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I don’t live in the U.S., so Zillow.com isn’t much use to me as a real estate site, but from all I’ve heard it is a fantastic service backed by some smart guys, including several of my friend Stuart MacDonald’s pals from the old Expedia days. You
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1 year ago
It's totally correct to say that just because you have great content, doesn't mean that people will automatically want to sign up for a profile, upload pics, and blog about it.
So, down to more important business: when is my MathewIngramWorld profile going to be ready? I'm on the invite list, right? ;-)
1 year ago
However the *idea* of local voices is excellent, in fact I'm hoping to create a more tourism focused approach with local bloggers rather than contributors to a community in which they have little stake. Hyperlocal *news* will keep failing but hyperlocal *blogging* has only begun to flourish, and IMHO could become the dominant form of human communication. (insert trumpet fanfare here)
1 year ago
And Joe, I agree that there is great potential for hyperlocal blogging and other community-type things -- I'm just not sure anyone is going to want to hold that kind of party at a real-estate website.
1 year ago
That doesn't mean it will be a failure, however. US laws and Realtor codes of conduct mean that there is a host of information realtors cannot provide buyers. How are the schools? What's the crime rate? How many students get free or reduced-price lunch (unfair and classist, perhaps, but fairly well correlated with school performance)? All of this information is easily obtainable, just not from your agent. If it (and more subjective discussion of "is the neighborhood a nice place to live") is available from Zillow, it gives them something their meatspace competitors don't have.
1 year ago
1 year ago
What channels are most effective at enabling neighborhood-level conversations?
The web is good at bringing far-flung groups together - the long tail, etc. I'd suggest that hyper local groups self-organize and manage organically as much as they need to, simply by virtue of proximity. As demonstrated by the examples noted, attempting to web-ebable these communities is tool without a need. IMHO.
1 year ago
Before the Internet, physical proximity was pretty well the only way you *could* form a community, but now it's possible to form a virtual community based on just about anything, with people from just about anywhere.
Fred and Rex, thanks for your comments too.
1 year ago
1 year ago
The Zestimate is not ZO original anymore
You can try
cybyerhomes.com
homegain.com
reply.com
eppraisal.com and many others
Zillow Zucks
1 year ago