Redfin is a Seattle based real estate company that is revolutionizing the real estate industry.  Most people don’t realize it yet, but their model will change the landscape forever.
What Redfin does is allow buyers to search for a house through their very easy to use and comprehensive map interface.  When you’ve found a property that [...]

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Trulia is a real estate search engine that started in California, then opened up in New York and New Jersey followed by Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania. What’s impressive about them is that they honed their product in one local market and then rolled it out to other large regional housing markets while still improving [...]

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Via BusinessWeek:
Newspaper publisher Tribune Co. on Monday said its online unit acquired Internet real-estate Web site ForSaleByOwner.com for undisclosed terms.
This is an interesting turn of events. A major media company buys up a portal for home sellers who want to go around the normal real estate industry to sell their home.
ForSaleByOwner charges sellers [...]

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Realty Unwired has launched it’s mobile text messaging service. They provide the ability for prospective home seekers or potential renters to instantly obtain property information via a cell phone text message.
Prospective home seekers see these signs and simply text message a short, property code to a five digit Realty Unwired provided phone [...]

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It’s interesting to follow one of the “big boys” in this real estate internet boom. Zillow, came crashing onto the scene in February with a nice website, big VC funding and…ads. Yep, ads. They didn’t really have a way to make money off of their application/website, so the best thing they could [...]

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John L Scott recently launched a new web application that allows home buyers to search for sold property online.  Businessweek covers it in greater detail.
The comparable sold property information is being made available by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service, which services the Western Washington region, and is believed to be the first MLS in the [...]

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You’ve heard of eBay ratings – where buyers (and sellers) rate one another. That same idea is behind AgentLine, a new service that allows clients to rate their real estate agent.
AgentLine™ gives prospective home buyers and sellers peace of mind in knowing they are choosing the best real estate agent! Read reviews posted by [...]

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Last week I decided to look into selling my house. However, I am usually swamped with work and rarely have time to allocate to personal activities, much less selling a home.
I decided to look into using an Agent, albeit at a reduced commission rate, to assist with selling my house. Each Agent I met with [...]

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It seems more individuals who used to use real estate agents to sell their home are moving online themselves to try their hand at it. 10 years ago only 2% of home buyers looked for a homeonline, that number is at 77% today. A story in USA Today talks about a lady who [...]

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Though Cinqo de Mayo commemorates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862, we here in the US generally use it as an excuse to party and drink Tequila.
With that thought in mind, we wish you all a happy Cinqo de Mayo!

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