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Seattle REBar Camp Wrap-Up

Thanks again to everyone who made it to Friday’s RE Bar Camp here at Zillow headquarters.  There were fantastic discussions about topics ranging from SEO, agent and broker websites, and broker business models to neighborhoods, marketing with stats ...

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Carnival of Real Estate #129

The 129th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted at the Sacramento Real Estate Voice–Mardi Gras Style. Let the band lead the way with beads thrown from the five winning article floats. The carnival will make its next appearance on Monday ...

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Mortgage Rates Below 5.0% on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace

Mortgage rates for a 30-year fixed mortgage have just dropped below 5% to 4.95% on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace. Also, rates for 15 year fixed mortgages are now 4.78%. Let’s hope rates continue to stay down, because low rates, coupled with the $ 8000 ...

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Mortgage Rates Drop Below 5.0% on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace

Mortgage rates for a 30-year fixed mortgage have just dropped below 5% to 4.95% on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace. Also, rates for 15 year fixed mortgages are now 4.78%. Let’s hope rates continue to stay down, because low rates, coupled with the $8000 ...

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Agents: Learn More About Zillow Via TeleConference

Tonight (2/12/09) Good Morning Real Estate will be hosting a teleconference to discuss the subject of  how to “Expand Your Online Impact” through the use of sites like Zillow.  Speakers on the call will be myself and Fran Thorsen. The call ...

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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!