Map-based web search start-up Estately.com has uncanny timing for launching new cities and services. No matter what dates they pick, it seems that either Zillow or Redfin will have news on those days.
Here’s the news, which I sat on to get Estately out of Zillow’s glare:
Estately.com is expanding into a new market. Beginning on Thursday, July 10th, over 40,000 San Francisco homes and condos from four Bay Area MLSes will be added to Estately.com’s 115,000+ properties for sale. The Bay Area marks our fourth major market – Seattle, Portland, and San Diego are all live on Estately right now – and the third major market we have entered this summer.
As always, Estately will provide the richest kind of map-based search experience: All MLS listings plus neighborhood-based searches, local schools mapped with the homes, search by transit availability, etc.
Disclosure: Estately.com co-founder Galen Ward writes for BloodhoundBlog.
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Eric Blackwell says:
Disclosure: Galen is a nice guy, too. (GRIN)
Congrats Galen, on this next step.
Best;
Eric
July 10, 2008 — 7:25 am
Doug Quance says:
Congrats Galen!
July 10, 2008 — 4:13 pm
Brad Coy says:
The look is VERY clean and easy to navigate. Listings are being pulled from the local MLS which is good. (curious how current it is).
At first blush I’d give it an A. Can’t say that I have seen a public search engine for SF that has looked this promising. Curious about their “Agent Match” and call “us” to schedule a showing features.
July 10, 2008 — 7:14 pm