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Zillow’s Spencer Rascoff answers timely real estate questions from Zillow Blog and Zillow Advice. This video touches on the pros and cons of renting versus buying. Have a real estate question you’d like answered? Ask it in Zillow Advice post it on Zillow’...

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Riding on the coattails of our excitement about partnering with Apartments.com it seemed fitting to find this week’s Rental Eye Candy from Zillow’s 90 000 newly acquired rental listings. An array of museums beaches and nightlife make Fort Lauderdale FL o...

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If you consider yourself a non-conformist or one who shuns traditional ways of doing things then here is a perfect lineup of nontraditional homes that should fit your spirit perfectly. Take your pick from a church an old firehouse an earthship home a geod...

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Obtaining a loan for a mortgage payment can be a very involved and intricate process. In some cases there are steps that prospective homeowners can take to expedite the process such as filing for a pre-qualification or pre-approval. Zillow user Mike_O fro...

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For the past four years homeowners across the country have been watching their home values drop. Most have seen them drop substantially – our national Zillow Home Value Index has fallen nearly 24% since home values peaked in 2006. But for nearly a decade ...

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When Zillow execs fire up the griddle and serve breakfast to Zillowites it’s a sign of two things: sizzling bacon which also means sizzling Zillow results. (Photo above left to right General Counsel Kathleen Philips Chief Economist Stan Humphries and VP o...

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For anyone who enjoys staying informed about the real estate industry and reading real estate-related blog posts by RE pros you’ll be happy to know that the Carnival of Real Estate (CoRE) has returned. The first host of the new and improved CoRE was Drew...

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This week mortgage lender Justin McHood explains an FHA streamline refinance program which is a program designed for people who currently have an FHA loan to take advantage of lowering their interest rate when rates drop with less documentation than a “no...

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It seems like a great time to buy a house (if you don’t have to sell)  values are down (so affordability is up) interest rates are at all-time lows and high levels of inventory are languishing on the market. It all adds up to buyers who have negotiating p...

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Last week we compared homes for rent and homes for sale in San Antonio TX. Today we are heading a little farther east to the home of our beloved King of Rock n’ Roll Elvis Presley. Yup   Memphis TN. While the Graceland Mansion isn’t included in the collec...

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We’re excited to announce that we are partnering with Apartments.com which means Zillow’s rental listings will grow by an additional 90 000 managed apartment rental listings. This partnership will make shopping for homes or apartments for rent even more c...

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Let me tell you a story. A real estate story. Seven years ago my wife and I decided it was time to move from Belltown — near the urban core of Seattle — to the suburbs. We had lived near Pike Place Market for a few years and greatly enjoyed Belltown’s res...

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If you’ve ever watched Bravo’s real estate docu-series “Flipping Out ” then you’re familiar with America’s most neurotic flipper — Jeff Lewis. Although flipping — buying a home fixing it up a bit and reselling for a profit — has slowed down a great deal ...

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Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace at 4.26 percent down from 4.29 percent at this same time last week. This rate represents the lowest rate recorded since Zi...

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It’s incredible how many troubling real estate headlines are generated by women from the Real Housewives’ series and here’s yet another one: Alexis Bellino of the Real Housewives of Orange County and her husband Jim reportedly avoided foreclosure when th...

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As fall approaches here is a good question in Zillow Advice from unbelieve: Is fall a bad time to list my house?  I must move – should I try to rent it? We are moving quickly should I rent the home or sell. I am worried about the time of year. We just hav...

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Leaving a reality show behind means leaving the drama behind right? Unfortunately that is not the case for former Atlanta Real Housewife DeShawn Snow who was booted from the cast of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta after the first season in the fal...

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Need a rental in Malibu CA?  Beck’s former home in the Point Dume area of Malibu — the same home he sold this past February for a loss of $400 000 — is now for rent for $3 000/month. The 1 596 sq ft mid-century ranch-style home features an open layout wi...

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Here is an interesting dilemma by RenterWithQuestions in The Valley WI who asks in Zillow Advice: Can owner post “for sale” sign in front of my rental? I have a 12-month contract to rent.  House was previously for sale by owner.  Following signing of my l...

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Welcome to this week’s edition of  Zillow Real Estate Advice Corner a video blog series in which Zillow COO Spencer Rascoff and others from Zillow answer real estate questions posed in Zillow Advice. Today Spencer touches upon these topics: Is it better t...