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As Estately grows, so does consumer choice

By Joel Burslem | March 2nd, 2010
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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 searching by [...]


Zillow starts charging for listings

By Joel Burslem | December 14th, 2009
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Starting tomorrow Zillow will be charging for all manual listing uploads to their site. This, as they also add rental properties to their site as well (here’s looking at you Apartments.com, you’re next in the crosshairs).


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Google made a big real estate move today

By Brian Boero | October 30th, 2009
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Google announced a big real estate move about two hours ago: listings can now be viewed on any Google Map by clicking on the “More” button, a position heretofore reserved for photos, transit information and other overlays.
Here’s what it looks like:


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Food for thought from the past week

By Brian Boero | August 12th, 2009
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10:30 a.m. on Wednesday and I have just now returned my inbox and reader to some sense of order after the Inman conference last week.
Here are some things I came across in that process that got me thinking:

Yellowbird, a start-up based in the Netherlands, launched something that approximates Google Street View done with video cameras. [...]


Layar launches, RETS feed mashed up with my cerebral cortex

By Brian Boero | June 23rd, 2009
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Well almost…
Layar, an “Augmented reality browser,” was presented this past weekend at the Mobile 2.0 Europe conference in Spain.
The application allows users to view an enhanced version of reality through the lens of their mobile phone’s camera. It is currently available in the Netherlands, on Android phones.
Layers, or “Layars” of information integrated with the application are [...]


Real estate technology is headed straight to the small screen

By Brian Boero | June 11th, 2009
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The announcement of the iPhone 3G S this week adds confidence to my belief that real estate websites as we know them are a legacy platform.
The handheld device will be the locus of real estate technology innovation in the coming years.
The inherent “limitations” of the small screen are in fact liberating for the people who [...]


Active.com’s answer to a burning real estate search question

By Marc Davison | April 23rd, 2009
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Home search does not have to boring. In fact, it can be amazing. Completely fulfilling. And offered right through a brokerage website.
Today, things like mapping, neighborhood boundaries, local demographics, education scores, lifestyle values, Street View, Reviews, RSS feeds from local content providers, photos, videos, valuations and more make it possible to deliver a rich experience [...]


A small move by Google offers a peak into online real estate’s future

By Brian Boero | April 7th, 2009
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Google announced a relatively modest enhancement to its Google Earth iPhone app last Friday that got my mind going.
Now, when a user “flies” to a location in Earth and clicks one of the icons that denote a “place,” they see a neatly arranged collection of media that bring it to life – photos, videos, Wikipedia [...]


Show me the market!

By Brian Boero | February 17th, 2009
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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…


A home search wish for 2009: Let’s get visual!

By Brian Boero | December 21st, 2008
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To properly merchandise a listing, one should: A. Park a 1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass on the front lawn B. Arrange a “Beeramid” on the kitchen table C. Post blurry, poorly composed photos of the property on the web For sooooo long,…


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