Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008
We wanted to have a little fun with Ben Bernanke and release a collage of Ben Bernanke himself. We have matched together over 130 logos from Must Know Real Estate Sites and made an image of Ben Bernanke. You can view the entire Bernanke collage here.
If you see your ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
It appears Iggys House is no longer online. The site has been down for many days. Their sister companies BuySideRealty and BuySideMortgage also seem to be down.
Iggys House provided sellers with a free MSL listing service and the ability to post the property on their site for free. These free ...
Posted in Real Estate News | 15 Comments »
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Hoodeo, a neighborhood match maker site, launched this morning. Hoodeo is an eppraisal.com site and allows users to find a neighborhood that matches your profile.
I gave it a try and it suggested I live in Cherry Creek, a suburb of Denver CO. I would say that matches me. There ...
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
The top 10 Healthiest Cities in the United States:
San Jose, Ca - average rental price - $2006
Washington, DC - average rental price - $2056
San Francisco - average rental price - $2399
Seattle - average rental price - $1658
Salt Lake City - average rental price - $1146
Oakland - average rental price - ...
Posted in Rental Market, Rental Prices | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 20th, 2008
Google has been doing Google Trends and popular searches for a while now. For example, below are the top searches for June 20th 2008.
Trends for Websites combines information from a variety of sources, such as aggregated Google search data, aggregated opt-in anonymous Google Analytics data, opt-in consumer panel data, and ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Michael Dougherty, who co-founded Redfin and was then at Zillow, will be launching a new start-up called Fridge Door. SeattlePI.com says the start-up will not be in the real estate space but rather the "personal communications space."
I am also guessing that Fridge Door will not be the name used for ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
What if we acted the same way in real life as we do on Facebook? It may look something like this:
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
One thing to consider when buying any service or product is that everything is negotiable. Below are some tips and tricks to use when trying to save money on your lease.
1) Look for rental properties during these months (Nov - Dec - Jan - Feb) :
These are historically the worst ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
There are millions of widgets being designed by programmers and added to WidgetBox, FaceBook, and Google.
What are the top real estate widgets?
Here is what we found:
For Sale Properties
Trulia Widgets:
Home Appraisal
Zillow Widgets:
eppraisal Widgets:
Rentals and Rental Rates
rentBits Widgets:
Zilpy Widgets:
Classifieds
vFlyer widgets:
Real Estate Investing
BiggerPockets Widgets:
Real Estate Research
AlosResearch Widgets:
Mapping
RentVine Widgets:
Real Estate News
MSNBC Real Estate Widget:
Topix ...
Posted in Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Technology, Real Estate Tips | 1 Comment »
Monday, June 9th, 2008
Microsoft has decided to shut down the not so popular classifieds site expo.live.com. Microsoft launched expo.live.com about 2 years ago to compete with Craigslist and Kijiji.com.
From the site:
Windows Live Expo will discontinue service on 31 July 2008. In preparation, the following features are no longer available:
Create a new account.
Post a ...
Posted in Search Engines | No Comments »
Friday, June 6th, 2008
Inman News just wrote that Overstock.com has launched a real estate search engine.
The Overstock.com real estate channel claims 2.9 million properties, including 2.6 million residential listings. Of those, 1.96 million are single-family homes, 246,000 are condos and townhouses, and another 73,720 are multi-unit properties.
Overstock.com did not respond to a request ...
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 6th, 2008
We wrote about this last month and now it is confirmed that MyNewPlace has rolled out a Cost Per Lead and Subscription model.
Here is how the program will work:
Pay Per Qualified Lead
* Only pay when you receive a qualified lead interested in your community.
* Receive priority placement in search returns.
* ...
Posted in MyNewPlace | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
In the future, I don't see real estate search as an input and receive data experience. I see it as an interactive, real time data, demographic and psychographic virtual experience.
What do I mean by this?
I wrote awhile back about how virtual tour technology could evolve over time. We as users, ...
Posted in Real Estate Technology | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
I recently ran across Trulia Market Trends and wanted to take a look at the Phoenix real estate market and compare it to the Phoenix rental market.
According to Trulia, the average sales price for homes in Phoenix has seen a 22.2% decrease in the price of a home from Nov ...
Posted in Real Estate News, Rental Market | 2 Comments »
