This is a follow-up to my post last week about the NWML pulling it's feed to Realtor.com. I had the opportunity to speak with Lennox Scott, CEO of John L. Scott Real Estate (#7 on Realtor Magazine's Top 100 - Sales Volume), this morning. While he didn't get into the specifics, he did confirm th
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10/24/2006
Vegas has "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas".NYC is blessed with "I (heart) NY"Hawaii is the "Islands of Aloha" And (drum roll)... Metronatural.Huh? Say WA!Metronatural (tm) is the new tourism slogan for the city of Seattle. After 16-months and $200,000 the Seattle Convention and Visitors
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10/21/2006
Marlow @ 360digest.com reports that the NWMLS will suspend it’s feed to Realtor.com when the current contract ends in next Spring. Probably not a big deal. In speaking with the general public and my own clients, no one ever mentions using Realtor.com to view listings. In the Seattle area, compa
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10/18/2006
Another online real estate company has surfaced in the Pacific Northwest. Ezdigs.com is fairly similar to Redfin but will focus on King and South Snohomish Counties. On the buyer’s side, Ezdigs.com will retain 1% (of the purchase price) and rebate the remainder to the buyer. The buyer will need
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10/10/2006
Seattle, like many other areas, have seen an increased rise in condo conversions. I like conversions, reusing existing structures to meet the demand for home ownership, particularly for first-time home buyers. But, conversions aren't without a social, human cost which I wrote about earlier. In
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10/06/2006
Realbird recently incorporated the NWMLS data into it's Google-based map search feature and is providing the service to area Realtors. You can test out the map search here. This is a great opportunity for agents within the NWMLS territory. The NWMLS, which is Broker owned, lets the Broker dec
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10/04/2006
This post has nothing to do with real estate.I admit, I like & watch American Idol. But, they don't care about Seattle, or at least, our singing ability. American Idol was recently in Seattle holding auditions for the upcoming season. Apparently, neither Paula, Randy or Simon were impressed wi
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10/03/2006
If you're looking for terrific images for your website, blog and marketing pieces, I wanted to share istockphoto.com with you. Istockphoto.com claims to be one of the fastest growing liabrary of royalty-free photographs, flash files, illustrations and video clips.I've used istockphoto.com for mo
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10/01/2006
