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It’s been a while since we talked about data coverage. The whole team here has been working hard to keep adding more homes to our database, calculate more and better Zestimate values, and improve our latency with regards to the latest home transactions.
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As we posted here previously, the first home Elvis Presley ever owned was up for sale on eBay. A couple of weeks ago, psychic Uri Geller and his business partners won the auction. Or, at least he thought he did. Now, Reuters reports that although Mr.
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On the topic of Google’s tools, there’s a new one that’s useful in the real (estate) world: Sketchup, which was recently added to the Google stable. As the name suggests, Sketchup is a software drawing program that can be downloaded from ...
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I’m getting ready to put my home on the market, so I’ve become more than just a theoretical user of Zillow and other real estate sites in the last few months. Of course, as an owner, I think my Zestimate is a bit low, but Zillow doesn’t know about ...
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I wanted to chime in with a quick word about our advertising specifications, and how we think about advertising on our site. This is pretty far from a manifesto, but it does reflect the belief that relevant ads are useful and desirable content. As a ...
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We’ve discovered a cool new site called Platial that allows people to easily create mashups on maps and share them with others. Once a map has been created, anyone who visits can add to it, creating a shared community map. I started one — ...
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We give our users a stack of information about a house. Getting it all into our databases is a huge challenge but making it fit onto your screen is equally difficult. The Zillow Design Team works on that piece and they’re experts in making ...
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In case you missed it, Google Trends launched last week. Not only does it let you see how often search terms are being entered on Google, but it lets you compare searches. It was fun to play with some terms and compare them in relation to real estate. For ...
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It seems many people are confused regarding what a non-disclosure state (or county) is. Hopefully, we can set the record straight for those of you wondering. What does the term “non-disclosure” really signify when it comes to property ...