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I just returned the NAR Midyear meeting, and once again the most popular subject I got asked about was the Zestimate.  Where does the data come from and how accurate are they are the most common questions.  We at Zillow are working on creating a library of training videos, and I am please to now ...

Awesome video!Watch John Reinhardt, president and CEO of Fillmore Real Estate in Brooklyn, explain why he loves the Zillow iPhone App, why he's switching from Blackberry to iPhone, and how he uses the Zillow app with his agents.   Off camera, John explained to me that even though Zestimates aren'...

From Zillow COO Spencer Rascoff

In an attempt to offer Zillow tips and tutorials in ways other than writing about them here on my blog, we just launched a video about Zillow Advice, our question and answer forum.  In the upcoming weeks we'll be releasing a series of how-to videos on various Zillow related topics as we build out...

This is a great overview of how RE Pros can use Zillow to their advantage (written by my colleague Sara Bonert):Awhile ago I wrote a post citing 10 things you could do on Zillow.  Not only has our traffic ballooned to 8 million monthly users since then, the opportunities to interact with audience...

From Zillow's COO Spencer Rascoff:Two years ago when launching our first round of community features, including Home Q&A, we included a feature to “tell us it’s for sale” – figuring that many conversations start around homes on the market, and if the home isn’t listed on Zillow then the community...

From Zillow's COO Spencer Rascoff:Two years ago when launching our first round of community features, including Home Q&A, we included a feature to “tell us it’s for sale” – figuring that many conversations start around homes on the market, and if the home isn’t listed on Zillow then the community...

Well, luckily, Katie on Zillow's PR team put together a great overview over at Zillow Blog - Making Home Affordable.

NAR just made it official - Todd Carpenter is their new social media manager!Todd Carpenter!  This was an incredibly smart position for NAR to get on the payroll and an even smarter hiring choice.  Not only is Todd very skilled in the area of social media, but he comes to the table with an incred...

It seems home values are on everyone's mind right now -- partly due to Obama's Housing Plan and the fact that mortgage rates are low and refinance activity is skyrocketing. Consumers are interested in market data and with the new Home Values Widget agents, brokers, and bloggers can instantly add ...