Greg already covered tonight’s Redfin announcements…

Posted by Dustin on January 31, 2008 in Industry Blogs | ∞

…in detail, so no need for me to repeat things. But what stuck out for me the first time I read the press release was that they are now giving consumers the ability to export all of their saved listings to a spreadsheet for better off-line analysis. That’s a beautiful idea. And it pains [...]

Tags: analytics, listing, Redfin, search

This comment from Pam Guthrie on Bloodhound seems like something that would be…

Posted by Dustin on January 31, 2008 in Uncategorized | ∞

…worthy of a response from the Trulia team: I wish that Trulia would do what it says it will: … meaning, that it suggests to you that if you get a point2agent website, your listings will be fed into trulia. WRONG ! I pulled up a couple of my own personal listings and noticed that [...]

Tags: ads, listing, Trulia

Rumor has it that NAR’s Second Century can’t fund…

Posted by Dustin on January 31, 2008 in Innovation, Investment | ∞

…starts-ups that feature listings thanks to the non-compete clause with Move. This begs the question: What benefit will the VC fund actually bring to its members if they can’t help them market their listings? (On a side note, I REALLY want to thank everyone who has been sending me tips lately… It definitely makes checking [...]

Tags: listing, move.com, real estate, Realtor.com, Second Century

Thanks to Marc for his kind write-up on 1000Watt

Posted by Dustin on January 30, 2008 in 4realz, Industry Blogs | ∞

I’ve had some great conversations with Brian and Marc of the 1000Watt team lately and all my experiences have been positive. I don’t get the impression that there is a lot of fluff in what they do or the services they provide.

Tags: blogging