Consumers are increasingly relying on online reviews and rating websites when it comes to choosing a rental property, according to a new survey from Binary Fountain. The reputation management firm’s 2019 Renter Insight & Digital Engagement survey of more than 1,000 adults searching for a rental home, found that consumers are increasingly using online rating
How Reliable Are Utility Comparison Websites?
Comparison websites conveniently provide company owners and individuals an efficient way to look for a better energy deal. Switching suppliers is a recognised best practice among all kinds of consumers because you are almost always guaranteed to find a cheaper rate by moving to a new energy supplier. Moreover, business energy contracts usually get transferred
[Infographic] Gain Competitive Edge with Your Website
Since we began RealtyBizNews one recurrent thematic, or perhaps we should say “problem”, has veritably haunted us – the relative mediocrity of real estate sites and digital engagement. Perhaps no other industry, at least no other major one, has shown more utter disregard for the potential of online branding – let along sales and conversion. This is tough love, but truth in fact.
Zillow Acquires HotPads for $16 Million
In real estate technology news, Zillow has announced the acquisititon of real estate search site HotPads for an estimated $16 million in chash. This acquisition is supposedly slated to grow Zillow’s “rental audience” as well as extend the company’s marketing for rental pros.
Wisconsin’s Shorewest Realty Shows Up On Radar – Others Don’t
“Pulling out the stops”, sometimes that’s what it takes to break ahead of the competition. This morning an article over at Inman News tweaked my interest in a real estate company that may just be pulling those proverbial bonds of convention. Wisconsin based Shorewest Realtors not only released a cutting edge new website, but went to TV advertising to tell about it.
Becoming the World’s Greatest Realtor: Step One
When I set out to evaluate the real estate industry, in as far as ways in which value could be added at the “B” and “C” ends of the spectrum, I did not set out on any “witch hunt” for mediocrity. How do even the best agents plan to “step up” their game to meet the ever changing landscape of real estate needs?