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February 11, 2013

Zillow Adds New Service – Zillow Digs

Home Design Ideas Zillow recently launched its new service, Zillow Digs (Zillow has since terminated this service), a source for home design and home improvement ideas. Taking a look through the visually focused site, I have...

February 5, 2013

Zillow Takes A New Step With The Zestimate

Zillow has long been hounded by real estate agents for the inaccuracies of their home valuation model known as the Zestimate. We’ve talked about the unzillowable factor before on the site. Automated home valuation models are often...

December 7, 2012

What’s My Home Worth? The Unzillowable Factor

Read an excellent post about home valuation this morning by Greg Fischer that I think every home seller should read. The basis of the post is the term “unzillowable” (in reference to Zillow’s automated home valuation model, aka the...

October 15, 2012

Listing Syndication – The Battle For Your Home Data

Last week, we opened up the conversation about listing syndication with a brief background of what it is and how it came about. Today, our focus will be to look at the advantages and disadvantages of listing...

October 11, 2012

Listing Syndication – What’s The Big Fuss?

This will probably be the hardest blog post I’ve ever written. The listing syndication debate is complex at best, with arguments on both sides of the fence and supporters championing their views with gusto. First,...