by Bill Rice on December 18, 2008
This is just an observation, but I thought it was interesting. As I go about my daily read of online news I am noticing a subtle trend: Zillow quoted for market mortgage rate trends a space long dominated by Bankrate.com.
What does this mean in the lead generation business? Here are a few of my thoughts, [...]
by Bill Rice on April 18, 2008
Zillow has been at the lead marketplace building business for about two weeks, and I bet internally they are saying, “wow this is hard!” Early responders to the Zillow Mortgage Marketplace were easy to categorize, as I pointed out in my Zillow Gets Negative Reviews (from Non-Adopters), outside observers (non-adopters) were pointing out all of [...]
by Bill Rice on April 7, 2008
I have been following the Zillow Mortgage discussion with great interest. By reserving follow-up to my early commentary in BusinessWeek I have an opportunity to survey the discussion and distill a few important observations:
Zillow did something radical
The harshest criticisms are from non-participants
Smart folks are observing and participating with the intent to learn
This is an important [...]
by Bill Rice on March 15, 2008
Has Zillow gone mad? They are obviously pursuing an innovative path.
Zillow is not yet revealing the whole strategy, but here is a peek at what to expect from Zillow Mortgage:
“…our new mortgage offering is coming soon. While we’re still several weeks away from an official launch, effective today, lenders can apply to be one [...]