{"id":6712,"date":"2009-08-05T10:17:56","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T17:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=6712"},"modified":"2009-08-05T11:12:22","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T18:12:22","slug":"local-real-estate-search-consolidates-and-expands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/05\/local-real-estate-search-consolidates-and-expands\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Real Estate Search Consolidates and Expands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Couple of interesting developments in local real estate search this week.<\/p>\n<p>First up, local discount brokerage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.findwell.com\/\" title=\"Find Homes For Sale - Experienced Agents - Low Commissions | findwell\">Findwell<\/a> (a Seattle Bubble advertiser) <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.findwell.com\/findwell\/findwell-launches-new-seattle-real-estate-search\/\" title=\"findwell launches new Seattle real estate search\">announced today that they are partnering<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.estately.com\/\" title=\"Estately\">Estately<\/a> to provide a more user-friendly search experience.  Sounds like it should be a good match for both parties.  A good search tool was the one (big) thing that the Findwell site lacked in its competition with Redfin.  I think they could attract more people to use it if they put it more prominently on the front page, but this definitely seems like a step in the right direction to me.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, Seattle&#8217;s all-industry real estate blog continues to evolve beyond its pure blogging roots.  Yesterday founder Dustin Luther <a href=\"http:\/\/raincityguide.com\/2009\/08\/04\/rcg-now-with-seattle-listing-goodness\/\" title=\"RCG: Now with Seattle listing goodness\">unveiled a newly polished, more commercial site design<\/a> as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/raincityguide.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/hq_idx\/searchlistings.php\" title=\"Rain City Guide Home Search\">their very own home search tool<\/a>.  Personally, their new search feels clunkly to me compared to the offerings that have been available for years from Redfin and Estately.  With the real estate search market as saturated as it is (especially here in Seattle), I think Dustin&#8217;s got a pretty difficult uphill battle on this one.<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s your opinion of the Findwell \/ Estately partnership and Rain City Guide&#8217;s new look and search tool?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Couple of interesting developments in local real estate search this week. First up, local discount brokerage Findwell (a Seattle Bubble advertiser) announced today that they are partnering with Estately to provide a more user-friendly search experience. Sounds like it should be a good match for both parties. 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