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…
How to Delete Your House’s Pictures From Sites Like Zillow, Redfin, and Realtor
Photo: Sharaf Maksumov (Shutterstock) Our personal data shows up in so many public online spaces. But while there are ways to review and delete your data from social media profiles…
Listing Your Apartment on Airbnb Is a Little More Legal Now
Photo: AlesiaKan (Shutterstock) Rent prices are crazy high, and they don’t seem to be decreasing any time soon. According to Vox, the typical U.S. monthly rent in August went up…
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…
These Things Are Bringing Down the Value of Your Home
Photo: Breadmaker (Shutterstock) If you’re a homeowner, you’ve no doubt checked out your home’s estimated value on Zillow a time or two (or sixty). And while that dollar amount can…
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…