The inverse relationship between home prices & data sharing. - 06/11/07 10:00 AM
 
Over the  past five years I have worked with hundreds of REALTORS on their web site.  As we move from MLS to MLS, I've noticed a common theme, and I'm wondering if any of you have observed it as well... The more sophisticated / exclusive / expensive the homes are in a particular community, the less likely brokers are to share data thru IDX.
The patch work of MLSes and the rules that we need to follow as web developers are hugely inefficient.  Some MLSes, such as the Vermont Real Estate Information Network are fairly progressive about datasharing.  We can post VREIN … (11 comments)

NYTimes Article On Madison WI Real Estate Market - 06/08/07 08:29 AM
A friend of mine forwarded along this article this article on the Madison market:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/business/08home.html 
Here's why I don't think this is a model for the national market:
 Like politics, all real estate is local and Madison is a very unique community.  Here is the key line in the article: "FSBOMadison.com, the subject of a January 2006 article in The New York Times, charges $150 for an ad on the site and a yard sign. Taking advantage of antiestablishment sentiment in Madison, which has a highly educated and liberal population, it quickly grabbed a market share of roughly 20 percent."  Sounds a lot … (2 comments)

Hi - 06/07/07 03:28 PM
Hello ActiveRain!
I'm new to the community.  So far, I really like what I see... We're brewing up some really cool stuff on the web for REALTORs, from Google Map Integration to custom designed sites for those looking to target the 78% of home searches that begin online.
I'll post back new items additions as we bring them along, or I come across interesting real estate related web sites out there.
Thanks for checking out my blog! 
Ted
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