No word yet if Zillow will deliver the papers too.

From Zillow's media page:

Zillow.com® and 11 Newspaper Companies Form Online Real Estate
Partnership
Alliance will extend local listings of 282 newspapers to powerful
and growing national real estate site

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Does the home seller agree?

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- Greg Staker - Watson Realty Corp. - 407-304-0255

Does the home seller agree?

According to an article from Inman News found here, Prudential Real Estate did not allow Zillow and Trulia to participate in a recent convention. Zillow and Trulia are two of the larger online real estate related websites that provide services to the consumer base from home price evaluation to search features to find properties around the country.

It would seem from the article that Prudential Real Estate the Company, is not interested in taking advantage of any services the two online real estate information providers offer.

Would their customer base agree? It seems to me that the customer would not be concerned with exclusive agreements, referral fees or how many sites highlight their home. On the contrary, I would think that most sellers would agree that you cannot get too much exposure for their home.

Maybe I am wrong, maybe the home buying and selling consumer are more interested in real estate companies gaining control of where the companies listings are being seen online rather than seeing their home listed on as many websites as possible.

And maybe pigs are landing at Orlando International Airport as I write this.


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- Greg Staker Watson Realty Corp. 407-304-0255

ze zillow iz ze buzz word

The latest buzz word when it comes to the internet and real estate. http://www.zillow.com/ has been created by the same group that created expedia.com. There are of course the 'sky is falling crowd' that think this will end the Realtor's job as we know it and there is the 'dig your heels in the dirt crowd' that think nothing will ever change the basic industry we make our living from. I think that this is just another in a long list of evolutionary events that will ultimately help improve our industry and not destroy it.

The customer is King and information is the royal bounty. If you have not figured that out yet, pull up a chair and prepare to get a business spanking. Control for control's sake is as dated a business practice as the 9-5 work week. Instead of worrying about limiting the information that our customers receive until they make a commitment to us, our time would be better spent improving the services, education and tools we provide those customers once they are ready to step out into the world to start buying or selling real estate. Should we have the vision to incorporate an easily accessible, content driven online information source coupled with the ever improving services, tools and education, the sky will be the limit instead of falling.

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- Greg Staker Watson Realty Corp. 407-304-0255