Today we launched our first Zillow-based real estate prediction market. You can start playing the New York metro area at Predict.Realius.com.
Across America experts are prognasticating about where we are in the real estate cycle. We say - “You call the market”. So jump in and predict home prices for selected listings and Make Me Move properties from Zillow.com. You can monitor how your predictions fare against others and ultimately the market when the home sells.
Thanks to Zillow for creating an awesome developer API program that lets us build our game on top of their real estate information.
Cindy Zetts, who writes the Real Estate Deal for the Seattle Times, blogged about the Zip Realty version of Price Me Now. She wants to know your IQ. Her post, titled “Armchair agents, try this real-estate pricing game” is here. She played 15 homes and got a 111 Property IQ. She wants to know yours - head on over to her post and enter your IQ in the comment string.
We are now live with Price Me Now in association with our first national real estate partner, Zip Realty.
You can find a link to the game on their home page:
And once you login, you will see the banner on the property search and home detail page, shown below.
You can currently play in three metro areas: Boston, Seattle and San Francisco. You can start by choosing one of the Top Play Locations or enter an address in the search bar (if it is in one of these three metro areas).
The game is predicated on players predicting the sales price of homes on the market. As more predictions flow in, we will let you know how your predictions compare to others in the market. Once the home sells and the sales price is available in the public records, we will let you know how you compare against the market.
So, now you can track home prices near where you live, in your favorite neighborhood or where you want to live some day. By participating in the game, you will test your knowledge, learn where the market is going and have fun in the process.
