RealTown just uploaded its look, bringing much more of the site’s community features front and center. The new design positions it to compete more directly against ActiveRain, who seems to be the behemoth in terms of online real estate communities at the moment. It’ll be interesting to see whether the new design...
Heads up from the blog 360 Digest – Craigslist in the Seattle-Tacoma area is now requiring brokers to register to post properties to the site. Currently, NY is the only Craigslist in the country with a fee to post properties – $10 for reposting a brokered housing posts. Some are concerned the Seattle registration...
Early on, agents building a blog might feel like they are speaking to an empty room For all the benefit it has for agents, the Internet can also be a brutal place. And agents wbo blog are agents that put themselves in the center of the storm. Blogs take a while to mature, and along the way, every real estate blogger will...
A release from Coldwell Banker today announced the company started formatting its search results for use on the iPhone. Michael Fischer, senior vice president of marketing for Coldwell Banker Real Estate, said in a statement that the new features recognize that society is increasingly mobile, “moving away from the...
Using other vendors for your mobile real estate marketing? It’s time to make the switch to SPS Mobile Marketer. SPS Mobile Marketer gives you the same text message flyers, but SPS does it for free as part of each Single Property Sites subscription. Plus, when you switch to SPS, you receive the entire suite of SPS...
In case you missed their article last week, Trulia gave some good information for agents looking to reach international buyers via the Trulia platform. There was some interesting information – according to their survey, international buyers are most often looking for property in these states: International buyers...
According to a press release put out today, Realtor.com is still the top site for consumers looking for real estate information. The release cites comScore Media Metrics as the source, which is reputable. From the release: “The comScore data continues to demonstrate our position as the leader and industry standard...
Saw this in my news alerts this morning: A recent survey conducted jointly by VHT, Inc., and PropertyPreviews.com highlights the impact that videos and professional photography have on the perceived value of a property. According to the survey results, the use of a video in marketing a property increases the perceived...