Coldwell Banker Bain’s new interactive map search launched today

Robert Gray Smith on 06 22, 2006

Very similar to what John L Scott did (they were both done by the same dev company) but a little more localized as far as neighborhood drill-down. They also added sold property listings driven by address reference rather than map based, but still pretty handy.

As I’m an agent for Coldwell Banker Bain I’ll refrain from singing my praises of the improvements. I’m a little more interested in what everyone else thinks of it. Check it out at http://www.cbba.com/InteractiveMapSearch.aspx

About the Author: Robert Smith

What do I know about Washington Real Estate? I’m a native Washingtonian – I grew up in south end of Seattle, in the Seahurst neighborhood, where my parents still reside. My twin brother and I are the youngest of 6 children (5 brothers, 1 sister) all of whom live in the local area. I attended the University of Washington where I majored in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance. I come to Real Estate as an escapee from the high-tech industry. I spent 15 years in that industry, starting out with 4.5 years in marketing at Microsoft. I went on to run my own consulting company for 12 years and then helped start a second company, Resolute Solutions Corporation. During my high-tech years I invested in rental properties and did pretty well at it. So after 15 years in high-tech I decided to make a change and joined Coldwell Banker Bain.

2 Responses to “Coldwell Banker Bain’s new interactive map search launched today”

  1. Robbie
    June 22, 2006 at 10:48 pm

    Although it’s good to see Coldwell Banker Bain catching up to John L Scott, it causes me to ponder the following questions.

    When will Windermere join the party?
    How will this effect the balance of power between large brokers, smaller brokers & agents in their quest for net leads?
    Which of Real Tech’s other customers will get this technology next?
    Will the other Coldwell Banker brokers across the country be following suit in the near future?

    I’m still waiting for RSS & Google Earth feeds of MLS searches to catch on though. ;)

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  2. Galen
    June 23, 2006 at 7:50 am

    It’s slick, but I’m surprised that they were OK with the search looking so much like John L. Scott’s search. Where is the branding?

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