Comments on: A NAR Consumer Web-Play is Absurd http://www.realtythoughts.com/2007/08/a-nar-consumer-web-play-is-absurd/ The world of real estate and technology online Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:41:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Lauren Simms http://www.realtythoughts.com/2007/08/a-nar-consumer-web-play-is-absurd/comment-page-1/#comment-13631 Lauren Simms Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:59:49 +0000 http://www.realtythoughts.com/?p=318#comment-13631 The real estate industry is changing fast one area that I have been really disappointed is the rise of these web valuation sites although there has been one that I feel that has some potential. I have been surprised by housefront.com, over the last several weeks I have compared the estimated values to the selling price of houses that have sold through my agency and on average have seen give or take about 10% variation from Housefront’s estimates; which is accurate enough to be very useful to me especially with the mobile text messaging feature. If Housefront continues to add more useful features I believe it can be a powerful resource. What has really disappointed me about other similar services is that even though more visually appealing they have tended to be very inaccurate. Lauren The real estate industry is changing fast one area that I have been really disappointed is the rise of these web valuation sites although there has been one that I feel that has some potential. I have been surprised by housefront.com, over the last several weeks I have compared the estimated values to the selling price of houses that have sold through my agency and on average have seen give or take about 10% variation from Housefront’s estimates; which is accurate enough to be very useful to me especially with the mobile text messaging feature. If Housefront continues to add more useful features I believe it can be a powerful resource. What has really disappointed me about other similar services is that even though more visually appealing they have tended to be very inaccurate.

Lauren

]]> By: Ernie Tabel http://www.realtythoughts.com/2007/08/a-nar-consumer-web-play-is-absurd/comment-page-1/#comment-13327 Ernie Tabel Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:10:57 +0000 http://www.realtythoughts.com/?p=318#comment-13327 Realtor.com certainly has no intention of "trailblazing" much of anything. But they're starting to make noise about becoming more of a "fast follower", whatever that means. Realtor.com certainly has no intention of “trailblazing” much of anything. But they’re starting to make noise about becoming more of a “fast follower”, whatever that means.

]]> By: Matt Cooper http://www.realtythoughts.com/2007/08/a-nar-consumer-web-play-is-absurd/comment-page-1/#comment-13312 Matt Cooper Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:07:12 +0000 http://www.realtythoughts.com/?p=318#comment-13312 HA! You guys think you have it bad! Try Canada... Have you seen mls.ca? HA! You guys think you have it bad! Try Canada… Have you seen mls.ca?

]]> By: Erik Hersman http://www.realtythoughts.com/2007/08/a-nar-consumer-web-play-is-absurd/comment-page-1/#comment-13294 Erik Hersman Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:15:56 +0000 http://www.realtythoughts.com/?p=318#comment-13294 Hi John. Yeah, this was kind of a jaw-dropping moment for me. Hi John. Yeah, this was kind of a jaw-dropping moment for me.

]]> By: john harper http://www.realtythoughts.com/2007/08/a-nar-consumer-web-play-is-absurd/comment-page-1/#comment-13287 john harper Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:49:39 +0000 http://www.realtythoughts.com/?p=318#comment-13287 You nuts??? Are you kidding, you're right on the money. The NAR is a reactive organization not a trailblazer. The NAR focus is protect not serve, talk a lot, act as little as needed. You nuts???

Are you kidding, you’re right on the money. The NAR is a reactive organization not a trailblazer. The NAR focus is protect not serve, talk a lot, act as little as needed.

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