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Follow the Gayborhoods: Two Pricey Dallas Hoods Make Top Ten List of Most...
Trulia editor Christin Zweig with Bree According to one of my favorite real estate websites, Trulia, Dallas ranks No. 8 among the nation’s most “gay-friendly” cities, speaking of real estate. And, the...
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It’s For The Burbs: Thinking of Moving Out of The City? Crunch Your Commute...
Want to see how long it would take you to get downtown from that home you’ve been eyeing? Trulia has an app for that. Perhaps you’ve heard that D Magazine has released a new list that ranks North...
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IPhone 5 Announcement: Buyers Now Hunting For Homes on Mobile More Than...
Ain’t no secret where buyers are looking for house porn these days: on their telephones! Today we hear about the new Iphone 5 as if it were a movie star — in effect, it is! The three big boys — Zillow,...
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Survey Says … Trulia Economist Asked Homeowners What Their Biggest Regret is...
More and more homeowners are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and as the downward trajectory of the housing market turns upward, they are also seeing missed opportunities. Jed Kolko,...
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Reboot Recap: Inman News Marketing Strategies Help Realtors Avoid Being...
Agent Reboot was a blast as usual. The Inman social media gurus gave us so much information my head was spinning. Good thing I took notes for ya’ll! Inman, of course, is the industry’s leading source...
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To Rent or To Buy: Trulia’s Map Tells Us We Should Rent in NYC, Buy in Dallas
What a cool feature! I love that Trulia is coming up with cool ways to make their cache of data more accessible. If you’re a buyer and want to know if it’s more prudent to rent or to buy a home in...
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Why Hasn’t The Internet Killed Off Real Estate Brokers & Agents?
First of, apologies for this visual, but can you believe this was an actual billboard for an agent? I shudder. I came across a most interesting article over the weekend from a site called Property...
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Is Dallas a Disaster Area? New Trulia Tool Helps Buyers Avoid Floods,...
(Graphic: Trulia Heatmap From NOAA tornado data) I love what Trulia manages to do with a little data. This company is consistently making the best tools that break down statistical information,...
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Do On-Line Home Price Estimators Distort the Market, Creating Drag or...
I have never met a real estate agent who likes Trulia or Zillow’s market home valuation estimates. Excuse me, “Zestimates”. I have never met a real estate consumer who didn’t like searching for real...
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In Texas, Housing Shortages Driving Up Prices, Starting Bidding Wars, but...
I know “housing shortage” should sound very ominous, but really, we should be celebrating! Thanks to a growing job market, Texas is adding more workers faster than it can build housing for them....
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Don’t Ditch Open Houses Just Yet, Says Zillow Blogger Brendon Desimone, as...
With the advent of photo-heavy online listings visible from anywhere, video tours, and slideshows, many Realtors have already ordered a tombstone for the Open House. But should we start eulogizing a...
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Trulia’s ‘Haunted Open House’ Is Wicked Fun
We’ve been on the receiving end of boatloads of Halloween-themed press releases, but nothing really sticks with you like a cool video. That’s why I love this hidden-camera gem from Trulia, which rigs...
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6 Ways Millennials Are Changing Real Estate Business for Everyone
Millennials use their smart phones extensively in the homebuying process and use apps for research. Photo: Garry Knight For years, Millennials have largely been thought of as renters, not buyers, but...
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Realtors and MLS Systems Are Still Valuable Despite Calls For Their Demise
Sure, Zillow and Trulia are popular portals for consumers to shop for homes, and there are a lot of fantastic luxury properties marketed as hip pockets on select sites, but does that spell the end...
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From the Archives: 6 Ways Millennials Are Changing Real Estate Business
Millennials use their smart phones extensively in the homebuying process and use apps for research. Photo: Garry Knight For years, millennials have largely been thought of as renters, not buyers, but...
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Bidding Wars and Slow Wage Growth Mean Scarcity of Starter Homes in Dallas
New analysis by Trulia confirms what we’ve been seeing all over Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Entry-level or starter homes priced in the median range, which usually falls below $200,000, are...
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Don’t Ditch Open Houses Just Yet, Says Zillow Blogger Brendon Desimone, as...
With the advent of photo-heavy online listings visible from anywhere, video tours, and slideshows, many Realtors have already ordered a tombstone for the Open House. See More...
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Trulia’s ‘Haunted Open House’ Is Wicked Fun
We’ve been on the receiving end of boatloads of Halloween-themed press releases, but nothing really sticks with you like a cool video. See More...
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6 Ways Millennials Are Changing Real Estate Business for Everyone
For years, Millennials have largely been thought of as renters, not buyers, but that has changed. See More...
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Realtors and MLS Systems Are Still Valuable Despite Calls For Their Demise
Inman contributor Creed Smith wrote a column published on the real estate news site suggesting that the system real estate agents use to access listing information, the Multiple Listing Service, was...
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