Foreclosure Widget - Cool, Customizable - So What?

Once again, an innocent evening in front of the computer turns into an obsession. I spent the afternoon listening to talk radio and it was all about politics.  Telling you how I got from politics to the foreclosure widget is another blog entireley!  For now, let's just say even the web adheres to the six degrees of separation.

After crusing the web for about an hour, I landed on ForeclosureWidget.com.  This widget is for consumers - and it's not you're typical web based widget - but a desktop widget.  Created by the folks at Foreclosures.com - it allows consumers to search foreclosures from a widget on their desktop.  Consumers see Foreclosures as "A Good Deal" even if they aren't - so a large number of advertising dollars are being spent to lure them in to whatever product someone is selling.  That includes Real Estate Agents.   What buyers are really looking for is a good deal. 

That lead me to search for other foreclosure related widgets - when I found an article at Inman News about ForeclosureRadar.com   ForeclosureRadar is putting a little twist on foreclosures and creating a widget - for Real Estate Agents.  This new tool is really a combination of foreclosure listings, IDX and a widget.  ForeclosureRadar has created a widget that pulls Foreclosoure listings froma database and lets a Real Estate Agent display them on their webpage.   They do not try to sell data to consumers - only agents.  It's refreshing to see a new tool of value directed towards agents and not the general public.  Currently ForeclosureRadar is only available in California but they have plans to roll out a national FLX (Foreclosure IDX) for all real estate agents.     

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