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RECENT BLOG POSTS
We're honored and humbled that Steve Jobs just included the Zillow ipad app in his on-stage demo at the Apple OS4 event (photo courtesy of engadget), during which he showed off ipad apps that he loves. Here's Steve in front of a screenshot of the Zillow app:    
04/08/2010
We've been holding Zillow educational events across the county that have been very well recieved, and I am excited to announce the next one is in my hometown of Chicago! On Thursday, March 15th, at 9:30 and at 12:30 you can learn all about how you can maximize the tools Zillow has to offer agents...
04/07/2010
I'm speaking at the Houston Association of Realtors' "Real Estate Information Symposium" this week. The topic is how consumers are using the Internet for real estate. It's a variation of other recent presentations I've done, but I've posted the deck here for you nonetheless. HAR REIS_ Spencer Ras...
03/30/2010
Interesting perspective which reminds us that interest rates cut both ways. Yes the interest rate is the rate which you pay to borrow money, but it's also the rate which you get PAID if you're lending money (through investment). And after all, since most of us actually pay 10%+ when we "borrow" m...
03/26/2010
I vote in every election, even primaries. I'm a good citizen. And I love filling out surveys, even phone-based ones. So you'd think I'd be all over the Census survey. And I was. Until I found out that it was mandatory. On the outside of my census envelope there's big scary writing warning me that...
03/25/2010
When Brad asked me to lead a session at Active Rain University, I was psyched! When Brad told me to look at the schedule for a date, I was IMPRESSED.  I must admit that I thought Active Rain University was something that was held once a week and focused on how to use Active Rain.  Boy was I wrong...
03/25/2010
03/24/2010
In all of the agent training events we've been doing lately, learning how to embed a local info graph on blog posts has been something agents have gotten really excited about.  Because who can't use some ideas for blog posts, especially hyper local ideas? Below is a quick video with how it works....
03/23/2010
Once we saw how popular the Zillow iPhone app was (about a million downloads since its launch), we knew a Zillow Android app was in the near future, and today it is here!  Watch the video for a quick demonstration, it is REALLY cool.  On this app, you can even do voice searches.  And like the Zil...
03/19/2010
I had an exhausting but exhilirating day today at the Pacific Northwest Housing Summit. I gave a presentation on the Internet Buyer and how the extraordinary information revolution is empowering consumers more than ever. Specifically, I talked about how consumers expect nearly instantaneous respo...
03/18/2010
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