The Red Brick Times

A new type of real estate site came on line Tuesday called Zillow.com. By new type I mean that it's free and can be accessed by anyone. I'm sure agents have had pay-for-play resources like this for a long time. They describe themselves thusly: "Zillow.com is an online real estate service dedicated to helping you get an edge in real estate by providing you with valuable tools and information." I fooled with it for awhile using my own address and, as far as I can tell, it seems pretty accurate. You can also look at trends, comparing your house value over time against the median by zip code, city, state, etc., in an easy to read graph. Warning: if you live in Lorain County the news is depressing.
Posted 6:39 AM by whatley (5) comments

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I checked it out and according to their records there are no homes in Jamestown and very few in RI. This place might be ripe for colonization, but I hear the natives aren't all that friendly.

# posted by  A. O. : February 09, 2006 3:59 PM
 
Oh well. They've only been running two days. From what I know about real estate conditions around here they (sad to say) hit it on the nose.

# posted by  whatley : February 09, 2006 8:27 PM
 
I was watching an interview with the CEO of this company on CNN this afternoon while at the gym.
I would be happy about my home's value if I were going to take the money and run. If I sold and stayed in Palm Beach County, the taxes on the new place would put me in the poor house.
Maybe I should consider moving back to the old home town with my profits.

# posted by  Terri S : February 11, 2006 2:54 PM
 
We, your prophets, are here waiting.

# posted by  Andy : February 11, 2006 7:18 PM
 
The real truth lies in the location of the preposition.

# posted by  Terri S : February 12, 2006 5:39 PM
 
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