04903cam a2200457 i 4500 283114788 TxAuBib 20150305120000.0 150305s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014024742 9781455574742 $30.00 1455574740 $30.00 DLC eng DLC DLC TxAuBib rda Rascoff, Spencer. Zillow Talk : The New Rules of Real Estate / Spencer Rascoff and Stan Humphries. First edition. New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2015. New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015. 275 p : illustrations ; charts; maps; hardbound ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. Library Journal, December 01, 2014. Publishers Weekly, February 02, 2015. Kirkus Reviews, November 15, 2014. Library Journal Starred Reviews,. "What's the best way to spot the next best neighborhood? Is spring or the dead of winter the best time to put your home on the market? Do street names affect price (Swamp Road vs. Gingerbread Lane)? These are the type of real estate truisms that we all think we know the answers to, but we don't. The rules of real estate have changed dramatically in the past five years, and the old rules no longer apply. Enter Zillow, the nation's #1 real estate web site with more than 37 million users each month. Thanks to a treasure trove of proprietary data and a quirky chief economist in Stan Humphries, Zillow is able to spot the trends and truths of today's housing market. The book will explain the science behind the trends in a lively, dinner-party worthy style, so readers will come away enlightened, entertained and clutching real news-they-can use"-- Provided by publisher. "The CEO and the chief economist of the country's leading real estate web site explain why everything you thought you knew about housing is wrong and how real estate actually works today"-- Provided by publisher. Adult. Brodart. Adult. Brodart. 20150305. Residential real estate United States. Real estate business United States. Real estate investment United States. Real property United States. Zillow Firm. Humphries, Stan, author. Zalesne, E. Kinney, author.