Spencer Rascoff is COO of Zillow.com, one of the leading real estate sites. He's a real estate junkie who goes to open houses for fun. Follow him on Twitter.
I got an email from a friend in New York the other day looking for advice on buying a foreclosure. I sent him an email, but then thought many others are probably trying to figure out the same thing, which...
I tracked down Zillow Chief Economist Dr. Stan Humphries to reflect on this week's real estate news, which includes numbers from Case-Shiller, new home sales numbers, and Dr. Stan's white paper on "Price Differences...
If you've ever purchased a home, you know that estimating closing costs is nearly impossible. What should be a straightforward process is really a moving target filled with fees and costs that are negotiable. That's why...
The good news is: the worst is over in terms of a lag in home transactions and the bad news is homes that are selling are on the low end and are made up of distressed sales such as foreclosures...
Insurance has to be one of the most boring topics in the world. That is, unless you live in an earthquake prone-area where you'll be glad you're insured in case the big one happens. I buy earthquake...
I appeared on CNBC recently along with Armando Falcon, the former head of OFHEO (now called Federal Housing Finance Agency) and Susan Wachter, Wharton School of Business professor. I invite you to watch this 5:09 minute video on the...
Has the big freeze happened to you? One of the side effects of the economic downturn has been the freezing or reduction of home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) by banks. It makes sense why banks would do that. If...
Simply, it's when the sale of the house is less than what the owner still owes on the mortgage. Many lenders will agree to a short sale and forgive what is owed on the mortgage when the owner cannot...
Since Major League Baseball's All-Star game is upon us, Zillow data analyst Steve Brownell came up with an interesting real estate angle:"Do ball parks in neighborhood increase the value of neaby homes?"Sure, there's...
If you're buying a home and need to choose a lender, who do you use? A mortgage broker or a bank? And, who are correspondent lenders and loan officers and how they relate to a buyer's needs?Here...