Comments on: Trulia Cracks Opens Up Its Data Trove

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:25:59 +0000

I love mashups

By: andres

andres — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:22:27 +0000

Nice, guys

By: Real Estate Blog - Trulia Mashing It Up

Real Estate Blog - Trulia Mashing It Up — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:46:48 +0000

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By: Tim R

Tim R — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:46:02 +0000

The cost of homes for sale is now on the decline. Buyers go out and negotiate.

By: Tecnología Inmobiliaria

Tecnología Inmobiliaria — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:49:06 +0000

[...] es como han calificado en el blog de Transparen Real Estate, no se muy bien si en serio o en broma, a la API que Trulia ha publicado recientemente. Y esque la [...]

By: Sami

Sami — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:27:48 +0000

Hey guys, Sami from Trulia here.
Pamela and Laura – we appreciate that our coverage isn’t at 100% yet, but we are working very hard to partner with all of you to have your listings in the Trulia search index (for free).
While some online services in the past have “scraped” listings from across the web and immediately built higher coverage (by number of listings – often not quality wise), we take pride in the fact that we currently have partnered directly with more than 100 of the very largest brokerage firms across the country. By continuing on this path, in the not so distant future, we hope to have most of the listings on our site to make Trulia an even better consumer tool.
If you have any questions about working with us, let me know – my email is sami (at) Trulia.

Joel, thanks for the coverage of the Trulia API. We are excited to see what types of applications get developed and have already heard from a number of developers hoping to integrate our data into their own destination sites!

By: Robbie

Robbie — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:44:06 +0000

I somewhat disagree. Most MLS/IDX web sites are limited in features, local in scope, slow and in general have a poor user experience (although they do have all the listings for their MLS service area).

With the expection of a few large brokers in Seattle (John L Scott, CB Bain) and few tech savy brokers (Redfin, Catalist Homes), Trulia is a better tool for searching for listings, despite the fact it doesn’t have all the listings. It does have listings for every part of the country (which most broker sites do not). If I was moving out of state, my search would begin at Trulia (and end a local broker).

By: Laura Kaan

Laura Kaan — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:36:43 +0000

I agree with Pamela. I think it is a hard sell for Trulia to be able to compete with IDX sites, Realtor.com etc. Althoug Trulia is making headway, consumers are smart enough to realize that Trulia is limited and probably doesn’t offer as broad of a home search as they would like. For example, they have approx 2,000 out of over 5,000 active listings in the Colorado Springs area.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:42:21 +0000

The biggest difference between two markets in the US I could find was Atherton, CA (home of Silicon Valley billionaires) and Gary, IN (home of really cheap homes).

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:39:01 +0000

Well well isn’t this interesting… not sure where I’ve been but just learned about this newest so called “search all homes for sale” site… I guess everyone does want to be the next Realtor.com.

But as a broker here’s my problem…. If a savvy internet home buyer is looking for a home let’s say in Raleigh (where I am located) and uses this particular site ALL they are going to see are the listings from the particular brokerages that are subscribing to Trulia – like KW, HPW etc. I just tested it… But with so many agent sites out there linked to the local multiple listing services through IDX (where they will get EVERYTHING active in that MLS) why would they use something like Trulia?

Just a thought…