Category Archives: Real Estate Technology

Yahoo!, Zillow and Trulia Talk About Merging Ideas to Create a New Data Standards Format

Yahoo!, Zillow and Trulia Talk About Merging Ideas to Create a New Data Standards Format.
Hooray!  The single largest issue that bogs down better real estate Search is the hieroglyphical nature of the data between repositories (MLS’ primarily).
Many times cooperative yields far better results than competitive…but then the id, ego, and/or super-ego goes and gets in [...]

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Zillow Lands a Big Listing Fish Too

Drew reports of Zillows newest splash into the property listing pool by hooking up with Homes and Land.
The push toward an advertised to available property listing tipping point continues…It’s a horse race folks.

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A National MLS Won’t Work, But a Loose Network of Savvy Real Estate Professionals Could

Trulia, Zillow, Propsmart, Roost, DotHomes, Terrabitz (the list of contenders goes on and on) are some of the players in a race to become the new ‘National MLS Solution’. Initially a proponent of ‘anything except the current system’, I’ve sat back and watched hundreds of millions of dollars be sunk into the promise [...]

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Google, The Core Driver Behind SEO Strategies, Looks to Become the King of Social Networking Optimization (SNO) Too.

I penned this post on another site back in November, alas I want to continue the thread of this conversation here on The XBroker.  Hopefully the big G doesnt penalize me too bad for duplicate content…
Google, the core driver behind SEO strategies, looks to become the King of Social Networking Optimization (SNO) as well.

“The web [...]

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ActiveRain secures $2.75M in Financing From HouseValues

ActiveRain secures $2.75M in Financing From HouseValues
Sans opinion, I wanted to throw up a quick congratulations to Jon, Matt, et. al. over at ActiveRain, the premiere social network for real estate related professionals.
The life of an entrepreneur is filled with many peaks and valleys, so I’m glad to see their success in a vital area [...]

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