When I posted my list of 750 real estate blogs at the start of April, I speculated that there were over 1,000 active real estate blogs.
Since that date, I have discovered two real estate blogs within an hour of Pittsburgh that I was unaware existed. Now, I’ve been emailed about two high profile real estate agents [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Real Estate'
Welcome, High Profile Real Estate Bloggers
April 30th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Blogging · Real Estate
Real Estate Companies playing catch up online
April 28th, 2007 · 3 Comments
When I checked out the website for HGTV’s new reality show about a group of Northern New Jersey Realtors (Bought & Sold - premieres Sunday April 29 at 10 PM est), I found this interesting Coldwell Banker ad:
Too Funny. Better watch out, Zillow!
Tags: Real Estate · technology
Landlords and Apartment Hunters Take Note: Interview with TenantMarket.com
April 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Traditionally, apartment hunters must search through hundreds of listings by landlords and rental companies in order to find the perfect apartment. Tenant Market is trying to change that process to make it easier for both landlords and tenants.
Jeremy Bencken from TenantMarket.com kindly agreed to answer a few of my questions about how it works. [...]
Tags: Interview · Pittsburgh · Real Estate · technology
Pittsburgh Home Sales Steady
April 18th, 2007 · No Comments
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review noted today that home sales held steady in the Pittsburgh region from Jan. to March. The story pretty much tracks every report I’ve seen on Pittsburgh housing over the last year: Not up big. Not down big. Just steady.
The much more interesting numbers will be April through June.
Tags: Pittsburgh · Real Estate
Interview with Pittsburgh-based Mobile Content Company: MoGoes
April 18th, 2007 · No Comments
Last month, Pittsburgh-based mobile media company MoGoes created a buzz around Pittsburgh when it announced that it would be working with Visit Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership to create mobile content for downtown Pittsburgh. It turns out that this story was just the tip of the iceberg for our local startup. It has grand plans in the real estate [...]
Tags: Interview · Mobile · Pittsburgh · Real Estate
More Pgh Real Estate Blogs!
April 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment
As I’ve been searching the country for real estate blogs, I have to shamefully admit that I’ve missed two in my own backyard.
The Realtor Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh has been blogging since December 2006 at on RAMP: Real Estate Newswire; and
Jeff Philibin of Allied Home Mortgage in Johnstown also has a Mortgage blog.
Sorry! Just goes to [...]
Tags: Blogging · Real Estate
Case Study in Viral Marketing for Real Estate?
April 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Viral marketing is a subject that I have definitely been thinking alot about given my last two posts.
For real estate agents, the marketing method for a home generally is:
Take great pictures.
Put it on the MLS and the internet.
Run a couple open houses.
Tell other agents about it.
Advertise in newspaper.
Hope it sells, the home is “improved,” or the [...]
Tags: Pittsburgh · Real Estate
750 real estate blogs
April 9th, 2007 · 99 Comments
To celebrate the first day of Project Blogger, I’ve decided to release the first update to the list of 500 real estate blogs to watch that I published back in October 2006. My goal with this edition was to ensure that I had a real estate blog for every state, and I believe I’ve accomplished [...]
Tags: Blogging · Real Estate
Pittsburgh’s downtown construction projects
April 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment
Last weekend, I was having a conversation with someone about the number of downtown projects that are in the planning/construction stages and expected to open in 2008-2009. Today, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette goes so far as to say that “[b]y late 2009, you might not recognize the place.”
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has put together a list [...]
Tags: Architecture · Commercial Real Estate · Downtown · Pittsburgh · Real Estate
URA to FINALLY acquire Garden Theatre
February 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I missed the news yesterday in the paper that the URA is going to take possession of the Garden Theatre on Wednesday. Thanks Doug for bringing it to my attention. Here is the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article on the news.
Now the question is whether the request for developer proposals that have been released [...]
Tags: Commercial Real Estate · North Shore · Pittsburgh · Real Estate · URA