Comments on: Estately Comes to Portland

By: gmac

gmac — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:14:59 +0000

Estately sounds like it has built in lots of useful functionality for most potential home buyers. Being able to search for school districts would probably be nice for many buyers too.

By: Estately, DOJ, and other weirdness | 1000Watt Consulting

Estately, DOJ, and other weirdness | 1000Watt Consulting — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:19:47 +0000

[...] Estately, the MLS-powered search site with a referral business model, expands to a new state. [...]

By: Jon Baker

Jon Baker — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:03:15 +0000

It's interesting looking at the differences between multi listing sites in the US and the UK. Obviously geography plays a big part in driving some of the differences, but I think there's a lot to learn in both directions. Take a look at globrix.co.uk for instance as a new UK site (that I have no connection with other than as a user).

By: sohoprop

sohoprop — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:47:34 +0000

Looks like a great site

By: Galen Ward

Galen Ward — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:36:49 +0000

Jonathan, we are very disappointed by our inability to show addresses for RMLS properties. I do believe it stifles competition and limits our ability to serve consumers. We are working with RMLS board members to change this situation. Good call.

By: Galen Ward

Galen Ward — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:36:49 +0000

By: Jonathan Cardella

Jonathan Cardella — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:51:37 +0000

The guys at Estately do a great job with very little backing. When you compare that to the big guys like Zillow and Trulia, it really puts it into perspective. I am sure they want to go national but the fact that they are mapping neighborhoods nationally is not an indication because their neighborhood definitions are already on a national level while their property listings are added one MLS at a time. Unfortunately “going national” is a slow and painstaking process and don't be fooled, this is by design.

What I find interesting is the RMLS regulations which require Estately not to display property addresses. This is preposterous and definitely not in the spirit of the recent DOJ settlement with NAR. While that settlement applied only to VOW Agreements, in theory, what the DOJ finds acceptable is that online brokers (with membership) and their off line counterparts must be able to provide the same information to consumers (that the MLS normally provides its members). Essentially, this MLS regulation is designed to make Estately and similarly innovative businesses less competitive than local brick and mortar brokers, thereby limiting Estately's reach and ability to provide consumers with better agents at lower commission rates. Locking out companies like Estately is definitely not in the best interest of the consumer or the industry. And at a time when when our national real estate market is experiencing a major downturn, any efforts to stifle competition and exposure to the sector should be viewed as high treason, IMHO.

By: Silly MLS IDX Rules | GeekEstate Blog

Silly MLS IDX Rules | GeekEstate Blog — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:27:29 +0000

[...] read some stuff the other day about how the talented crew over at Estately recently launched into the [...]

By: Hawaii_Real_Estate

Hawaii_Real_Estate — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:52:57 +0000

I saw this yesterday. Great job Estately, I'm jealous. I did notice that when you typed in Portland, it gave me multiple choices and when I selected a Portland outside of the RMLS, like in Texas, it was able to map it and put boundaries on it even though there were no properties.

Hmmm…could they be going nation wide?

By: Matt Goyer’s Real Estate Blog » Blog Archive » Estately Heads South Without Addresses

Wed, 28 May 2008 19:42:13 +0000

[...] hasn’t been much coverage of their expansion; most notably FoREM wrote about it, Estately Comes to Portland. What’s shockingly absent from the rather sparse coverage is the fact that Estately cannot [...]