Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman told Inman Real Estate Connect attendees in San Francisco yesterday that his “customer first” brokerage is likely to be in 16 markets by yearend 2010. The site is currently in 12 markets and employs 100 agents.
Redfin’s apparent progress is seen by some as evidence that the advantage goes to [...]
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Redfin’s Glenn Kelman at Inman: 16 Markets by end of 2010
July 14, 2010 – 10:52 pm
USAA Teams with Vast.com for Real Estate
July 14, 2010 – 9:44 pm
USAA, the giant financial services company for military families with 7.4 million members, has partnered with Vast.com, the vertical meta-search and database company, to develop a real estate site to round out its offerings. We see the effort as part of a broader movement of retailers and merchants providing more ancillary services. USAA, itself, kicked [...]
Craig Newmark at Inman: Craig’s List in 70 Cities
July 14, 2010 – 4:10 am
Craig’s List Founder Craig Newmark made another of his regular visits to Brad Inman’s stage at Real Estate Connect today, which is taking place in San Francisco. Newmark, who humbly refers to himself as working in customer service, noted that Craig’s List is now in 70 cities and receives over 50 million unique visitors a [...]
Zillow Extends Ties with Yahoo Real Estate; Will Power Listings
July 9, 2010 – 5:54 pm
Zillow announced today that it will power Yahoo’s “for sale” listings, in much the same way that Cars.com powers Yahoo’s new and used cars listings. Zillow typically carries four million + listings. The announcement spearheads a slew of online real estate announcements prior to next week’s Inman Real Estate Connect conference (which I am attending),
The [...]
EBay Classifieds Seeks to Leverage the Mothership
June 1, 2010 – 10:00 pm
eBay’s newly-branded “eBay Classifieds” – formerly known as Kijiji – is being repositioned to better leverage eBay’s capabilities, according to U.S. GM Martin Herbst, who spoke to us for a new report that we’ve just issued in BIA/Kelsey’s Marketplaces program.
eBay potentially brings its vaunted user feedback system to the table, as well as its expertise [...]
AIM Group Projects Craigslist Revenues at $122 Million
April 27, 2010 – 1:24 am
Craigslist has always been murky about revenues, and remains a free site for most categories. It only charges a commercial rate for recruitment, with listings costing just $25 in 17 markets and $75 in San Francisco. Fees for apartment listings (in New York) and “adult and therapeutic services” ads fit into the nominal fee [...]
‘Garage Sales Tracker’ Teams with Community Paper Sites
April 15, 2010 – 6:25 pm
There was a time when it looked like eBay would replace garage sales – or the Goodwill box. But putting things up for sale was probably too much work. In fact, garage sale postings in 2009 were up 80 percent on Craigslist last year.
Craigslist, Oodle and PennySaver have been among the leaders in online [...]
