Over a year ago, Google started incorporating real estate search into Google Maps in the US. Now Australia gets the feature.
Yahoo Real Estate Unveils New Search Experience
Pity the poor person who’s trying to sell a house in this market; with prices diving and places available on almost every street, they probably won’t get a great deal. But an updated Yahoo Real Estate aims to make sure sales at least occur, and it might become a buyer’s dream.
Google Maps Offers Real Estate Listings
Realtors have had a hard time these past six or so months; as the housing market crashed, the competition for buyers grew fierce. Now Google’s making things even more interesting by introducing a real estate search option on the main page of Google Maps.
Real Estate Sites Drawing Traffic Due To Foreclosures
Real estate Web sites are featuring a growing number of homes that are in pre-foreclosure and foreclosure. In March, Yahoo Real Estate launched a site focused on foreclosures with Realty Trac broadening the reach of information to nearly 500 million global users. "The goal for you as a buyer is to purchase a property at least 20 percent below full market value, although better deals are often possible," reads Yahoo’s site.
Zillow To Run Newspaper Real Estate Ads
Real estate site Zillow.com, which focuses on house price comparisons has entered a deal with the publishers of 282 newspapers to carry their real estate advertisements.
Real Estate Blog Raises $1.5 Million
So what if the real estate market is tanking? I think that’s much more interesting to read about than a break-even or everybody-gets-rich scenario, and some investors may feel the same way; Curbed.com, a blog that covers real estate, just received $1.5 million in funding.
Google Makes Real Estate-AdWords Arrangement
Google’s in it for the long haul – the search giant just signed a three-year deal with Network Communications, “the leading publisher of printed and online real estate information in North America.” At stake? AdWords.
Redfin Real Estate Site Lands $12 Million
Redfin is an “online brokerage for residential real estate,” and, if you read the company’s website, it was actually the first one. It’s probably also the richest – Redfin just received $12 million in financing.
Yahoo Real Estate, Apartments.com Partner
Finding permanent housing is a tricky thing – one has to consider location, price, size, age, and about a million other factors; renters have it even tougher, in a sense, as they have to make those choices year after year. Now Yahoo Real Estate has decided that Apartments.com is just the site to help these people out.
Redfin Fined For Real Estate Blog
For an outfit like Google, $50,000 isn’t much – this is, after all, the corporation that bought a full-size SpaceShipOne replica for no apparent reason. But for Redfin, a $50,000 loss is a show-stopper, and the real estate company shut down part of its “Sweet Digs” blog after being fined that amount.