Spencer Rascoff is ZIllow’s chief operating officer. A smart guy I respect. He co-founded Hotwire and was part of Expedia’s management team. Now, he’s explaining the foreclosure process to homebuyers and sellers. He’s doing it clearly, credibly and in a manner that at once plays off and enhances the Zillow brand. And he’s offering up [...]
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Realtor.com drops some big iPhone app stats; I wonder where all this is heading.
They appeared every mile or so as I drove down the 101 yesterday, visions of contentment bathed in clean light. iPad ads. Tons of them. So, so appealing. And while I do believe the iPad marks the beginning of a shift in how we read, write, listen, watch and play on the web, there’s one [...]
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As Estately grows, so does consumer choice
DC residents now have a virtual panoply of real estate search sites to choose from. Estately, the IDX-powered online brokerage, just moved into DC, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia today, adding 60,000 new homes and condos to their database. In addition to Estately, lucky Mid-Atlantic residents can thaw themselves with dreams of warmer springtime home [...]
Looking back at Real Estate Connect New York
I looked down into the touch-screen display at JFK: “Upgrade to first class for $250.” There was no way I could justify this. I can’t afford it, frankly. But my body cried to be horizontal; my mind begged for stillness. Done deal.
Zillow starts charging for listings
Starting tomorrow Zillow will be charging for all manual listing uploads to their site. This, as they also add rental properties to their site as well (here’s looking at you Apartments.com, you’re next in the crosshairs).
“Productizing” the Realtor mind
One of most interesting (if misguided) things about the RPR project is the drive to create an online property valuation “Gold Standard.” The RPR team intends to do this by layering Realtors’ street-level assessments of value on top of the algorithmic magic that can be worked with mounds of raw property data. They’re calling it [...]
Things you may have missed while contemplating the RPR
God, I love that acronym. “Reaper.” There’s so much fun to be had there. Anyway, a few non-RPR items popped up in the past six days that are worth noting. Here’s what caught my eye: Redfin raises another $10 million
The era of “Yeah, we have a mobile app” has officially ended
“To be honest, I think the iPhone app — maybe not in this first version, but out on the horizon — might be better than our Web site” That’s Zillow COO Spencer Rascoff in an Inman article covering the launch of the company’s iPhone app. It’s a remarkable statement. And I agree with it. But [...]
Zillow’s new iPhone app: Taking it to the streets
When David Gibbons gave me an early peek of the new Zillow iPhone app on Monday, my first thought was how this would take the frustration I feel online at home to the streets. Great. Now trying to figure out what’s real when it comes to home values can be frustrating everywhere! But then I [...]
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