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Seattle REBarCamp is Getting Close
We’re looking forward to a great event this Friday, the 13th. There are a few sessions that are already organized, with the rest being decided by attendees upon arrival. Here’s what’s planned so far: 9:15: “That sucking sound you hear may be your ...
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Carnival of Real Estate #128
The 128th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at Arizona Mortgage Guru. In the spirit of Valentines Day, there were five lovely awards categories created, with a special heart given to “Short Sale Listings: Leaving Out Key Details Is ...
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Zillow Turns 3!
It was three years ago, February 8, 2006, that we flipped the switch here at Zillow and broadcast to the world that we had: “Free, instant valuations and data for 60,000,0000+ homes” (and you don’t have to enter any personal info and no ...
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Zillow Mortgage Marketplace Passes 1 Million Quotes
Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, the best place to shop for mortgages online, reached a significant milestone this week. In less than a year, we passed one million mortgage quotes submitted to our marketplace, and counted more than 150,000 loan requests!
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Carnival of Real Estate #127
The 127th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted over at RevealRealEstate.com, marking the first time the CoRE has been hosted by a real estate blog in Central America. There were 5 awards given, each named after a Central American country ...
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Zillow Home Value Index Super Bowl
It’s that time of year again — Super Bowl XLIII is upon us and we have some numbers to break it down for you. And no, we don’t have any grand predictions regarding who is going to win, we just want to shed a bit of light on how the two ...
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RE BarCamp is Coming to Seattle (and so is Bloodhound Unchained)
What exactly is REBarCamp you may be wondering? Pretty simple — it’s a wiki-style conference that gets organized entirely by the attendees. The idea of a barcamp in the real estate space kicked off in San Francisco back in July, and has since ...
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Edit Your ‘Specialities’ on Zillow
This is a shout-out to all of the real estate pros on Zillow: On your Zillow profile, you have the ability to add your “specialties,” which means list the primary services you offer. Doing this helps to advertise your services, but also ...
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National Hug Day and Squirrel Appreciation Day
There is no end to the random and wacky holidays out there. A few months ago we highlighted National Good Neighbor Day, a slightly more legitimate “holiday” meant to commemorate those neighbors who religiously bring in their trash cans on time ...
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Carnival of Real Estate #125
The 125th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is live at Laguna Niguel Real Estate Finder. There are 3 top picks highlighted, along with the best of the rest, including an honorable mention to our own Jill Simmons for her speculative post ...