I was reading an article on HouseValues on the Motely Fool. I discovered they relaunched their site recently. Anyway, here’s a quick rundown of the things I noticed… They are now using MS Virtual Earth instead of their old flash … Continue reading
Just for fun, I started recording notes on real estate conversations I enjoy following and I decided that when the list hit ten, I’d hit publish: David Smith has a great (no wining allowed) article about the housing bubble. I … Continue reading
Congrats goes out to all the contributors on Rain City Guide! We were nominated as a finalist for the “Most Innovative Blog Award” by Inman News. In my world, contributors are not only the people with their photo up on … Continue reading
About a week ago I noted that the Zillow Blog added Rain City Guide to its sidepanel and that I hadn’t found out about both the Redfin Blog or the HouseValues blog because they hadn’t spread any link love. As … Continue reading
Jon Strum of the LA Real Estate blog put together a very interesting article manifesto that outlines what it will take for real estate agents can be successful in the future. It is a fascinating article and was picked up … Continue reading
Tom over at the Seattle Property News summed the current state of real estate search with this question: “Is there a regional bubble in online real estate sites?” From a consumer’s point-of-view, it is wonderful that home buyers (and sellers!) … Continue reading
[photopress:tyler_scott_01.jpg,thumb,alignright]In response to my recent slew of posts on real estate search engines, a reader (Amy Wu) left a comment asking if I’d ever tried Redfin. I’ve definitely tried Redfin and at one point I was a huge fan of … Continue reading
John Cook’s Venture Blog pointed out today that Zillow got a new look and is now looking for beta users… Much to Zillow’s credit, they’ve created an aura of excitement despite the fact that no one knows what their product … Continue reading
House Values launched a new site today that combined aerial photography with real-estate listings and extensive neighborhood information. The Seattle Times notes that Home Pages “has information covering 92 percent of the nation’s metro areas.” HomePages combines aerial photography with … Continue reading