Shackprices, the Seattle based real estate search site, has relaunched itself under a new banner, now calling itself Estately (a much more dignified name, if you ask me). John Cook reports that the name change was prompted by a desire “to move away from the word ’shack’.”
The company, which is a licensed broker with the [...]
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OK, not quite. But in what’s officially the first of what will surely be a long line to come (and no, I’m not talking about the folks lining up for an iPhone), UK property search engine Nestoria has just released a Nestoria Facebook Application.
It’s not a huge technical leap, but I’m impressed. Adding the Nestoria’s [...]
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OpenHouse.com is the latest effort from real estate brand conglomerate Realogy to capitalize on the web and today they have expanded the site’s coverage to all its brands.
They’ve built out the site as a single destination for buyers to build and create a private open house itinerary. The site lists thousands of open houses [...]
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Inman News names the finalists for the 2007 Innovator Awards. For more on some of the nominees’ accomplishments, read:
Coldwell Banker
Coldwell Banker Opens Office in Second Life
Foxtons
Foxtons Imports Audioshows to USA
Google Street View
Next Generation Virtual Tours
John L. Scott
John L. Scott breaks the mold
The Evolution of Map Based Searches
Point2NLS
Point2Homes Thinks Inside the Box
Trulia Voices
Trulia Finds Its Voice
vFlyer
vFlyers [...]
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From today’s Inman TV, my interview with Karim Tahawi, founder of my-currency. my-currency is a site that is trying to tap the ‘wisdom of the crowds’ to get user generated market valuations.
For more, read My-Currency Wants to Use the Wisest of the Crowds.
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It seems that city level real estate search is so thoroughly saturated now (Trulia, Shackprices, Move.com, Homegain, even Zillow getting in the game) that next great trend for web 2.0 services is a virtual land rush to cover your neighborhood, even your street.
Neighborhood Crossing launched this week (see Bringing neighbors together with NeighborhoodCrossing.com) by offering [...]
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John L. Scott’s Neighborhood Wizard was just the latest by a web site to clean up map based real estate search (see The Evolution of Map Based Searches). And while I called it a ‘gimmick’ in my earlier post, it is an important step forward towards making map searches more usable.
Point2 Homes has released a [...]
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Or wishful thinking?
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What is the matrix? by t-mix
Virtual tours are on the verge of becoming just that; more virtual.
Up until this point, they have been well, frankly, disapointing. Greater adoption of video by real estate marketers could help this situation in the short term (see Inman Connect Highlights Real Estate 2.0), but thankfully there is some cause [...]
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Vflyer, the online classifieds ad generator, launched User Enhanced images yesterday with a service they’re calling WatermarkPlus. The service lets you add you own graphics to any image you upload to the site. You can add graphic and text elements to your pictures using an easy 3-step process and you can even add watermarks to [...]
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