Pittsburgh Homes Daily

Two interesting news stories this morning in the real estate world.
First: ListingDomains.com has released a press release that they are experiencing a 10% a month increase in the number of single property websites ordered by real estate agents.
Second: CityCribs has announced a marketing partnership with Help-U-Sell, where Help-U-Sell listed properties will be found on CityCribs.
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The Dallas Morning News ran an article today about the increasing popularity of real estate blogs among real estate agents.
Although there are a number of statements in the article that I find questionable, it is nice to see the mainstream media recognize a few bloggers for their efforts online.
I’m not going to nit pick through [...]

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My feed reader picked up a news story about a new real estate website focused (for now) on the Albany, NY market called 4anagent.com that launched Nov. 10, 2006.  I haven’t registered for the website (both agents and customers must register), but based on the news story in the Business Review, it appears to allow sellers [...]

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It’s November 15th and that means that it is time to check in the real estate SEO contest which I announced at the beginning of November.  For those that would like to join in the fun and learn more about how effective your blog is at capturing search engine rankings for a particular phrase, there’s still time.  The contest concludes [...]

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Two posts yesterday really hit home for me. 
“One of the best parts about Web 2.0 is the focus towards online collaboration.”
The first post was on the Center for Realtor Technology blog.  It said, “One of the best parts about Web 2.0 is the focus towards online collaboration.”  Although the context of the post makes clear that the reference [...]

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With the introduction of another home valuation tool (CyberHomes) to the market, Hotpads started running a comparison of the results from the home valuation tools.  Here are the valuations for ten homes around Pittsburgh from CyberHomes, Zillow, and RealEstateABC.  Listed represents the price that the home is currently listed for on the West Penn MLS.
 
 
    
House [...]

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On October 11, 2006, two real estate bloggers planted the seeds for an idea that I would like to try to implement today.  On that day, Sellsius asked, “Got Blog Juice?“ and The Future of Real Estate Marketing queried, “Who Wants A Juice Fight?“.  Maybe I didn’t have enough juice to drink this past weekend, but I started thinking [...]

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Here’s my 5 favorite search terms that led people to this wonderful blog in October.  I hope that they found what they were looking for:
5. kwd to the blg.  Ok, you’ve got me.  No one actually searched this term.  But I’m in the double digits on blg hits and climbing fast on the kwd charts.  I [...]

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Mapvine is the most recent mashup tool enabling real estate agents and property managers to add a map to their website to show real estate listings without requiring one to dive into the coding behind Google Maps.  You can read more about its launch on the Rentvine Blog.
 
 
I figured I would sign up and give it a try — it [...]

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I was on my usual warpath to find news for Real Estate Voices this morning when I surfed over to Digg.  Digg informed me that they were doing some work and digg was down.  However, they were kind enough to recommend a few sites in their absence, and I found Grow-a-brain, run by a real estate blogger, on the list.
Congratulations Hanan!
Here’s a screenshot [...]

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