Moving on up the real estate Web rankings

Move.com, a real estate search site operated by Move Inc. (formerly Homestore), climbed to 9th in market share in total visitors among real estate Web sites in March, metrics company Hitwise reported today. Move.com, a sister site to number one site on the list, Realtor.com, is an all-encompassing real estate portal that offers links to searches for existing homes, new homes, rentals, home financing, moving services, and home and garden information.

Move.com moved up in the Hitwise rankings ladder from 17th in market share in December to 12th in January, 10th in February and 9th in March.

VisualTour.com, a company that offers visual tour tools and services to real estate professionals, was new to the top-100 real estate-related sites and ranked 15th on the list in March.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Web site, at HUD.gov, has been sinking on the list -- it ranked 13th in December and 20th in March. (See Inman News article.)

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