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Invisible Dot Formally Announce Beta Release of HousingRobots.com – Visual Real Estate Search Engine
Sunnyvale, CA (PRWEB) April 5, 2006
Invisible Dot formally announce beta release of its visual real estate search engine – HousingRobots.com.
HousingRobots.com combines traditional house listings with Google Map technology to bring house hunting experience to a higher level. It aggregates real estate listings from multiple data sources to provide users with a complete view of market place with a single search. It also provides a set of convenient tools to help users track new listings, explore surrounding environment, discover real estate trend, and bookmark and share interested properties. Current beta release covers several major US areas including San Francisco Vicinity, Silicon Valley North/South/East Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Austin, and Denver.
Some of the cool features include:
Search through visual navigation. In additional to the traditional house search and criteria filtering capability, a user can visually move around the map and the matching engine will automatically match all his/her interested properties within the map’s viewing area. With the free Google Earth download, user can even have a 3D bird’s eye view of the surrounding environment of interested properties.
Real time tracking. By watching the housing market constantly from multiple real estate sources, HouseRobots provides most up-to-date information about all properties currently listed or sold in a neighborhood. In addition, HousingRobots highlights new houses that have just entered the market, and properties with recent price changes to allow bargain hunters find ideal property quickly. Registered users can also access the listing price history of a property.
Collaborative filtering. Based on the house search and access statistics, HousingRobots indicates “hot” houses that have been frequently accessed by its user base. This gives home buyers a sense of what houses are popular in their search results.
Landmark-based search. HousingRobots enables buyers to start their search from interested landmarks. In its first offering, HousingRobots provides “school-based search”, where user can locate the Top US high schools first and then find houses around its neighborhood.
Discover surrounding environment. For every house, users can discover similar properties on sale or recently sold in its vicinity, as well as neighborhood profile. In addition, user can locate surrounding facilities such as local school, church, bank, and restaurant to help them make better buying decisions quickly.
One stop discovery. With multiple listing sources and constant property refreshing, HousingRobots provides one stop listings for all the latest houses coming into the market.
Bargain notification. HousingRobots provides e-mail notification to subscribers on the houses that just come into the market or have had a price change since last notification to allow buyers detect bargain quickly
Instant recall. Users can save interested houses and come back to see the list at their convenience in the future. They can also share that list with their family and friends and ask them to help make a smart buy decision quickly
About HousingRobots.com
HousingRobots.com is part of overall service portfolio delivered by Invisible Dot Inc. In additional to HousingRobots.com, Invisible Dot Inc. also provides one of the top job aggregation services called JobRobots.com (http://www.jobrobots.com). JobRobots has over 600,000+ fresh job listings posted within 3 weeks aggregated from multiple career sites in the US.
InvisibleDot, Inc. is a privately held Delaware company headquartered in the Silicon Valley, California.
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Real Estate Recovery Forecast
Destin, FL (PRWEB) March 23, 2009
A new forecast by Housing Predictor dot com details how the housing market will recover from its all-time unprecedented fall.
The forecast shows how the Obama Administration’s efforts with Congress and the Fed will drive the housing market back to good health. But analysts contend it will take years for a full recovery to occur. Housing Predictor forecasted the foreclosure epidemic and the real estate crisis as the first real estate research firm to do so more than three years ago.
Foreclosures have topped more than 4-million homes and other properties in the U.S. and are projected to top at least 7-million before the crisis fully unwinds. The after shocks of the foreclosure epidemic have sent home values in the majority of the country to lows equal to at least 2001.
Housing Predictor forecasts more than 250 local housing markets in all 50 U.S. states and updates its forecasts as market conditions demand.
An online survey by Housing Predictor found that an overwhelming majority of 85% surveyed said they have been affected by the real estate crisis in some way. The nation’s deepening recession is blamed on the crisis.
As real estate markets begin approach their bottoms and the inventory of foreclosures are bought up at bargain prices the crisis will begin to wither away.
Read the full report on how the housing recovery will develop and how the recovery will unwind, check your market forecast and search foreclosures at http://www.housingpredictor.com
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Real Estate Market Forecast to Bottom
Destin, FL (PRWEB) April 28, 2008
In its most sought after forecast of all-time, Housing Predictor forecasts the bottom of real estate markets throughout the U.S. The country’s real estate slump has developed into the worst housing crash since the Great Depression with falling home values in the over-whelming majority of markets.
The Housing Predictor Worst 25 housing market forecasts have been updated to reflect accelerating deflation in many housing markets. Real estate deflation is forecast to top 18% in 2008 alone in the worst housing markets, and especially hard hit markets could see home prices slashed by as much as two-thirds from the markets peak.
