Our New Addiction: Zillow.com ( 9. February 2006, 13:39 by Derek Young) ~

It used to be that to research a home’s value you had to watch the real estate listings, check out the county assessor’s website, and talk to realtors. Now, the man that brought us Expedia.com found himself with an idea, $32 million in VC funding, and has brought us Zillow.com. The site launched this week. Type in an address and get the ‘Zestimate’ of the home’s value. Compare it to its neighbors. Find comps. Track historical sales. Graph a home’s value against the neighborhood. It’s quite an amazing site. It doesn’t replace the services of a realtor, but it does give us one more bit of information before we talk to our realtors. It’s cool.

Link to Zillow