Book

Rascoff, Spencer, author.

Zillow talk : the new rules of real estate / Spencer Rascoff and Stan Humphries.

First Edition.

New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015.

©2015

275 pages : illustrations, charts, maps ; 24 cm

How do you spot an area poised for gentrification? Is spring or winter the best time to put your house on the market? Will a house on Swamp Road sell for less than one on Gingerbread Lane? The fact is that the rules of real estate have changed drastically over the past five years. To understand real estate in our fast-paced, technology-driven world, we need to toss out all of the outdated truisms and embrace today's brand new information. But how? Enter Zillow, the nation's #1 real estate website and mobile app. Thanks to its treasure trove of proprietary data and army of statisticians and data scientists, led by chief economist Stan Humphries, Zillow has been able to spot the trends and truths of today's housing market while acknowledging that a home is more than an economic asset. Humphries and CEO Spencer Rascoff now explain the science behind where and how we live now and reveal practical, data-driven insights about buying, selling, renting and financing real estate.

Zillow (Firm)

Residential real estate -- United States.

Real estate business -- United States.

Real estate investment -- United States.

Real property -- United States.

Humphries, Stan, author.

New rules of real estate

In pre-publication, the order of the authors' names was switched.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-266) and index.

Introduction. Leaving home: Our real estate journey begins -- Part 1. Stealing home: scoring a data-driven deal on a new house. Warren Buffett is (always) right: Why buying a home is still a really smart investment ; Stats and the city: Timing is everything when deciding whether to buy or rent ; 2-4-6-8, neighborhoods that will appreciate: Predicting the next hot spot ; The Starbucks effect: How lattes perk up home prices ; It's the worst house for a reason: Why you shouldn't buy the worst house in the best neighborhood ; Do your homework: Finding a great school district in your price range ; ARMs and legs: Fixed-rate mortgages aren't for everyone ; Apples and oranges: How to determine whether buying a foreclosure is a good deal ; What to expect when you're inspecting: How to pick the right home inspector -- Part 2. Moving out: The new rules of selling a home. America's next top remodel: Not all home-improvement projects are created equal ; Magic words and dangerous descriptors: How to write an effective listing ; March madness: When to list your home ; Real est8 4 sale: Use superstitions to your advantage ; The price is right: How to determine your asking price ; Nine is the magic number: How to sell for more by asking for less ; Appraising real estate agents: Reviews correlate with performance -- Part 3. The data-hood: A new look at our nation of neighborhoods. The gayborhood phenomenon: Property values as a bellwether of social change ; What's in a street name?: What street names tell us about property values ; Empire real estate of mind: Analyzing the oddities of New York City ; The wild, wild west: America's most volatile housing markets ; Statistics are people, too: Looking at the housing bust in more than just dollars and cents ; What's walkability worth?: How walkable neighborhoods affect property valuse -- Part 4. This old housing market: Rethinking real estate in America. Owning isn't for everyone: The case for decoupling homeownership and the American dream ; The third rail of real estate: Is the mortgage interest deduction really the best use of $100 billion? ; Down by the seaside: How waterfront property plays by its own rules -- Conclusion. Follow the data to find your way home.

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