The forecast of when markets will hit their bottoms has taken researchers months to prepare, and profiles a wide ranging series of steps the nation will experience on the way to a return to a healthier economic environment in real estate.
Housing Predictor independently tracks more than 250 local real estate markets and forecasts appreciation and deflation for each marketplace in all 50 U.S. states, attaining an accuracy level of more than 85%. The new Housing Predictor forecast is the most heavily researched forecast under taken to determine the time table markets will take to pull out of their slumps.
Congressional efforts to stem the tide of record foreclosures are being hampered by President George W. Bush, who opposes such a plan and insists that further expansions of FHA lending programs would be tantamount to a bailout.
In the mean time, all-time record foreclosures continue to shackle the marketplace and are expected to increase over the next 16 months as more adjustable rate mortgages reset to higher payments.
Housing Predictor forecasts that a total of 5.6-million foreclosures will occur through 2011 if major government steps are not taken to halt the real estate crisis. More than 2-million foreclosures have already occurred in what has developed into a major national economic crisis.
To find the new Housing Predictor report, which projects when the real estate crisis will improve, visit http://www.housingpredictor.com
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Real estate acquisitions geting financial boost
Bridgeport Investments, an Orange County-based real estate investment banking firm, said since the spring of last year it has provided financing for a number of real estate acquisitions throughout Southern California, including some in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
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Comments Extended on 20% Down Rule
Banking regulators have pushed back by nearly two months the deadline for public comments on a controversial proposal that critics say could make it far more difficult for average Americans to
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Lenihan’s legacy: Ireland’s anger but not its hate
In the worst electoral rout of its history, in the entire Dublin region which returned 47 deputies to Ireland’s parliament, only one Fianna Fail candidate managed to retain his seat: Brian Lenihan. Lenihan died last week at 52 and leaves behind a legacy of respect.
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Zions Bank officials see improvement in economy, real estate markets
Optimism. That’s what Zions Bank officials tried to spread during its 2nd Quarter 2011 Real Estate Summit in Twin Falls on Thursday.
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Vancouver’s Little Mountain redevelopment stalled
Nearly three years ago, as Vancouver weathered its worst homelessness crisis in recent history, housing activists and artists protested the planned demolition of more than 200 aging social housing units at Little Mountain.
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Asia Stocks Rise, Paring Weekly Decline; Korean Won Gains on Rate Increase
Asian stocks gained, helping the benchmark index pare a sixth weekly loss, while oil traded near the highest this month in New York as concerns about a faltering global recovery eased. South Korea’s won rose after the central bank raised interest rates.
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The Open House Meets Cyberspace: New Website Set to Revolutionize the Real Estate World
Everett, WA (PRWEB) August 25, 2008
Every weekend, real estate agents across America dutifully advertise, set up and host Open Houses for their clients; and every weekend, an average of only 5 to 10 people, few of whom are even interested in buying these homes, show up. It’s an incredibly inefficient process, but no real alternative has existed; until now.
http://www.openhousebroadcast.com is about to dramatically change the way real estate is marketed, by “opening” the Open House to interested buyers across the country, and even around the world.
Created by Washington state-based Naval Officer and Realtor® Dominique Ramirez, http://www.openhousebroadcast.com moves the Open House from the neighborhood into cyberspace, allowing potential buyers anywhere on earth to tour any and every room in a home, ask questions of the agent and see everything as if they were visiting the house in person.
“According to the NAR® ’2007 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers,’ 48 percent of prospective buyers use Open Houses as a source of information and 57 percent of sellers reported that their Realtor® used an Open House to market their property. However, less than 1 percent of Open Houses actually result in a sale,” explains Ramirez. “By conducting the Open House over the internet, the Realtor® can specifically target interested buyers, substantially increase the ‘virtual foot traffic’ that an Open House creates, and increase the percentage of Open Houses that result in a sale.”
The technology necessary to conduct an Open House Broadcast is amazingly simple. The agent only needs a broadband internet connection, wireless router, laptop, and a webcam. They might have an assistant carry the computer and camera as they walk visitors through the house and describe its features, but this is not necessary.
The process is equally simple for prospective buyers. After logging onto the website and entering search parameters for their ideal home, they will receive a list of Open Houses including the time zone, time, and date. At the appointed time, they log in again and “attend” each Broadcast that interests them from the comfort of their own home or office.
Of course, Open Houses are about more than selling a specific home – quite often they are about giving exposure to Realtors® and allowing them to network with potential clients. http://www.openhousebroadcast.com serves that need as well, providing real estate professionals with a worldwide showcase for their talents. Would-be sellers anywhere in the world can see them in action and ask them questions, just as they would at a traditional Open House. Would-be buyers can ask to be shown similar properties in the area. Additionally, buyers and sellers can request one on one live video Home Tours of properties they are interested in or even watch previously recorded Open Houses that they missed.
