DotHomes steps up street views
Joins competition in adding Google's Street View to property listings
By Inman News, Monday, April 14, 2008.Real estate search engine DotHomes has added Google's Street View application to U.S. property listings indexed at dothomes.com, the company said today.
The application enables home shoppers to get a complete view of a home and its surrounding streets as well as the overall neighborhood.
The announcement comes shortly after competitor Trulia implemented the Google Street View application for listings for homes in about 30 metro areas across the nation.
Both companies have said that in adding the application they aim to give consumers more information to aid in researching homes and neighborhoods.
DotHomes was recently launched by BytePlay, a London-based search technology company. The company is equity backed by three European early-stage venture capital groups, including The Accelerator Group, Arts Alliance and Samos Investment.
BytePlay focuses on the development of fast-scaling data-mining technologies for the Web.
DotHomes.com is the company's first consumer-facing product - a real estate search engine which covers the U.K., South Africa and the U.S.
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Submitted by Mott Marvin Kornicki on April 14, 2008 - 3:01pm.
It seems like another wonderful undertaking! I tried searching in my home town of Miami, Florida and came up with an empty bag. I know that start-ups take time to upload inventory. The site looks good- I'll try and come back to it later.
Mott Marvin Kornicki, Broker
http://waterwayrealty.com
Sunny Isles Beach • Bal Harbour
Submitted by Stephen Skinner on April 14, 2008 - 3:56pm.
As they say: Timing is everything. The challenge in using StreetView is the fact that the images are taken at a specific point in time. Comparing StreetView to a new listing photo, there can be a significant difference. If you are a property Seller, you may find that StreetView does not represent the actual present condition of your listing. This is especially true for new construction, where it is possible that the StreetView imagery was taken before construction started.