Our new site went live this morning bringing maps closer to the forefront of navigation and showing the great progress we’ve made recently in expanding our coverage (we have over 1.5 million transactions now).

One thing that we’ve been wanting to do for a while is make our mapping features more interactive and useful to consumers. Now mapping takes center stage as a way for people to find and compare homes sold in a particular area. On the new site, you’ll be able to get all of the pertinent information about a home that’s been sold or is for sale (i.e. who sold it, when, and for how much) from helpful markers right on the map! Then, if you want to learn more about the sale or the agent involved, you can simply click on the link for additional details.

But just as important as the site’s new look is what’s under the hood. We’ve been working nonstop to increase our coverage of home sales transactions for 2006, and those efforts are really paying off. With all of the new data we’ve collected (and will continue to collect) we can offer even better service in the locations we cover, while rapidly incorporating new locations which were previously unavailable to us.

If you want to view the full press release, you can do so here, and below is an example of a map you can place on your blog through an emerging standard called GeoRSS - which is an extension of the commonly used RSS. You can find out more about the map you see below by going to this page on our site.

-Tony Floriani

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