My post on HomeGain (see HomeGain is AVM Also-Ran) stirred up some discussion - here is a recent email thread I had with Louis Cammarosano, HomeGain’s General Manager (which he graciously allowed me to reprint here):
Here is why we consistently rank ahead the media darling Zillow in terms of traffic and certainly in revenue- HG [...]
By Joel Burslem on Monday, April 23, 2007 Filed Under: InternetTags: AVM, Homegain, house-valuation, Internet, property-valuation, Real-Estate, Real-Estate-2.0, Real-Estate-Marketing, real-estate-website
HomeGain launched a brand new automated valuation tool last week, it’s calling its Instant Home Valuation Tool. According to their press release, it’s “the descendant of the original instant Home Valuation Tool that HomeGain created over seven years ago.”
I’m not sure what the old Instant Home Valuation Tool did, but the new one is a [...]
By Joel Burslem on Thursday, September 7, 2006 Filed Under: Internet, LogosTags: Altos-Research, Homegain, Homethinking, Real-Estate, Real-Estate-2.0, Real-Estate-Blog, Real-Estate-Marketing, Redfin, Redfin.com
Homethinking, the Realtor review site, has relaunched today with a totally redesigned site. The biggest change on the site is that it now displays property listings (pulled from HomeGain) on a Yahoo! Maps mashup. But, frankly I find the new layout confusing and a little busy.
Unfortunately, the major problem is I’m not sure where to [...]