For those who are putting the finishing touches on their own 2018 forecast, here's how close the Zillow Group guesses have been: Local ZHVI-Appreciation Forecasts Town 2015 Forecast Actual 2016 Forecast Actual 2017 Forecast Actual 2018 Forecast Carlsbad +2.7% +4.8%...
Dough sent in this change in his zestimate of his Carlsbad Aviara tract house - almost a quarter-million increase in the last 30 days! The accuracy of the zestimates haven't been getting any better, but think of the influence this could have on sellers and buyers!...
There’s a wealth of data on home buyers, sellers and renters in this year’s Zillow Group Report on Consumer Housing Trends – a self-administered study that gathered information between May 17 and June 5, 2017 from a total of 13,125 key household decision-makers....
The guy who started the StopZillow campaign wants to build a new real estate portal which would be controlled by realtors - he discusses the details here: https://youtu.be/rv2SiGrw870?t=2m47s An excerpt from the leadership team's email announcing that the pre-launch...
Home values continue to climb, passing $200,000 in June for the first time ever. A panel of more than 100 real estate economists and experts expect that trend will continue – while they say, on average, that there’s a 52 percent probability of the next recession...
Spencer took a crack at Redfin yesterday, and more: LINK An excerpt: Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff isn’t worried about the threat of newly-public Redfin — but he thinks the rest of the real estate industry should be. He made that clear during a conference call...
Zillow has uploaded my Caminito Vasto listing! The MLS remarks didn't pull through - but the photos did, go figure. They also called me a Premier Agent, and eliminated the three-headed monster. We had two offers on Vasto, and I marked it pending on Monday, but they...
For those of you who use Zillow as their go-to real estate portal, you may have noticed that we had a wild and wacky weekend - and the party is still going! It was on May 1st that Zillow started uploading our listings directly from our MLS, Sandicor. The new system...
From the seattletimes.com - hat tip SM: LINK Excerpts: Zillow is dealing with a PR fiasco and a potential legal fight for going after a small, popular blog that makes fun of McMansions. Kate Wagner — who spotlights large, ugly-looking houses on McMansionHell.com —...
I think Rob Dawg might have started this one - his blog is where I heard of the McMansion Hell on Friday, and now Zillow is chasing her around like a felon: https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/26/15876602/zillow-threatens-sue-mcmansion-hell-tumblr-blog McMansion Hell is a...
