Zillow | firsttuesday Journal

Untapped potential: Online marketing for your real estate business

by Ashley Collins | May 8, 2023 | Marketing Flyers, Real Estate | 0

No sales effort is complete without an internet marketing plan.

California’s inventory shortage will not recover to pre-pandemic levels for years to come

by Madison Hart | Apr 15, 2022 | Real Estate | 0

When will housing inventory return to numbers seen before the pandemic?

Zillow Offers’ failure is a warning to today’s speculators

by Amy Platero | Mar 28, 2022 | Economics, Finance, Investment, Real Estate, Recessions | 1

Real estate giant Zillow entered a hot and unpredictable housing market as a speculator experimenting with iBuying and got burned, reporting a total net loss of $530 million in 2021.

Zillow exits home flipping after getting burned in hot market

by Carrie B. Reyes | Nov 29, 2021 | Home Sales, Investment, Real Estate | 0

Zillow’s large-scale flipping scheme was bound to fail.

Proptech: the accelerator of change for real estate

by Oscar Alvarez | Jan 14, 2021 | Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

Proptech companies have become the accelerant fueling Americans’ demand for power and information in the housing market.

POLL: Should buyers have direct access to local MLS information?

by ft Editorial Staff | Mar 23, 2020 | Reader Polls, Real Estate | 4

Do you think buyers should be able to have direct access to property information in your local...

Keller Williams positions itself as Zillow’s biggest competition

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jul 8, 2019 | Real Estate | 0

The home search wars continue, but Keller Williams has already declared victory.

Zillow, Redfin test out full-service model

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jun 4, 2019 | Finance, Home Sales | 2

Zillow and Redfin expand their services in California.

The votes are in: Public MLS access lacks support

by Benjamin J. Smith | Apr 9, 2019 | Reader Polls, Real Estate, Your Practice | 1

Readers don’t think buyers should have direct access to their local MLS — but how much would a public MLS really impact agents and brokers?

Suburban SFRs still top homebuyer wish lists

by Carrie B. Reyes | Sep 4, 2018 | Home Sales | 0

We talk with Zillow’s Senior Economist about California homebuyers’ preference for suburban SFRs.

How big data is disrupting the agent-client relationship

by Oscar Alvarez | Aug 20, 2018 | Feature Articles, Real Estate | 2

Online listing aggregators are changing the way clients see agents.

What does the expiration of the DOJ’s oversight of NAR mean for the real estate industry?

by Benjamin J. Smith | Aug 13, 2018 | Feature Articles, Real Estate, Your Practice | 0

An agreement between NAR and the DOJ’s antitrust division expires in November 2018 — what happens next?

A glimpse into the mind of your principals – what buyers and sellers want from their agents

by ft Editorial Staff | Jun 18, 2018 | Feature Articles, Your Practice | 0

This article digests the 2017 Zillow Consumer Housing Trends Report.

Redfin and Zillow test out buying homes directly

by Carrie B. Reyes | Jun 4, 2018 | Home Sales, Investment | 0

Redfin and Zillow are buying homes from sellers, offering more in the form of convenience than money.

Zillow’s impact on the real estate industry

by Carrie B. Reyes | Mar 13, 2018 | Feature Articles, Your Practice | 18

A closer look at how Zillow has shaped the real estate market over the past decade, and where it’s taking real estate next.

Is the rental squeeze finally over?

by Carrie B. Reyes | Dec 5, 2016 | Property Management | 0

California rents are subsiding — will it last?

How Accurate is Zillow?

by ft Editorial Staff | Oct 24, 2016 | Appraisal, Real Estate | 0

Watch this video to see how Zillow estimates how much a property is worth, and how the Zestimate is different from the value arrived at under an appraisal or comparative market analysis (CMA).

Regional MLS partnerships on the brink of collapse

by ft Editorial Staff | Aug 1, 2016 | first tuesday Local, Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-Ventura, Real Estate | 3

A split by the Ventura County Regional Data Share from the California Regional Multiple Listing Service is a harbinger of things to come as MLS data is decentralized.

Today’s housing market: Boring, and thriving?

by ft Editorial Staff | May 9, 2016 | Market Watch, Real Estate | 0

Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff discusses how the real estate market has changed since the housing crash and the different economic factors affecting homebuyers and renters today.