DC residents now have a virtual panoply of real estate search sites to choose from. Estately, the IDX-powered online brokerage, just moved into DC, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia today, adding 60,000 new homes and condos to their database. In addition to Estately, lucky Mid-Atlantic residents can thaw themselves with dreams of warmer springtime home [...]
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Looking back at Real Estate Connect New York
I looked down into the touch-screen display at JFK: “Upgrade to first class for $250.” There was no way I could justify this. I can’t afford it, frankly. But my body cried to be horizontal; my mind begged for stillness. Done deal.
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Stop yelling at me
Why do so many agents use all caps for property descriptions? Just now I was looking at some design comps our designer created against a live implementation of her work. The live property detail page was marred by a massive block of all-caps nonsense. Someone please tell me there’s a crazy but nonetheless adhered to [...]
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Now this is news: A local association jumps on the market data opportunity
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 [...]
Zillow’s new iPhone app: Taking it to the streets
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 [...]
“Seeing” the future of online real estate
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!
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
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
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
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…
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