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260,000+ Downloads of Zillow iPhone App

What an exciting launch this has been for the Zillow iPhone App. Just two weeks ago, we released our free app to the iTunes App Store, and the reception has been amazing. Between all of the reviews and mentions we’ve received, we’ve climbed ...

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Zillow iPhone Launch is Music to My Ears

After a big day of excitement at the office last week around the launch of the  Zillow iPhone App, I prepared to enter a world where I thought the excitement would be about a different kind of “phone.” For a couple weeks, I’d been ...

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Weekend Time: Have You Downloaded Your Zillow iPhone App Yet?

In the first 48 hours, 24,945 people downloaded the app on their iPhone or ...

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Announcing Zillow’s iPhone App

The Sunday house-hunting jaunt just got a serious upgrade.  Today Zillow is released from the bondage of the desktop computer and can be found in the truly phenomenal Zillow iPhone App. Try it, you’ll like it.  I mean it. My wife and I love to ...

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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 ...

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Getting an FHA, Refinance, and Home Equity Loan Quote Anonymously

Online lending sites don’t advocate for the consumer very well. You supply your name, your address, other personal information — sometimes even your Social Security number — and within minutes, your phone is ringing, your e-mail Inbox is ...

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Refinance Loan Requests Pouring in to Zillow Mortgage Marketplace

Yesterday, President Obama announced his housing plan which, in part, aims to help homeowners who are current on their mortgage payments to take advantage of some of new lower mortgage rates. As soon as the plan was announced, we saw traffic surge on ...

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Zillow Turns 3!

It was three years ago, February 8, 2006, that we flipped the switch here at Zillow and broadcast to the world that we had: “Free, instant valuations and data for 60,000,0000+ homes” (and you don’t have to enter any personal info and no ...