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Website: http://www.zillow.com/

Blog: http://www.zillowblog.com/

Zillow is a website started in early 2005 by Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink focused on providing free home valuations called Zestimates. "Zestimates" are home valuations computed using their proprietary formula. Around their Zestimates service, Zillow has built a marketplace for home buyers and sellers to list their homes.

Address: 999 Third Ave., Suite 4600 Seattle, WA 98104 Map it »

Founded: 2005

Employees: 155

Industry: Consumer Internet

Sub-Industry: Search / Portal

Ownership: Private

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Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
10/2005	Series A	32M	Unknown	Benchmark Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures
07/2006	Series B	25M	Unknown	PAR Capital Management
09/2007	Series C	30M	Unknown	Legg Mason

Name:	Zillow
Product URL:	http://www.zillow.com/
Date Launched:	02/2006
Description:	Zillow.com is an online real estate service company.
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Bullish Opinions (9)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
With the real estate market in a decline, this service is a must 1 comment Add Comment	socrisp 08/26/2008		50% 4 votes 2 50% 2
But, the market is also becoming very volatile and this makes accurate estimating even more difficult.	willsurvive	09/03/2008
Used it to buy and sell homes as an investor. Was about 90% accurate. Better than any others Add Comment	bbrunelle 08/07/2008		86% 7 votes 6 14% 1
Very easy to use Add Comment	primev 06/27/2008		100% 6 votes 6 0% 0
Like the Features Add Comment	fpettit 06/27/2008		100% 7 votes 7 0% 0
Zillow is real estate porn, Fun, easy but often unrealistic Add Comment	adamwho 06/02/2008		57% 7 votes 4 43% 3
Caters to a large market, homeowners and potential homeowners Add Comment	kryan 02/01/2008		100% 16 votes 16 0% 0
Easy to use Add Comment	kryan 02/01/2008		88% 17 votes 15 12% 2
Zillow is reducing information inefficiency for real estate, a huge market Add Comment	dave 01/31/2008		94% 16 votes 15 6% 1
The Zestimate is a pretty innovative product Add Comment	dave 01/31/2008		88% 16 votes 14 12% 2

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Bearish Opinions (6)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
Real Estate Is Local, Zestimates are highly inaccurate, Other sites do it better. Add Comment	jarvisteam 08/26/2008		67% 3 votes 2 33% 1
good for a quick estimate, but often inaccurate 1 comment Add Comment	irpip 07/24/2008		88% 8 votes 7 12% 1
Very true	lilly	07/24/2008
sales data include obvious (and misleading) outliers (such as sales to relatives) Add Comment	aligee 02/03/2008		78% 9 votes 7 22% 2
data are often stale Add Comment	aligee 02/03/2008		88% 8 votes 7 12% 1
There is an increase in competition in this space Add Comment	startuper 02/01/2008		80% 15 votes 12 20% 3
Zestimates are often not accurate (especially in cities) Add Comment	dave 01/31/2008		94% 16 votes 15 6% 1