Another shovel digs Realtor.com’s grave
As I speculated yesterday (with no inside knowledge :) ) ... Dustin reports: Turns out that not only is Realogy (and that means Coldwell Banker, ERA, Sotheby's International Realty, The Corcoran Group, and Century 21) adding all of their listings to Zillow, but they (or…
Realogy sends (more) listings to Zillow – so what?
As noted on Inman this morning and the corresponding press release: Leading real estate Web site Zillow.com today announced an expansion to its marketing agreement with Realogy Corporation that will result in approximately 700,000 total property listings from Realogy's brand networks to be posted to…
Albemarle County property assessments are out
I guess the claim that they didn't want to release them until the homeowners got them wasn't entirely genuine. Everything's politics; everything has spin. Witness today's Daily Progress article; getting ahead of the curve is valuable. The average reassessment increases or decreases, by magisterial district,…
Zillow might be right(er)
Get ready for it - "marketing" a home may be free, sooner than we might expect. The successful Realtor's value will come from managing the transactions and representing the clients' best interests. Zillow's zestimates soon might very well be right "enough" for some. Zillow's zestimates…
What is Zillow up to?
First, I read on their blog about how they will be, a la Trulia, offering brokers the ability to upload their listings via feeds. Then I see that Zillow pulled a mini-coup hiring Vanessa Fox from Google. I still think that Google will buy one…
Zilllow steps it up again
Rather than repeat much of what is being said around the real estate net today, check out Bloodhound and Rain City Guide for their reviews of Zillow's new features. Two quotes I read this morning that are relevant - From Inman: real estate has become…
Selling your home yourself?
WSJ has yet another interesting article on how to sell you home yourself. But ... when marketing one's home, consider where you will be marketing it. The Internet can be a big help in marketing a property. Sites ForSaleByOwner.com and Owners.com, for example, allow a…
Hitwise, Zillow and Realtor.com
There has been much talk the past several days about Hitwise's announcement that Realtor.com is still the reigning champ in the online real estate search arena. (Here are the Top 20) But ... the big news is that Realtor.com/NAR are now recognizing the threat to…
One of the things about Google I don’t like
With all the talk about Google's winning the battle of real estate search, the thing that irks me the most is the consensus that their victory is inevitable. Without competition, complacency reigns. Witness the fragmentation and loss of relevance that MLS's are experiencing. I'm not…
My predictions for 2007
1. There will be a dramatic increase in those jumping on the bandwagon to blog about real estate. a. Many of these will resemble "splogs" due to their blatant attempt to build business, rather than build reputation, knowledge and relationships2. Home sales and prices will…