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We saw two days of power politics this week, with President Obama’s speech and the republican presidential candidate debate, but do you know what the
We saw two days of power politics this week, with President Obama’s speech and the republican presidential candidate debate, but do you know what the
What is the cost of foreclosure? A story in The Detroit Free Press found that foreclosure costs the lender $78,000; homeowner $7,200; local government up
The Twittersphere was chirping loudly last week with the news that Google was dropping real estate listings from its classified listing search on Google Maps.
For those of us buried in record-levels of snow, spring feels like light-years away. Perhaps Punxsutawney Phil will declare a mild end to winter next
The Stanley Cup ended last week, but the industry is talking about a possible hockey stick recovery for housing if builders can’t “meet pent-up demand once excess inventories are depleted.” The sentiment
We had a mixed bag of news this week. Do you want the good news or bad news first? A storm cloud hung over the
Peter Flint discusses his business, Trulia and what he thinks are key takeaways from Real Estate Connect 2010.
New York City was buzzing even more than usual this week with the US Open, Fashion Week and about a 1000 real estate industry professional
To fail or not to fail. Just as real estate is finally contending with the reality that newspapers really don’t deliver value and that their demise might open up mew opportunities, Washington steps in and talks bailout. Is this a good idea? The Business Insider Silicon Alley had some thoughts on that this week.
Lynda Gratton is a professor at London Business School. She often writes smart/feel good articles. Learn to Glow is one such example that offers us insight into how to become invaluable at work.
Can you over Twitter? Yup. And when you do, you run the risk of loosing followers. Check this video by RodneyB from Reachd.
We know how well the big sites in real estate (Realtor.com, Zillow, Trulia) rank in the search engines. And we are clear about the vast amount of traffic they receive. We also know that consumers are drawn to these sites first before drilling down to the local broker and agent sites. What we inside real estate know that most consumers may not is how many local listings are actually missing from these search sites. Jay Thompson digs a little deeper into this discussion in his post this week titled Where to search for homes online.
We haven’t even reached our first birthday and we have been nominated for “The Internet’s highest honor” according to the New York Times. I think this is validation for all of the blood, sweat and tears that went into getting this site live nearly nine months ago. We are nominated for a People’s Voice Award and that requires all of our followers to Register and vote for our site. We are nominated in the Real Estate Category and are currently in dead heat for first place with HotPads and Trulia.
The numbers of boomers adopting social networks and Web 2.0 tools online continue to rise especially in regards to using platform that offer them new way to communicate with their loved ones. While the younger generation may not be so quick to friend mom and dad on Facebook, according to this article in Adage this week, both generations are enjoying the benefits of Skype. Next thing you know, Grandma will be Tweeting to the grand kids. And what a great way to bridge the generation gap.
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