Tag archive: Zillow

Real estate site Zillow.com announced today that it is releasing application programming interfaces (APIs) to developers free of charge, enabling other Internet sites to incorporate Zillow data and features in their own domains, offering detailed information from Zillow's database of some 68 million U.S. homes. “We understand that individuals in the real estate market today, whether it be buying or selling a home, engage with… Read More

Upstart real estate valuation site Zillow has caused a few waves, first with its “what the heck is it?” marketing launch, then inking a deal with Yahoo to provde home valuations in Yahoo Real Estate listings. Basically, the idea behind Zillow is to provide real estate investors and home buyers with estimates—er, Zestimates—of a property's market value, along with other key information about the property which is… Read More

Hot Internet property Zillow.com has struck a deal with Microsoft to add a new feature to its real estate research site: low-altitude, bird's-eye views of residential areas. The images come courtesy of Microsoft's Virtual Earth platform (which also drives Microsoft's MapPoint services), and prove views of a home and its surroundings from four directions, enabling potential home buyers to get a better feel for the… Read More