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There is a saying that everyone has a price. What’s yours?
At what price would you sell your home? What price would you pay to buy your dream home?
Zillow, an online realty site, has a unique feature called Make Me Move that could turn your realty dreams into a reality. If you own a house that you would be willing to part with for the right price, head to Zillow and enter your address and dream price. Your house is then listed on Zillow with your Make Me Move price for all to see.
The service is free, you don’t need to have an appraisal or meet with a real estate agent or keep your home antiseptically tidy for showing at a moment’s notice. People who see your listing on Zillow and are interested can contact you with an anonymous email to ask you questions about your property and perhaps initiate the purchase process.
Similarly, if you have a dream home in your area that you’ve always admired, check out Make Me Move to see if the homeowners have their house listed. You may discover that they can be affordably persuaded to part with their home.
This listing service probably isn’t best for actively motivated sellers. Make Me Move isn’t widely known so it’s not the optimal way to get the maximum traffic through your home. But the service does make it easy to reach out to people who may have fallen in love with your home and are willing to pay a premium price for it.
If you’re out and about and want to check out Make Me Move using your mobile device, you can access the service from Zillow’s apps. You can search houses listed near you or by entering a location. Make Me Move listings are designated by a blue house icon.
The Zillow app is free for iOS devices in the iTunes App Store and for Android devices at Google Play.
Bottom Line
Check out Zillow’s Make Me Move to make your dreams come true!
Do you have a dream home in your area you’ve always admired? Do you have a selling price at which you would part with your home? Would you list your home on Make Me Move? Let us know in the Comments section below!
* Blue house photo by Frank Kovalchek
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I am on vacation and away from the Internet as I focus exclusively on my upcoming Olympic competition. Fascinating Wonder of Tech articles will continue to be published on schedule in my absence as I try for the gold medal.
I will return on August 6 and respond to comments at that time.
Sounds wonderful Carolyn!
Never heard of Zillow but yes, we do have somes sites our end too where there’s kind of house trading that takes place. The prices are listed and whomsoever wants can email to find out the details. However, it isn’t all that successful because there are many dealers who do such things nowadays instead who get the work done faster.
Nevertheless, I think if you have such a realty site where everyone puts up their requirements, whether or buying or selling their dream houses, it would do rather well. 🙂
Ah…I guess you are going to have a wonderful time watching the Olympics and are lucky indeed! Have fun and enjoy yourself during your vacations. 🙂
Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Hi Harleena, Thank you, I had a wonderful vacation. I was able to watch the Olympics in Swedish which I had never done before.
The real estate market in the US hasn’t recovered from its peak so the more tools we have to share information about homes the better! 🙂
It IS GOOD TO SEE OLYMPICS.I am Indian. I heard in news that SUSHIL KUMAR take the indian flag in our hand.that was great feelings for me.
And happy that you are also having good moment in Olympics.
HAVE A GREAT FUN
Hi Bhushan, Congratulations on India’s many successes in the Olympics! :-bd
Buying a dream home is still a dream for me at the moment. 🙁
But who can buy theirs for them its really a good deal.Everyone desires to be in their dream home and the better part is one can apply for free……
Apart from this enjoy watching Olympics… 🙂
Hi Aditya, Sometimes I hear people who admire homes in their towns but those homes aren’t actively on the market. If there were a dream price posted on Zillow perhaps many dreams could come true. 🙂
Hi Carolyn
I don’t own the place where I live so maybe it will not be a good idea to put a price on it 😉 Enjoy your vacation Carolyn. Looking forward to see you back on the Internet in August.
Hi Thomas, Good point, but you may want to check to see if your landlord has set a dream price? 😉
Carolyn,
I love zillow! I have the app on my phone and use it just to look around at other homes. It also has a wonderful little feature of seeing the 5 year trending price of a home (the one you currently live at included) I know that if I was in the market for a home it is one of the stops i would make!
Aaron
Hi Aaron, It’s great to hear from someone else who is a Zillow fan. Zillow does have a lot of features beyond Make Me Move that are fantastic. I have the app too and it’s fun to check when I visit a new area. I’m always curious about home prices.
I still feel I am too young to have a dream house at the moment; and anyhow, I really can’t afford it with the minimal saving! 😉
But yes, I see potential in this project. One might be able to make moving and the buying and selling a lot more easier.
Hi Hajra, When I was nine years old I moved away from a house I loved into one that was devoid of charm. Since then I have valued character in a house. To me a dream home isn’t the biggest but the one that inspires dreams. 🙂
The Next Generation of Real Estate, I really love the fact how easy selling the house is and the best part it is free
Thanks Carolyn for the sharing the tips, Never knew it was this easy to find the right buyers effectively without much investment
Hi Gautham, Great point! How wonderful is it that you can list your house for sale for free? You’re right, it’s the Next Generation of Real Estate! :-bd
This is the first time I’ve heard of this project. It looks very interesting. I am not thinking about moving and I have no idea what my price would be, but I know that I would love to browse and see all the houses listed (and especially in my area)
🙂
Enjoy your vacation.
Hi Jens, Yes, it is fun to look and see what houses are listed in your area. In researching this I looked all over the US and there was at least a few Make Me Move listings in each map I saw.
I didn’t hear of Zillow as of now, but it looks pretty interesting. Would surely like to check it out. Have a great time watching Olympics and waiting for you to be back soon.
Hi Richa, I hope you enjoy using Zillow!
Carolyn, Zillow is an interesting service and a great way to find out what your neighbor’s houses are worth. 🙂 Sadly, the “make me move prices” are likely lower than ordinary prices at the peak of the market a few years back. Good luck with your sumo wrestling! 🙂
Hi Astro, Welcome back to The Wonder of Tech! It’s great to see you here again.
Yes, it’s true, home prices in the US are lower than they were at the peak, but that is good news if you are a buyer!
Thank you for your good wishes. 🙂