The Most Popular Home Design Trends Coming in 2024, According to Zillow
While soft, cozy interiors dominated during the first few years of the pandemic, new data from the real estate website Zillow suggests that home decor is going to head in…
It’s Not a Great Time to Buy a Starter Home
When it comes to the housing market in the United States, there’s a widening gap between conventional wisdom and real estate reality. Take so-called “starter homes,” for example. In postwar…
Three Clues That a House Will Be For Sale Soon
Photo: Joseph Bishop (Shutterstock) While there’s nothing wrong with spending hours scrolling through Zillow, if you’re actively searching for a home in a particular price range or school district, and…
This Tool Knows Whether You’re Overpaying for Rent in NYC
Rent prices rose by an average of 14% last year, and it doesn’t look like those heart-clutching price hikes are going to stop any time soon. For anyone wondering exactly…
You Can Now Book an Apartment Tour in the Zillow App
Photo: rafapress (Shutterstock) Looking for a place to rent can be stressful, and requesting tours (without knowing when or if you’ll be granted one—and whether it will even work with…
The Best Day to Browse Discounted Real Estate Listings
Photo: Andrey_Popov (Shutterstock) Though some are quick to assume that if a home has been on the market for more than a week or two, something has to be wrong…
The Best Real Estate and Home Decor Porn on Instagram
Photo: Slavun (Shutterstock) There’s an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardahians where Kourtney holds up a donut and says, “I can’t eat this, but how exciting is it to…
The Best Real Estate Apps for Broke, Unmortgaged Millennials
Photo: ymgerman (Shutterstock) If you were born between 1981 and 1996, you’re a Millennial—which means that the leading edge of that cohort is now celebrating their 41st birthday and you’re…
What’s the Best Day of the Week to Browse New Home Listings?
Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Warmer weather means a lot of things: Pool days, ice cream trucks, and peak moving season. Around 80% of all moves in the United States occur between…
How to Use Zillow’s New Side-by-Side Tool to Compare Houses
Photo: Tada Images (Shutterstock) We’ve written a handful of times in this real-estate boom about the collective obsession with Zillow doom-scrolling—looking at and dreaming about buying homes you definitely cannot…