Seattle-based web search start-up Estately.com adds 120,000 new listings to it inventory today, expanding from the west coast to Chicago and Long Island. The upgrade brings Estately’s inventory to over 300,000 MLS-listed homes. Also a part of today’s announcement, the search-bot will show extended listing histories on homes, a move also recently taken by Redfn.com.
You can play with the Chicago listings by clicking this link. I have a link for the Long Island listings, but I’m not sure it’s working right.
As a matter of disclosure: Estately.com founder Galen Ward writes for BloodhoundBlog.
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Geno Petro says:
Thanks Greg.
Bookmarked.
G.
November 20, 2008 — 12:04 pm
Raleigh Real Estate says:
This is awesome. Thanks for the links 🙂
November 20, 2008 — 12:50 pm
Mary Ann Knell-Peoria Realtor says:
Congrats on the growth to cover new areas, though I want to ask, is 300,000 listings reasonable or is that number inflated because of the recent foreclosures?
November 20, 2008 — 7:39 pm
Chuchundra says:
What’s the point of this then? It looks nice and all, but it doesn’t seem to much more than a prettified MLS search.
November 20, 2008 — 9:43 pm
Brad Coy says:
>it doesn’t seem to much more than a prettified MLS search.
If that’s all it were, it would be enough for me.. at least from where I’m looking at it. Even from the agent side our local MLS is horrible.
November 21, 2008 — 8:35 pm
Galen says:
Chucundra, it is indeed prettified MLS search. Which makes it better than any other search that doesn’t start with MLS data. But we go beyond MLS by adding local schools and amenities, transit, and search options no one else has.
November 24, 2008 — 12:31 am