Zillow steps it up

Zillow!

And may become the de facto National MLS. Greg at the Bloodhound has an extraordinary analysis.

1. The speed with which the real estate blogosphere has analyzed this is phenomenal.
2. Most real estate agents still have absolutely no clue about what Zillow is, or how it is going to change their business.
3. How can I upload my listings to Zillow?
4. Some of my previous thoughts on Zillow - what if Zillow is Right? Google and Zillow
5. How do I get a Zillow t-shirt?

They will get more accurate in Charlottesville.

Zillow

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December 7, 2006 | Filed Under Buyers, General Real Estate, Marketing, Sellers, Technology 

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8 Responses to “Zillow steps it up”

  1. Zillow Coverage - Day 2 » Personal Insights on Web 2.0, Blogging, and Business on December 7th, 2006 11:57 am

    [...] Jim Duncan writes “Zillow Steps it Up“ [...]

  2. » Blog Articles on Zillow’s New Upgrade by Seattle’s Rain City Real Estate Guide on December 7th, 2006 1:37 pm

    [...] I threw in a couple of recent articles, posted just before tonight’s big news, that I found to be of interest.  I will come back later and keep editing this post to include all articles posted until everyone is talked out. [...]

  3. Northern Virginia Real Estate Guide on December 7th, 2006 3:21 pm

    Zillow sharpens its sword…challenges the status quo…

    The significance of this might well be to make every MLS obsolete, realtor.com irrelevant, Google Base old fashioned, Craig’s list history and significantly transform the role of a real estate agent as a central figure in the transaction to one of a r…

  4. Jim Duncan on December 7th, 2006 8:59 pm

    From Zillow’s TOS:

    10. Real Estate Licenses. Zillow, Inc. is a licensed real estate broker in various states, but does not broker real estate transactions.

    I don’t think I am going too far out on a limb by suggesting that they could easily add “YET” to the end of this.

  5. the Property Monger » Zillow Zillow Zillow on December 7th, 2006 10:17 pm

    [...] You’d think that being on the East coast you’d have an advantage on being informed of late released hot topics.  I recently learned that west coast bloggers don’t actually get any sleep. [...]

  6. bozonian on December 8th, 2006 4:35 am

    I already put my house in there with a “Make me move” highball price.

  7. Jim Duncan on December 8th, 2006 8:07 am

    Greg Swann hits the nail on the head:

    General impressions: More agents seem to hate Realtor.com than fear Zillow.com.

    The rest of his analysis is cogent, articulate and logical. The above quote is a major “why” the time is right for Zillow.

  8. Real Central VA - Tracking the Charlottesville and Central VA real estate market and more » Top 5 stories of 2007 on January 1st, 2007 10:09 am

    [...] Zillow steps it up - Zillow is just “hot” What I want in a real estate website - It worked; now I have most of what I was looking for. Google and Zillow - both are changing the real estate industry with their innovation. A sign of the times - the changing market brings out silly offerings. Since this story, I have seen much sillier offers - a Mercedes, a 7-day Caribbean vacation, more big televisions … Rent -v- Buy - hopefully candor is recognized and appreciated. (and remembered) [...]