Comments on: Property Pages http://blog.homethinking.com/2007/05/08/property-pages/ News of Homethinking and What we are up to Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:09:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Niki Scevak http://blog.homethinking.com/2007/05/08/property-pages/#comment-4763 Niki Scevak Thu, 17 May 2007 19:40:38 +0000 http://blog.homethinking.com/2007/05/08/property-pages/#comment-4763 Apologies Shaun - the housemath API was down this morning and our code didn't fail gracefully, shall we say. It should be fixed now. As for the feature, the purpose is to add context to a real estate agents performance. In this case, what price did they choose to list at vs what Zillow thinks. We recognize Zillow isn't the most reliable estimate but it's a widely available starting point and over time we hope to see where their bias lays. But keep in mind it's a contextual tangent rather than the main function of the site. Either way, hopefully you have a chance to check out the page now and let me know what you think. Apologies Shaun - the housemath API was down this morning and our code didn’t fail gracefully, shall we say. It should be fixed now.

As for the feature, the purpose is to add context to a real estate agents performance. In this case, what price did they choose to list at vs what Zillow thinks. We recognize Zillow isn’t the most reliable estimate but it’s a widely available starting point and over time we hope to see where their bias lays. But keep in mind it’s a contextual tangent rather than the main function of the site.

Either way, hopefully you have a chance to check out the page now and let me know what you think.

]]> By: shaun mclane http://blog.homethinking.com/2007/05/08/property-pages/#comment-4755 shaun mclane Thu, 17 May 2007 14:03:56 +0000 http://blog.homethinking.com/2007/05/08/property-pages/#comment-4755 Your link for the home in AZ is broken. I'm not sure I'm seeing the benefit here. The first tool mentions seeing if a house is overpriced, but that's exactly what Zillow does. If you're just pulling the info from Zillow, why would someone use your tool instead of Z? And I'm with Nicole on the rent portion of your post. Maybe the link will be up later and I can have a better look. Your link for the home in AZ is broken. I’m not sure I’m seeing the benefit here. The first tool mentions seeing if a house is overpriced, but that’s exactly what Zillow does. If you’re just pulling the info from Zillow, why would someone use your tool instead of Z? And I’m with Nicole on the rent portion of your post. Maybe the link will be up later and I can have a better look.

]]> By: Administrator http://blog.homethinking.com/2007/05/08/property-pages/#comment-4705 Administrator Tue, 15 May 2007 20:36:38 +0000 http://blog.homethinking.com/2007/05/08/property-pages/#comment-4705 Many thanks for your comment Nicole. We'll take that on board. With the buy vs rent we wanted to give people a sense for the mortgage amount but also that if they saw a place for rent that was below what the agnostic price was, they probably should take it. But I like an integration with a rental site and we'll think more about this. Best. Niki Scevak Founder - Homethinking LLC Many thanks for your comment Nicole. We’ll take that on board. With the buy vs rent we wanted to give people a sense for the mortgage amount but also that if they saw a place for rent that was below what the agnostic price was, they probably should take it.

But I like an integration with a rental site and we’ll think more about this.

Best.
Niki Scevak
Founder - Homethinking LLC

]]> By: Nicole Rufuku http://blog.homethinking.com/2007/05/08/property-pages/#comment-4704 Nicole Rufuku Tue, 15 May 2007 18:52:36 +0000 http://blog.homethinking.com/2007/05/08/property-pages/#comment-4704 People definitely want a view of high/low pricing, so bravo on question one. But who cares if it's a better deal to rent? Consumers can't act on that because the seller won't accept such an offer. The only way that would be valuable is if you provided a link to a comparable rental listing. I would definitely use that! People definitely want a view of high/low pricing, so bravo on question one. But who cares if it’s a better deal to rent? Consumers can’t act on that because the seller won’t accept such an offer. The only way that would be valuable is if you provided a link to a comparable rental listing. I would definitely use that!

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