4realz.net

… continues to move towards a more backend technology play as oppose to a front-end consumer destination site.  I think that’s a smart move by them.

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…the Zillow machine, but I seriously doubt it…
I 100% agree that someone could seriously improve on the existing CRM products for agents… During our after-lunch conversation this past week, I mentioned that if Trulia really wants to reach marketing dominance some day, they should offer a free, high-quality CRM to agents. [...]

…providing websites for brokerages.
White-labeling a quality broker site is decent idea for a business, but worthy of $10M in funding?
What do you think they charge for a website like this?   $10K/year?   $30K/year? Do you think they agree to go exclusive for an area?

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…personalized website for brokers route (example).  It’s nice to see that Terabitz is stil around (I didnt’ hear or see anything from them at RE Connect), although with $10M in funding, those had better be some expensive websites if investors are going to recoup their money.

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Top 10 stories of 2007 from Inman News (see the article for details):

Subprime market implodes; housing downturn worsens.
Blogging runs deeper in real estate’s blood.
Foxtons closes shop.
Foreclosure problem worsens; Bush announces rescue plan.
Redfin and “60 Minutes” of fame.
Trulia and Zillow get booted from Prudential Real Estate convention.
Realogy goes private.

Well-known real estate writer dies.
NAR’s Gateway project announced.
FHA [...]

…about how I tried to solve the problem at REALTOR.com back when I was on the product team at Move (May ‘06 to Dec ‘06).
Back then, I took over a mapping initiative because I wanted to create an interface to that could aggregate and display the vast amount of data within the grasp of REALTOR.com, [...]