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Inman News announces Innovator Awards finalists

Inman News today announced the finalists for its 11th annual Inman News Innovator Awards.

Winners will be announced in a July 25 ceremony during Inman’s annual Real Estate Connect SF technology conference, held July 23-25 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

Twenty-five companies are finalists for awards in five categories: brokerage or franchise; new technology; Web service; blog; and media site.

Finalists for the 2008 awards include low-cost, high-tech brokerage company Redfin and Realogy’s OpenHouse.com site, which lists open houses from a variety of brokerage companies.

The Inman Innovator Awards recognize companies that use technology and innovation to enhance the real estate transaction and experience for consumers and real estate professionals. In addition, an annual award honors one individual who embodies the spirit of real estate innovation. (See Inman’s 2007 Innovator Awards winners here.)

The 2008 Inman Innovator Awards finalists in five categories are as follows (in alphabetical order):

Brokerage or Franchise
Chase International
Diamond Dwellings
Equitable Sotheby’s International Realty (now known as Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty)
Redfin
Sawbuck Realty

New Technology
BlueRoof360
Mixpo
Obeo
Roost
Terabitz

Web Service
Estately
ForeclosureRadar
Krunching
Realius
Zillow Mortgage Marketplace

Blog
1000Watt Blog
AgentGenius
Big Picture Blog
FBS Blog
Homegain Real Estate Blog

Media Site
Frontdoor
OpenHouse.com
REA Group
Realtytrac
Zolve

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