I was doing some light reading of the public transcripts from the Move vs. Zillow court hearings in King County Superior Court last week. This excerpt from pages 81-84 in the full Wednesday afternoon transcript was certainly entertaining…
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“You hope beyond hope that you get this house…”
Last week the Seattle Times ran an editorial from a frustrated would-be home buyer currently in the trenches, and the whole piece has an eerily familiar ring to it…
Rocket Mortgage Super Bowl Ad: Let’s Repeat the Bubble!
This ad for Quicken Loans’ “Rocket Mortgage” app aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday…
Wow. It is like the people at Quicken Loans who are responsible for promoting their Rocket Mortgage app somehow completely missed the previous housing bubble and the massive economic fallout when it burst.
Yes, let’s make it super easy for everyone to buy homes! What could possibly go wrong?
Surefield Releases New Map-Based Home Pricing Tool to Compete with Zillow & Redfin
Local alternative brokerage Surefield added another slick new tool to their arsenal this week: A map-based home pricing tool that they are calling Pricepoint. Together with their flagship 3D home tour technology (previously spotlighted here), this new offering strengthens Surefield’s focus on home sellers.
The tool offers an interactive, transparent alternative to Zillow’s black box “Zestimates,” and is touted by Surefield as “the most accurate and reliable way to price a home.”
October Reporting Roundup: Predictions and Superstitions Edition
“This time is different!”
It always is, isn’t it?