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Now this is news: A local association jumps on the market data opportunity

By Brian Boero | June 2nd, 2009 | 7 Comments Categories: MLS, Real estate market, real estate technology

10k Research officially launched today. The company is a for-profit entity set up by the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors that slices, dices and visualizes MLS data into local market metrics suitable for consumer consumption. Their service is available to brokers, MLSs and associations across the country.
I wrote about their hometown market effort a few [...]

Zillow’s new iPhone app: Taking it to the streets

By Marc Davison | April 29th, 2009 | 21 Comments Categories: Apple, Apps, MLS, Mobile, Zillow, iPhone

When David Gibbons gave me an early peek of the new Zillow iPhone app on Monday, my first thought was how this would take the frustration I feel online at home to the streets. Great. Now trying to figure out what’s real when it comes to home values can be frustrating everywhere!
But then I delved [...]

“Seeing” the future of online real estate

By Brian Boero | February 18th, 2009 | 6 Comments Categories: Brokers, Ideas, MLS, Video, real estate technology

A couple weeks ago, Frontdoor.com released its City Guides product [Disclosure: Frontdoor.com is a 1000watt Consulting client]. This is worth noting for several reasons. The user experience is first rate; the balance between content and design, data and vibe is…

Show me the market!

By Brian Boero | February 17th, 2009 | 13 Comments Categories: Agents, Brokers, MLS, Real estate search, Redfin, User experience

You may have noticed I am a big advocate of putting real estate market information into the hands of consumers. During most of the boom years, buyers and sellers made life-changing decisions based on thin slices of information. A few…

The MLS moment

By Brian Boero | January 14th, 2009 | 9 Comments Categories: Leadership, MLS, New business models, real estate technology

We’re bullish on MLS. Or rather, the potential that lies within most MLS organizations. In fact, Marc and I think MLSs hold some of the most exciting possibilities in real estate and technology in 2009. I know that may sound…

Google’s OpenSocial and the future of the MLS

By Brian Boero | December 29th, 2008 | 6 Comments Categories: MLS, New business models, Social Networks, Web 2.0

Brian published this post back on November 6th, 2007. The observations he made then about the social implications and viability of the MLS resonate today — Marc I’ve been chewing on the idea of Google’s OpenSocial for the past few…

Real estate on steroids

By Marc Davison | December 18th, 2008 | 14 Comments Categories: MLS, Microblogging, Social Networks, The Ether, Twitter, Web 2.0, Web/Tech

Stattweets launched today, enabling sports fans to follow their favorite teams, get spreads, scores, standings, ranks etc. The idea isn’t new but their angle is. The content here is broadcast direct from the teams themselves rather than from the arbitrary…

Roost gets $8 million: I have a few questions

By Brian Boero | December 11th, 2008 | 4 Comments Categories: Brokers, MLS, New business models

I like Roost. The search experience is really good — at least until the user is redirected to a brokerage site, which is, in most cases, pretty jarring. The company also provides a nice example of what can be done…

Hell breaks loose in the new listings war

By Brian Boero | September 3rd, 2008 | 4 Comments Categories: MLS, New business models, Redfin, Trulia, Zillow

I returned from my vacation last week to find my inbox and reader filled with talk about listing coverage, comprehensiveness and quality sparked by a somewhat ham-fisted PR gambit by Roost. I had just written about this the week before….

An insider’s smile

By Brian Boero | June 30th, 2008 | 2 Comments Categories: Brokers, MLS

I re-read the NAR/DOJ settlement document over the weekend following a detailed discussion with a client. The language below didn’t jump out at me before, but made me smile the second time around. “An MLS may not refuse to deal…

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