Real estate site Trulia says traffic is still growing
Trulia, the real estate website backed by prominent venture firms Sequoia Capital and Accel, published some numbers today showing that despite continued problems in the housing market and the general economy, the San Francisco startup has been having a strong 2009.
That continues a pattern we’ve… Continue Reading
Roundup: Venture capital’s alleged irrelevance, Zillow’s continued success, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Study says venture capitalists less relevant for web startups — Santa Clara University Prof. Robert Hendershott has concluded that lower startup costs mean many entrepreneurs should go it alone, rather than raise funding from VCs.
Why isn’t Zillow dead? – Webware’s Rafe Needleman says… Continue Reading
Roundup: An Apple netbook hoax, a BlackBerry sales victory, and more
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Is this the new Apple netbook? — Cult of Mac published an image from “a trusted contributor.” But no, it actually turned out to be a student-created wooden model. Oops.
RIM’s BlackBerry Curve unseats Apple’s iPhone in sales – One of the big drivers… Continue Reading
Zillow iPhone app tells you how much that house you just passed costs
Real estate site Zillow is launching its own iPhone application, bringing price point information and other data on 88 million U.S. homes to users’ fingertips. Why they might need this cabability — unless they’re stalking the streets in search of a new house — is… Continue Reading
Underdog Roost lands $8 million for real estate search, foreclosure watch
Roost, a real estate search engine that aggregates listings from the reliable Internet Data Exchange (IDX), has brought in $8 million in second-round funding. At the same time, it announced that new information about 1.5 million foreclosure-related properties will now be available on its web… Continue Reading
Redfin employees see pink in 20 percent layoff
Online real estate service Redfin Corp. slashed its staff by 20 percent yesterday in order to stay afloat during the economic downturn — despite strong revenue and $21 million in VC backing from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Madrona Venture Group, Vulcan Capital, BEV Capital and the… Continue Reading
Trulia booms amid a housing bust. Launches Google Street View integration
The real estate market is in serious turmoil and has likely thrown the entire economy into a recession, so you’d think a real estate search startup might not be a hot item. But you’d be wrong.
One such real estate search startup, Trulia, is not only… Continue Reading
Zillow offers new, better way to find mortgages
Real estate website Zillow wants to give borrowers more control when they’re looking for a mortgage.
It may seem like an odd time to be entering the mortgage market, since the subprime crisis is still shaking up the national economy. But Spencer Rascoff, Zillow’s vice president… Continue Reading
Real estate site Trulia showing momentum; Is Zillow in trouble?
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Trulia, a web site that lets you search for homes, today launches a way for real estate agents to pay to to reach you with their listings.
The feature comes at a time when Trulia is showing traffic momentum, even as a competitor Zillow is… Continue Reading
Real estate engine Trulia shows momentum, raises $10M
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Trulia may be the dark-horse of the real estate market.
Trulia, which offers a search engine for homes, has quietly been signing deals with large real estate brokers, and boosted its traffic considerably — to 1.5 million unique monthly users. Thursday, it announces it has… Continue Reading
Zillow opens up Q&A on every home
Real estate Web site Zillow.com continues to show momentum.
The Seattle company has released a new feature called Home Q&A, letting people ask questions and get answers about each of more than 70 million U.S. homes. Zillow demonstrated the feature to VentureBeat two weeks ago. If… Continue Reading
My Currency, lets “wisdom of the crowds” estimate real estate prices
My Currency is a new real estate company that tries to turn Zillow on its head.
Zillow, you’ll recall, is controversial, because it estimates values of homes. Some people love to gawk at the estimates for their neighbors’ homes, others are irked when they feel Zillow… Continue Reading
Home site Trulia taps into “intentions” to provide real-time info
Trulia, the San Francisco housing site start-up, has unveiled more data about where the buying action is: It harnesses the search input of its users, to show you where buyers are looking.
By giving your real-time indication about where buyer interest is, and also supplying you… Continue Reading