Online Real Estate: ZipR, Move

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.

Catching Up on Readings: Hydro Alchemy

Since the last catching up list on April 26, you may have accumulated more backlog. What’s with the Yahoo-Microsoft frenzy? Here’s a quick cache of the articles since then that you may want to make sure you read:

ZipRealty – Challenging Times, But

We have discussed the online real estate industry and Zip Realty in 2007. Here we will take a look at Zip Realty’s recent situation, it performance and its options.

Deal Radar 2008: Zillow

Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink, founders of Expedia, launched Zillow, a real estimate site in Feb 2005. Zillow is known for providing free home valuations called Zestimates, which are somewhat accurate. Zillow also provides house specs, graphing, mapping, and analysis tools. Zillow launched Smart Search along with enhanced Neighborhood Pages that makes it easier for

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Deal Radar 2008: Trulia Can Consolidate Real Estate

It is raining cats and dogs. Electricity was out this morning and we just got it back. I am very behind in everything, including my writing. But here we go … Yesterday, we discussed the Kayak-Sidestep roll-up deal, and its implications on Google. Trulia is a real estate vertical search engine that could be a

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Online Real Estate Sector Struggling

Naturally. let’s take a closer look at ZipRealty and Move. ZipRealty, a full-service real estate site, has been reviewed here before. On November 7, 2007, ZipRealty announced 3Q earnings with an increase of net revenues of 7% to $28.0 million, up from $26.2 million YoY. And the number of Zip Agents grew by 30%. However,

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ZipRealty+Zillow?

Google recently launched an offering called GoogleBase. In April 2006, SEO consultant Shimon Sandler reported that Google has launched what he termed as Google Real Estate in secret beta on top of this platform. Indeed, as Shimon pointed out, a search for the term ‘homes for sale’ in Google fetched the top result that offered

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Web 3.0 and Real Estate: Overview

So, you thought realty was all about buying / renting a new house and moving in? Think again. It’s a $3 billion online industry and is said to give a whole new dimension to the property business. In this series, we will evaluate the online real estate category against the Web 3.0 framework. Real estate

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