I had the privilege of attending RainCamp New York in January.  It was a room full of people where you could actually feel the energy in the air.  At breaks people were literally buzzing with information they'd just learned.  This is on top of the awesome networking opportunity to mee...

I often get asked, does Zillow account for Foreclosures when calculating a Zestimate?  Short answer: no.  However the long answer is very interesting.  Recently Zillow released a white paper where we looked at the question of if Foreclosures constituted a distinctly separate market fr...

Mid-last year I wrote a post describing how FHA spot loan procedures can significantly expand your home search.  As of today, the rules have changed and obtaining a spot approval is no longer an option.  From now on, condo projects/buildings as a whole need to meet FHA guidelines and need to be on t...

I love reading Dan Zarrella's blog where he uses data from 60,000+ Twitter accounts to report on trends.  Today's revelation: "Accounts that have more followers do not tend to talk about themselves much." While interesting because it has data to support this claim, I couldn't help but thin...