@Zillow Roundup 3-29-13: Look Outside + MORE

In typical fashion, I couldn’t get to sleep.
I had consumed enough caffeine to wake a sleeping bear and was stuck staring at the ceiling, waiting for my dreams to start – to no avail. As was the tradition most of those nights during college, I flipped on the television in an effort to numb my mind enough to try again later…

The WI-2 House is completed and listed for sale…
The project went very smoothly and it turned out great! The bulk of the work was in the kitchen — here’s that transformation:

Here are all the Staging pictures from this renovation:
The WI-2 House: Staging Pics
We still need to paint the exterior and do some landscaping, but that’s pretty difficult when it’s 10 degrees and snowing out…

The housing market has been on a solid upswing the past several months. Prices have been increasing across the country and especially in California. Less attention has been paid to the 500 pound gorilla in the room: the reasons behind the jump in prices.
Why are prices up?
Answer: No inventory.
Nationally, inventory is down about 50% from its peak, while California is down by even more…

Looking for home design inspiration? You may have all you need right outside your window.
This week we asked the @Zillow community, “Would you prefer a view of the park, skyline, ocean or backyard?” Here’s what you had to say:

What can you see from your backyard? Fill us in here or in the comments below.

Latest book release from Joe Calloway features Memphis Invest
In 2012, Memphis Invest studied the book “Becoming A Category of One” by Joe Calloway.  In August of that year, I picked up the phone and called Joe Calloway and invited him to come to the offices of Memphis Invest and address our staff…

Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes, Selling

Billionaire Oracle chief Larry Ellison has just listed his Lake Tahoe mansion in Glenbrook, Nev., for a whopping $28.5 million. No surprise to us, really, considering that he’s built another mega-mansion on the other side of the lake, which he’s just about ready to move into, according to our friends at Curbed…