The Zillow and White House Google Hangout

The White House and Zillow Forum on Refinancing

This weeks recap of real estate news is exciting and also very interesting. Things are always moving at an incredible pace and change is inevitable in our business and industry. The real estate economy is always an important area of interest to homeowners, investers, borrowers, and even renters.

With this in mind, I'd like to share a couple things that happened this past week which you may find useful regarding government financing programs, the mobile market, and at the same time demonstrate how Google and social media have provided a great conduit and platform to share with others around the world.

Spencer appearred on Fox Business to discuss Zillow’s participation in a Google+ Hangout hosted by the White House in which Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan addressed homeowners’ questions about the various government refinancing programs. Watch it here.

Watch The Google Hangout:

Spencer also appeared last week on Bloomberg‘s “Bottom Line” to discuss the U.S. housing market as well as Zillow’s business, one year after the company’s IPO.

He explained how the volatile housing market has impacted the way consumers use Zillow and how Zillow Mobile Apps have driven Zillow’s growth. Watch the video here or click below.

I love the comment that Matt Miller from Bloomberg makes at the 1:54 mark of the video. We currently have an average of 57 homes being viewed per second on mobile devices using our Zillow mobile app.  Share your thoughts and comments below, I'd love to know what you see happening in your hyper-local markets.