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In January 2012, representatives from numerous tech companies will visit New York for the Real Estate Connect conference. The theme for this year is “Innovation in Action”. The annual conference brings together influential people from the worlds of real estate and technology. Among the industry-leading thinkers and innovators featured this year are: Phil Libin, [...]
Anyone would think massively successful real estate entities on the web could afford the very best digital engagement. And they can, they just somehow don’t see fit to offer gripping aesthetics, a real conversation, and true value to visitors – at least not their best efforts. This begs the question; “Should Google factor in aesthetics and social media engagement where relevance is concerned?” Maybe Google + will?
Zillow Inc.’s initial public offering is due to price today, and while important news for Zillow, many smaller dot-com companies will be watching anxiously to see how much interest is raised. Estimates put the value of as Zillow, which had first-quarter revenue of $11.3 million, at around $460 million. In comparison other recently floated companies [...]
Anyone knows everything is bigger in Texas, and real estate companies online there should be no different, right? Today RealtyBizNews shines a digital spotlight on Houston, Texas, one of America’s most progressive cities, to find out about digital awareness Texas Style.
Real estate professionals in the US are complaining of coming across far too many errors with online property listings, and say that agents are not doing enough to make sure that the details on their listings are kept up to date. Troy Deierling, who works in the Sedona, Arizona, real estate industry, is just [...]
A full recovery in the US housing market won’t happen for at least another three years, or maybe even longer, say 54% of Americans surveyed by Trulia and Realty Trac last year. The survey, which was designed to evaluate American’s attitudes to real estate, home ownership and the foreclosure crisis, was a great deal [...]
Popular real estate search and valuation website Zillow today announced its acquisition of the Postlets listing syndication platform. Postlets is a unique tool that allows users to distribute property listings and promote real estate for sale to 13 different social media and real estate websites for free, including Zillow itself, Yahoo Real Estate, Trulia, Twitter, Facebook and more.
