December 17, 2010

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Website Spotlight: elizabethnewlin.com

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Over the past few weeks, the idea that “blogging for real estate is dead” has been debated across a number of sites. Portland agent Garron Selliken kicked off the conversation, then inman.com contributor Gahlord Dewald gave us his response. In Dewald’s comments, we came across one website we think proves real estate blogging is very much alive.

tweetmehomes.com Lists on Twitter

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One of the big debates surrounding the use of Twitter in real estate is whether listings should be broadcast through the social networking tool. Some argue that Twitter should be all about relationship building, while others say the occasional listing is perfectly ok to include. Still others are in favour of Twitter accounts that only tweet listings, maintaining they will only reach those who are truly interested.

tweetmehomes.com is a new US-based Twitter service that comes down firmly on the “listings only” side of the debate.

Google Reveals Real Estate “Vision”

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Since Google first began adding real estate listings to Google Maps in mid-2009, the world of online real estate has been monitoring the company’s every move. Each upgrade brought more speculation on how Google was planning to change things for property portals, real estate agents, and property hunters.

Now, we have a clearer idea of where Google is headed.

vivareal.com Partners Century 21 in Brazil

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Latin American online real estate marketplace, vivareal.com, has partnered with real estate giant Century 21 to offer all its franchisees in Brazil a three month trial.

Google Maps Highlights Real Estate

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Google Maps has announced changes to its real estate listings and a new Comparison Ads tool for mortgages.

Awards For century21.com

Century 21 Real Estate LLC has been showered with awards lately for its website, century21.com.

Open House Month at Century 21

Century 21 Real Estate LLC has announced that October will be National Open House Month.

eRealInvestor’s Tools on Two More Websites

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eRealInvestor Inc has partnered with two real estate websites to offer users tools to evaluate the cash flow potential of a property.

Century 21 Sues zoocasa.com

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Reports in the Canadian press indicate that Century 21 Canada is suing Canadian property search engine Zoocasa Inc. for scraping information from sites provided by Century 21 brokers and representatives without seeking permission.

New Ad Deal a Threat to Portals?

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The Ad Network has just signed deals with real estate companies including LJ Hooker, Century 21, Laing+Simmons, First National and Richardson & Wrench to represent their websites to advertisers.

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