Breaking news from Inman Blogger Connect: Trulia has announced that it is launching a blog platform. I don’t have a link, because this was on a piece of paper, but there will be an official announcement later. I actually had a chance to speak with Vicky Gkiza, Sr. Product Manager for Community, at Trulia and… … Read more
Mike Farmer at Bloodhound has an inspirational and thought-provoking post up on what he calls a “Biz 2.0: Super Real Estate Company” would look like. Read the whole thing; it’s long, but worth the time. By now, readers of this blog know that I am entirely simpatico to Mike’s call for a new enlightened leadership … Read more
This is big news that portends intensely amusing times ahead: A National Association of Realtors tech incubator company has acquired a commercial real estate data exchange company and plans to use its technology to launch a national commercial real estate listing and transaction platform in May. Second Century Ventures LLC, a private equity fund established … Read more
I could, theoretically, go on for a few thousand words on this topic. What should a real estate website look like? What should it provide visitors? What design, what usability, what philosophy should it embrace? I could do that, yes. Or I could just tell you to go see this. Seriously, Redfin is doing some … Read more
Now, this is good news from NAR: The integrity of data is a foundation to the orderly Real Estate market. The Real Estate Transaction Standards (RETS) provides a vendor neutral, secure approach to exchanging listing information between the broker and the MLS. In order to ensure that the goal of maintaining an orderly marketplace is … Read more
Speaking of Dustin Luther, he has posted a fantastic interview with Marty Frame of Cyberhomes. Read the whole thing. It’s filled with interesting observations and thoughts. None more interesting than the conclusion: What do you see as some of the biggest changes coming to online real estate in the next two years? The herd will … Read more