Property-values website lets everybody compare

The Boston Globe reports:

A friend rang up Nancy Shilepsky recently to inform her that her Belmont home was worth $695,000. He couldn't help reminding her he had pushed her to buy back in 2000 when it was worth $150,000 less.


Home values ''are somewhat reflective of your financial worth, and I had always considered that personal," said Shilepsky, a Boston employment attorney. ''No more."

With the price of real estate the subject of endless speculation, rumor, and gossip, a new buzzword is making the rounds at cocktail parties: Zillow.

Another article about the real estate website.