I’ve been blogging for a long time now, but every once in a while I need reminding about some very basic things. Mary (aka: REBlogGirl) had a good post that did just that. If you blog at all, I would suggest reading it.
Well, I’ve had my hand swatted and have suddenly remembered that [...]

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I just read an article by eMarketer with some interesting stats recorded by the Pew/Internet and American Life Project.
Age is a better predictor for house hunters than is connection speed or the number of years of online experience, Pew found. More than half (51%) of the youngest adult Internet users, ages 18 to [...]

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I’ve been tackling this thought train for a little while now as it relates to web technology. The current evolution of real estate online has been fast and wide-ranging. It has also been broad in scope and at the national level. Companies are playing for the big money that a national reach [...]

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Inman is reporting that the Houston MLS has decided to move forward with allowing postings of their properties to Google Base. With Zillow’s recent move, I’m not surprised. Like I mentioned in my last post, we hadn’t yet heard from the real “big boys” on the Web, and I think we’re starting to [...]

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By now everyone within the real estate industry is aware of the bomb that Zillow dropped yesterday, allowing sales listings on their site – by anyone. Not exactly what you want to hear if you’re an AVM-based competitor, and we are one. If you’re a listing service like Realtor.com or Homes.com you’re not [...]

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Joel has a write-up on Edgeio and their acquisition of Adaptive Real Estate Services that puts them in a position to play ball with Realtor.com, Trulia and Propsmart. I’ve been a long-time fan of what Edgeio is doing in the classified marketplace, and think that their method of providing alternate ways for people to [...]

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