It’s been pretty boring in real estate for a while. Not anymore.
There was an announcement by the National Association of Realtors, in conjunction with Cyberhomes and RPR, LLC in the real estate world last week, and likely very few Realtors, real estate agents and fewer consumers knew, noticed or cared. But it’s a big development that is likely to impact nearly every facet of selling homes … and it’s not open to the public; it’s a service by and for Realtors. And that’s very good thing.
Make no mistake, the ramifications are deep and wide.
If you’re interested, read the following stories.
Succinctly, we’re talking about the Realtor Property Resource (RPR) and Houselogic.com.
1000 Watt Blog (archived: 2015)
Agent Genius (archived: 2011)
The Notorious R.O.B. (archived: 2015)
Not to mention Houselogic –
One thing I’m thinking of with regards to Houselogic, after playing with it for a while – it seems to me that it’s aiming to be a Mint.com for homeowners … and that’s really interesting. The possibilities are huge.
Update 10 November 2009:
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