Customers are becoming more forward thinking in the matters of real estate investment, in particular the area in which they live. Hence they become more and more search specific. Neighbourhood search maps with detailed outlines of where a certain neighbourhood ends and the next one begins, can show you exactly where you potential home is and also its surrounding area.
Thus your RealShowOff website comes with an intelligent map that not only enables web visitors to search for homes with keywords and filters not available on MLS, but also features a coloured block over any neighbourhood region you specialize in.
Canada is multicultural. And real estate is an industry in which firms are experiencing a greater increase in both customer and agent diversity.
RealShowOff have added a mutli-language feature so clients can translate your listings into their desired language from a menu of over twenty choices. This element helps site visitors to understand and share your listings in their language. So whether you specialze in a foreign language market or simply have some international clients, our auto-translator makes your site more user friendly and accessible to ethnic communities.
HomeZilla is not in fact a monster who will eat your home. But it does know a lot about where Canadians live. Masterminded by Sandy Ward, he described his website endeavour to blogto as a ‘one-stop shop for Canadian home buyers trying to find neighbourhood information. We are trying to reach home buyers and real estate agents who want to save time looking for local amenities and information’.
RealShowOff has partnered with the community connoisseurs to save agent’s time, while making it easy for potential clients to learn about their future community. Direct from MLS, we add important neighbourhood details to your listings by showing essential information such as transit, schools, restaurants, banks, parks and more.
Mortgage advice in the time of a global real estate crux is an understandable necessity. Particularly when the forecast is for an even more highly marked market weakening. Posing the question ‘am I a fool?’, to candid economics blogger Garth Turner regarding the financial consequences of your home purchase procrastination however, is not. Read more to see why.
Posted: April 29th, 2010 | Author:Denise | Filed under:Interesting | Comments Off
Giving new meaning to both the Le Corbusier quote ‘Home is a machine for living in’ and the concept of a Rubix cube, architect Gary Chang has concocted an elaborate design for a square-foot-friendly, futuristic apartment in Hong Kong.
Intricately devised to offer 24 layouts in a single room, New York Times writer Virginia Gardener provides details of Chang’s innovative project, the twenty-plus possible floor plans of which span from an extra-large Duravit bathtub concealed behind one moveable wall, to a dining room and wet bar behind another.
Posted: April 29th, 2010 | Author:Denise | Filed under:Industry | Comments Off
Controversy is rife surrounding Joe William and his company Best Value Real Estate Ltd, and their pending arrival in Toronto. Creator of the self-proclaimed ‘most hated brokerage in Ottawa’, William has been under fire from the CREA for his offer of a mere $109 fee per MLS listing.
Deemed ‘anti-competitive’ in a highly populated market where contest already abounds, Tony Wong argues that William won’t afford the organization much backing if called to testify. Either way, be it William or the CREA who are justified in their discontent, it will undoubtedly herald a lengthy dispute for the federal Competition Tribunal.
Posted: March 18th, 2010 | Author:Reagan | Filed under:Search Engines | Comments Off
Imagine dynamic ads being shown to you as you browse a Google Maps. Apparently, it’s not as far off as you might think according to a patent filed by Google descriptively titled “Claiming Real Estate in Panoramic or 3D Mapping Environments for Advertising”.
The patent would allow Google to enhance, augment or overlay strategically placed ads on their maps…changing the way people browse (or advertise) real estate. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: February 25th, 2010 | Author:Reagan | Filed under:Search Engines | Comments Off
Yesterday, Google added Facebook pages to it’s “Real-Time” Search.
Relevant for realtors, how?
Well, Facebook holds a lot of clout in Search Engine Results Pages (SERP’s) — having a strategic “keyword” in a particular Facebook listing/group page could propel you to a high ranking pretty quickly.
Posted: February 6th, 2010 | Author:Denise | Filed under:Industry | Comments Off
A realtor writing a letter to the Editor at Inman, talking about the power of having the ability to chat live with his website visitors.
“I essentially am logged into my account whenever I start up my laptop and if a Web visitor has a question they just choose “Chat” on my site. There is nothing to install or download on the client’s side.”
RealShowOff offers this ability, with a bonus — the ability to chat with visitors from your laptop AND blackberry (or iPhone, or other smartphone).
