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It was a sea of cowboy attitude and attire, including cowboy hats, cowboy boots, bolo ties, chaps, and plenty of bandanas as the “Zillow Holiday Hoedown” office party was held at the Jules Maes Saloon in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle this past weekend.
Many thanks to the good folks at Jules Maes — called Seattle’s oldest bar — for putting up with tech-types trying to be cowboys and cowgirls.
At one point during the night, CEO Rich Barton and VP of Product Teams Kristin Acker belted out a Zillow version of “Home on the Range.” Yup, that’s them above. Give it a try:
“Home on Zillow”
(sung to the tune of “Home on the Range”)
Oh find me a home where my children can roam
Where the neighbors are friendly and nice
Where seldom is heard a blasphemous word
And I buy at a reasonable price
Chorus:
Home, home on Zillow
Where I can find the home of my dreams
I can get loans with ease, then just give me the keys
Zillow must have a fabulous team
I’ve used other sites, and I am being polite
To say they don’t have what I need
Then one day I found, the web site to be crowned
Zillow rocks real estate, it’s agreed (Chorus)
The maps are just grand, condos, houses, and land
They glitter with parcels and ‘hoods
And now I can chose, just one place to peruse
To search for that home near the woods (Chorus)
Maybe I will decide, just to rent for a tide
While the markets are settling down
On Zillow I will seek, that apartment with chic
Just on the north side of downtown (Chorus)
On the homes I can see, pictures, views of the trees
There’s a Zestimate on every roof
It helps me decide, whether there I should ride
Who could ever need any more proof (Chorus)
If I need some aid, into Zillow I’ll wade
There are agents awaiting my call
In there I’ll find, Realtors® savvy and kind
I told you, they just have it all (Chorus)
When I’m ready to own, and I need a loan
For my business the lenders can vie
“True cost” helps me pick, which lender I’ll click
And my payments will not be so high (Chorus)
Every shopper should go, to that site called Zillow
You’ll be glad you did, this I do pledge
Go type that site in, take a long look within
For your search, get your real estate edge (Chorus)
Here are more scenes from the Zillow Holiday Hoedown:
Developers Graff Haley and Cole Rottweiler
Senior accountant Jack Egan and wife, Sarah
(Left to right) VP Christopher Roberts, sales director Lucy Wohltman and Christopher’s wife, Jennifer
Designer Henry Rose and customer support specialist David Tobey
We’re a fun bunch and enjoy working hard and playing hard. If you like what you see, please check out our jobs page. Zillow is hiring!
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Zillow’s Holiday Hoedown: A Sea of Cowboy Attitude
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Vanity Fair fans will be the most curious around the recent news that the New York City penthouse apartment of the late investigative journalist Dominick Dunne is listed for $1,250,000.
Dunne’s Turtle Bay-area penthouse apartment has one bedroom and one bathroom and includes French doors that open to a wrap terrace, a small study, and a living room with wood-burning fireplace.
After the tragic murder of his daughter, Dominique in 1982, Dunne became absorbed in covering crimes that had an element of celebrity; he covered the trials of O.J. Simpson, Claus von Bulow, Michael Skakel, William Kennedy Smith, and the Menendez brothers for Vanity Fair. Dunne was also from a family of celebrities. Dominique was an actress, son Griffin is an actor and director, his late brother was the novelist John Gregory Dunne and his sister-in-law is Joan Didion, the National Book Award winner in 2005 for “The Year of Magical Thinking.”
Dunne died this past August after losing a two-year battle to bladder cancer.
> See more photos of Dunne’s penthouse
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Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages rose again this week, with the weekly average rate borrowers quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace at 4.72%, up from 4.67% the week prior. This is the first time rates have risen in weeks. Additionally, 15-year fixed borrowers were quoted on average, 4.21% and for 5/1 ARMs, 3.81%.
This morning, the national rate for 30-year fixed purchase mortgages was 4.76%.
What are the rates right now? Check Zillow Mortgage Marketplace for up-to-the-minute mortgage rates.
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Mortgage Rates Rise For Second Straight Week
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We love early adopters!
Last night, we launched our rentals product. Due to the lateness of the launch, we expected only a small audience of property owners and property managers to notice. But, who knew there are so many nite owls looking for ways to market their properties — especially on the East Coast!
Without further adieu, we give you the first 10 homes posted for rent on Zillow:
1. 13014 W Avalon Dr., Avondale, AZ 85392
2. 93 Davenport Dr, Stamford, CT 06902
3. 9036 Bronson Dr, Potomac, MD 20854 (photo above)
4. 109 N Main St, Apt 802, Memphis, TN 38103
5. 13146 Minnow Way, Frisco, TX 75035
6. 2380 Capri, Chowchilla, CA 93610
7. 327 Margaret Ave, Baltimore, MD 21221
8. 1001 Lake Kennedy Dr, Suffolk, VA 23434
9. 13124 W San Miguel Ave, Litchfield Park AZ 85340
10. 145 William Feather Dr, Voorhees, NJ 08043
Thank you for using Zillow to post your home for rent. Cost is just $9.95 per listing for 180 days on the second-largest real estate Web site in the U.S. Have a rental? Get it on Zillow and stand out from the crowd!
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Today, we’re thrilled to announce the birth of rentals on Zillow.
When we launched Zillow in 2006, our goal was to create a database of all the homes in the U.S., with each home filled with rich information so that people could make smarter home-related decisions at every stage of their lives. Since then, we’ve opened up the database to our users, allowing them to claim a home, edit home facts, post a home for sale or set a “Make Me Move” price.
Today’s launch addresses two of the most common requests we get from users, which include the ability to post a home for rent, and to empower home shoppers with information about finding homes for rent.
Owners of rental properties and property managers can now market rental listings on Zillow, the second-largest real estate Web site, and reach 8.3 million people every month, including a million renters and many others who are on the fence over whether to buy or to rent. Our easy posting tool allows users to create rich listings, with unlimited photos and detailed rental info including lease term, availability and whether pets are allowed. For $9.95 per listing, rentals will be featured on Zillow and show up at the top of Zillow search results where they receive six times as many views as non-featured listings. Listings can remain active for 180 days — or, until the home is rented; no need to keep reposting every few days!
Compare monthly for-sale and for-rent prices
We are also proud to offer an innovative search comparison in which home shoppers on Zillow can now search for both rental and for sale homes in their area and compare monthly costs. This new, monthly payment search filter allows shoppers to compare rental and for sale homes side-by-side based on a monthly payment they can afford, and decide what the best solution is for them. This should appeal particularly to the 25 percent of people who plan to move in the next three years and say they will search simultaneously for both rental and for sale homes, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive.
Please check it out for yourselves. If you’re a landlord or property manager, please post your rental listings on Zillow today. If you’re shopping for a home or just dreaming, please search your area and try out our new monthly payment filter.
If you’re just curious, check out this home for rent, and the search experience comparing this home to local homes for sale (it’s the house for rent with the purple icon for $1,950/month).
We’d love your feedback and suggestions to make this work better for you!
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Announcing: Rental Listings and Search
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