{"id":841,"date":"2007-01-03T06:16:06","date_gmt":"2007-01-03T13:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=841"},"modified":"2007-01-03T06:16:11","modified_gmt":"2007-01-03T13:16:11","slug":"shackpricescom-takes-on-the-big-fish-from-a-lofty-perch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/841\/shackpricescom-takes-on-the-big-fish-from-a-lofty-perch\/","title":{"rendered":"ShackPrices.com takes on the big fish from a lofty perch . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

ShackPrices.com<\/a> hits the big time at InmanNews<\/a> (free for now):<\/p>\n

The latest real estate site to trace its roots to this rainy city is ShackPrices.com, which plots home listings in the Seattle area and western Washington state on Google maps.<\/p>\n

ShackPrices.com went live a few weeks ago, and joins a growing list of sites aiming to simplify the hunt for real estate. Its founder, Galen Ward, has a technical background in mapping and databases and is a contributor to the Rain City Guide real estate blog.<\/p>\n

Other real estate search sites vying for consumer attention include Trulia, HomePages.com, Realtor.com and the many broker-operated sites that also include listings.<\/p>\n

“Our goal at the site is to make the process of finding and buying a home easier for consumers,” Ward said. Unlike some real estate search sites, ShackPrices is a member of the multiple listing service, which enables it to display a more comprehensive list of local properties for sale than a site operated by a nonmember.<\/p>\n

The site enables consumers to enter home-search criteria from the homepage, and also features “Suggested Shacks” — homes that buyers might be interested in viewing based on their criteria and a proprietary algorithm.<\/p>\n

Ward notes the importance of “all the niche decisions that go into buying a home” like neighborhood information that he felt were lacking in many existing real estate sites.<\/p>\n

“When I started making maps and working in spatial databases four to five years ago, it occurred to me one day that the world is really lacking in info about what’s nearby a house. You could look up the price and size and stats on a house, but it was really lacking on the context of what the neighborhood was like, how close it is to amenities, what the views are,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Technorati Tags: disintermediation<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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