StreetAdvisor is a new site dedicated to neighborhood ratings and reviews by local residents. This is an area where many players in the real estate technology area aren’t really doing anything extraordinary. Even here at eppraisal.com, we struggle with how to use neighborhood information and engage users in a meaningful way with it [...]

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Here’s an interesting videocast with Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin and CTO Michael Young. It’s by Robert Scoble, so has his usual down-to-earth theme. It’s really interesting to hear them having a real conversation about Redfin’s service.
Be warned: 42 Minutes long (!!!)

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Aspiring home decorators and designers have a social application all of their own. MyDesignIn.com is a bookmarking tool for products and design ideas. Web savvy home decorating aficionados will probably enjoy using it quite a bit – so I thought.
I decided to test that out by putting my non-tech savvy mom [...]

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From World Mapper:
This map shows the price of the housing stock of a territory, in purchasing power parity. This means that prices shown take into account the variation in what can be bought for US$1 in different territories. The most expensive housing per person in the world is in Europe, where a home is now [...]

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Just after the New Year we put out a little map mashup tool that allows any real estate blogger or service provider a place to “get mapped” called Realty AppMap. We had a speed issue at first, but it’s all worked out now. Head on over and claim your spot on the map!

We [...]

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