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Study shows traffic from Zillow to Brokers’ sites converts better

A new study has concluded what many of Zillow’s advertisers already know: Zillow refers consumers who are more serious about buying or selling a home than other real estate web sites. Commissioned by Threewide Corporation, the independent study ...

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Zillow on Bloomberg TV talking House Values

I was on Bloomberg television last week discussing house values. Here’s the video. Just a reminder, you can find oodles of data on home prices in our Real Estate Market Reports.

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Live-Q2 Real Estate Market Reports

As we noted yesterday, the Zillow Q2 Real Estate Market Reports are now live on our site. These reports discuss the latest home value data in 165 markets (down to the zip code level), as well as negative equity stats, information on the percentage of ...

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Q2 Real Estate Market Reports – conference call tomorrow

Tomorrow we’ll be releasing the Zillow Real Estate Market Reports for Q2 2008. These reports cover 165 U.S. real estate markets, and include data on home value changes over time, homeowner equity stats, and (new this quarter) what we’re ...

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Track Homes with Saved Search E-mail

This week, Zillow began providing a powerful tool to enhance the home shopping experience for our visitors by offering Saved Search e-mail alerts. After conducting a search for homes on Zillow and choosing the specific criteria you are interested in, you ...

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Zillow Adds Google Street View

On Tuesday we announced a pretty big milestone – we’re quickly creeping up on 3 million listings, which includes more options for buyers than ever before – including traditional listings, FSBO, Make Me Move, land, new construction and foreclosures.

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More homes and more options for buyers on Zillow

This morning we announced an important milestone when it comes to the number and variety of listings on our site.  We now have nearly 3 million – that’s six times what we started with at the beginning of the year!  What’s more, we now have an ...

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Hey Now, You’re a Zillow All Star, You’ve Got Your Game on, Go Play

[Title Credit: “All Star” by Smash Mouth] Last night, a few thousand Zillow users (and I) received this e-mail: Thanks to your valuable contributions on Zillow, you have been granted a Zillow All-Star badge. The All Star designation will ...

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Stilettos, Style, and Office-Sponsored Fun

Girls just wanna have fun, especially during the (paid) workday. When the women of the Zillow marketing team started dreaming about attending the Sex and the City movie premiere as a “team morale” outing, I eagerly volunteered to pre-purchase ...