Here is a quick update on how ZipRealty (NASDAQ:ZIPR) and Move (NASDAQ:MOVE), the key online real estate players, are faring in the troubled US housing market.
With the falling real estate market, the Move Inc. stock price has been hammered down in the last one year and is currently trading at $1.78 with a total market capitalization of just over $300 million. The 52-week range for the stock is $1.75 – $6.69.
National Association of Realtors (NAR), whose over 1 million members are Realtors, is a century-old powerful trade association of real estate agents and brokers in US. Besides owning the word ‘Realtor’ as a registered trademark, the NAR has sufficient clout among the decision makers, which stems from its being the US’ third largest donor to