With 84 percent of home buyers using the internet to search for homes, the time is right for the Open House to make the move to cyberspace. http://www.openhousebroadcast.com promises to bring the tired, inefficient “house tour” into the 21st century, revolutionizing the Real Estate industry, and the customer’s house shopping experience.
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United States Real Estate Recovery Delayed Until 2014?
United States Real Estate Recovery Delayed Until 2014?
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US stocks trim losses in late-hour trading
New York, May 18 (IANS) Wall Street trimmed most of the early losses in late-hour trading and ended mixed Tuesday, after weak economic data and tepid outlook from big-name tech companies weighed on the market, Xinhua reported.
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America’s Leading Home Staging Expert Reveals Secrets to Real Estate Marketing
New Video by Successful Home Staging and TV Personality Lise Desormeaux Shows Home Owners How to Sell Faster and for More Money in Today’s Housing Market
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Hottest Real Estate Markets Named in 2009
Destin, Florida (PRWEB) January 26, 2009
Despite a troubled economy, there are still U.S. housing markets that are forecast to appreciate in 2009, and no place shows them better than the Annual Housing Predictor Hottest 10 Buyers Markets.
The credit crisis has triggered record foreclosures damaging communities across the nation as Housing Predictor forecast, but there are markets that will be the exception to the rule. Eight states are represented on the hottest list, including three markets in Texas. There won’t be the double-digit appreciation experienced during the real estate boom in 2009, but these markets are supported by exceptionally strong local economies with good prospects for growth.
The Hottest 10 aren’t confined to any particular part of the country scattered throughout the U.S. Housing Predictor’s selection of the Hottest 10 Buyers Markets are based on studies conducted on all 250 local real estate markets Housing Predictor tracks on an on going basis.
The Hottest 10 Markets represent growing economies that aren’t widely reported in the mass media. In some cases, the markets won’t appreciate quickly in 2009 but possess plenty of indicators to show that there housing markets will remain strong over the next few years, despite the down fall in the national economy.
Diverse areas of the country are listed in the hottest markets, including places in Wyoming, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Louisiana and Idaho. The boom in the energy and high tech growth are aiding areas with stronger job growth in most of the markets named.
Housing Predictor is consulted by the nation’s foremost investment houses, banks, mortgage companies, real estate firms and most importantly consumers for more than 250 local housing market forecasts in all 50 states. Forecasts are updated regularly and changed as local market conditions demand over the entire year.
To see the entire list of the Hottest 10 Buyers Markets, check your market and search foreclosures visit http://www.housingpredictor.com.
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Real Estate Not Deflating in Entire U.S.
Destin, FL (PRWEB) January 29, 2008
Despite national fall out from the credit crunch, real estate markets in at least six states are still showing that some areas of the U.S. are economically strong enough to produce appreciating home markets, according to the latest Housing Predictor study.
Housing Predictor tracks real estate markets in all 50 states and forecasts more than 250 local housing market futures throughout the nation. The research firm is regularly consulted by top Wall Street bankers, real estate companies and most importantly consumers for their market forecasts and real estate analysis.
In all, some eighteen states have at least one housing market tracked by the firm that is experiencing appreciation, and six states have made the Annual Housing Predictor Appreciation List at the start of the year. Texas, North Dakota, Washington and Hawaii are among the six to make the list.
Housing markets in the over-whelming majority of the country have slowed from the real estate boom and are experiencing weaker local economies with rising unemployment rates. The majority are also under going the worst foreclosure crisis in the nation’s history with more than an estimated 1.8 million foreclosures nationally as a result of the credit crunch. Housing Predictor forecast in early 2007 that more than 3-million foreclosures would occur through the end of 2009. Mortgage problems started in subprime loans and then spread into conventional adjustable rate mortgages.
However, strong business growth producing more jobs are sending real estate markets in the six states into better local economies than the rest of the country. As a result, some economists believe the U.S. economy will not fall into a national depression. However, the majority of economists in a study conducted by Housing Predictor now believe the nation is on the road to a recession.
Home sales in the majority of the country are falling as buyers become uneasy over the nation’s financial future, but not as significantly in the appreciating states. The housing crisis has broadly extended into the conventional mortgage market and is taking a major toll on the national economy.
The tax refund plan agreed to by members of Congress and the White House will do little to relieve the nation’s economic problems in real estate, which has long been controlled by the Federal Reserve setting interest rates.
To learn more about housing markets that are appreciating, check your markets forecast or search foreclosures visit http://www.housingpredictor.com
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