Howard Hanna invests $1M-plus to enhance real estate listings
The nation's fourth-largest real estate brokerage, family-owned Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, says it will promote its listings on Realtor.com and Zillow because extensive...
Google, Facebook, privacy and digital identities
As you are no doubt aware, Google is consolidating its privacy policies across all services in its platform. This means instead of 60 disparate privacy policies there will be...
NAR's Realtor.org gets 'responsive'
I hosted a conversation with Mark Lesswing and Chad Curry from the National Association of Realtors during a session at the Real Estate Connect event last month in New York... 4033-03a ©2011 Dan Forer.jpg "Your very own 'Magic Kingdom' ... for a price")
Your very own 'Magic Kingdom' ... for a price
ORLANDO, Fla. -- You say you're thoroughly smitten with all things Disney? You say you've been known to joke that you'd practically live at Walt Disney World if you could? Got...
(VIDEO) The future of tablets
(Flickr/Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com) Jason Baptiste, co-founder and CEO of OnSwipe, sees a bright future in touch-screen computing. At Real Estate Connect NYC ’12 he talked...
(VIDEO) The nail in the QR code coffin
QR codes are ugly. Forget arguing about if they are cool or useful or if they work, above all else they are ugly. I spoke with Claire Boonstra, founder of Layar, about why QR...
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Jason Baptiste of OnSwipe weighs in on the future of tablets
Jason Baptiste, Co-Founder and CEO of OnSwipe, sees a bright future in touch-screen computing. At Real Estate Connect NYC ’12 he talked to Tracy Weir , Inman News chief marketing officer, about the future of personal computing and the shortcomings of apps.
Jason Baptiste on stage at Real Estate Connect, New York
For Baptiste, consumption happens on the Web, not in apps.
On the future of tablets, Baptiste sees them moving away from being purely consumption devices and into creative devices... more...
The Nail In The QR Code Coffin
QR codes are ugly.
Forget arguing about if they are cool or useful or if they work, above all else they are ugly.
I spoke with Claire Boonstra, founder of Layar, about why QR codes (“quick response” codes, like bar codes, can be scanned using a smartphone’s camera) do not stand a chance, and it is due largely to their design.
There is technology that will be available to the masses within 12 months that will do everything a QR code can do and more, without the actual QR... more...
Opinions
A new solution for syndicating real estate listings
So a lot has happened over the past couple weeks.
Below I lay out a few things I believe to be true. They are all debatable, of course, and may, in the end, prove to be completely wrong. Be that as it may, my overall approach inclines toward practicality.
There's a problem between brokers and online publishers, and both parties stand to get hurt if it's not solved.
... more...More at stake than money in foreclosure
I agree with this article 100 percent. You can add Charlotte, N.C., and the banks we have here to the list of useless banks to work with.
There's nothing worse than having multiple offers at or above what the bank representatives have previously agreed to and then having them foreclose because the departments weren't communicating -- or when they decide, for no apparent reason, that they will not accept an offer they had previously agreed to and are just going to raise the price, despite confirming in... more...
Technology
Updated Realtor.com app: search for REOs, price-reduced homes
Realtor.com has updated its app for Apple mobile devices to allow users in some markets to search for recently sold homes and listings with price reductions, and to identify listings that have been through the foreclosure process.
Realtor.com operator Move Inc. said it plans to launch a new "HyperSocial" agent search tool to connect consumers with participating agents based on shared connections during the second... more...
ZipRealty signs 6th brokerage to referral program 
ZipRealty Inc. says it's now providing leads and customer relationship management tools to Jacksonville, Fla.-based Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty, bringing the number of brokerages participating in the "Powered by Zip" program to six.
The Powered by Zip program has allowed the Emeryville, Calif.-based brokerage to continue to display Internet Data Exchange (IDX)... more...
House Profiles
$8.5M affords mountain views at Jackson Hole, Wyo., estate
Encompassed by both National Park and National Forest, the aptly-named Paintbrush Ranch displays perfectly framed mountain vistas through broad picture windows. This five-acre property sits at just the right distance from the famous Teton Range, capturing the jagged peaks in their entirety, from nearly every room in the house.
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