillow.com, and within a few minutes get a response that included a Zestimate, the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, the square footage ...

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    Zillow vs. Jobster — Putting the Paddle To the Metal

    When the going gets tough during crunch time, it’s nice to have an activity that takes your mind off of bugs, schedules, and coding. Fortunately at Zillow, one can rock out on Guitar Hero, exercise their wrists on our foosball table, or last but not ...

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    More Gifts from Above

    Our aerial Bird’s Eye coverage has nearly doubled in the past week with additional images throughout the country. At the moment we have bird’s eye coverage for approximately 37 million homes. We have brand new coverage in 80 counties and ...

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    Over 10,000 Agents on Zillow!

    Less than 3 months ago, we launched the ability for agents and owners to post homes for sale on Zillow. Already, over 10,000 agents (11,325 to be exact) have added nearly 25,000 postings – thank you all for being part of our community! As a fun way ...

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    Zillow’s First Outdoor Advertisement

    We are lucky to have a fantastic group of individuals on our Board of Directors — including Gordon Stephenson — the co-founder and Managing Broker of Real Property Associates. This image sure makes us all smile this weekend! (Thanks Gordon!) ...

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    Hey 20,000 – What’s Your Story?

    At some late, late hour into the night, someone burning the midnight oil at their computer became the 20-thousandth homeowner to post a Make Me Move price.  Whether they’re testing the waters pre-market or simply dreaming, these folks have named ...