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What are the Repercussions of Zillow's Acquisition of Trulia?
In case you haven't heard already, there has been monster news in the online real estate world recently. Internet home search behemoth Zillow has bought their biggest competitor, Trulia, for stock options estimated at $3.5 billion. The magnitude of this transaction has been huge. Their combined scope is up to about 80 million visitors a day. Now we want to enlighten you on how we use sites like Zillow and Trulia to enhance your real estate experience.
Think of Zillow as scattering the dots for the consumer to be able to get an idea of what things are worth. What our job is as real estate agents is to be experts at helping connect those dots and see where those homes would land in the current market. We will guide you along the entire process, from meeting with a mortgage lender, to guiding you through inspection and negotiating the best deal we can and setting you up with our preferred title vendors.
Zillow and Trulia are good at helping you find a location, but we are here to help you put all the pieces together and guide you through the process. Most of the value in real estate today is dealing with problems that come up. That's what we do. We deal with your problems when the undoubtedly come up, and it's our job to fix them.
If you have any questions about this merger, or about the Lafayette real estate market in general, give us a call, shoot us an email, and we will help you out right away!
