Things are changing so fast…

Things are changing so fast online, and Web 2.0 is taking over! Thats right! WEB 2.0 is taking over.. Mashups (a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool) are the newest buzz , and there will certainly be much cooler stuff to come in the not so distant future. Hopefully these technologies will continue to make it easier to learn about, buy, sell, or rent properties. What are the coolest real estate web 2.0 sites out there right now?

 

1) Zillow Zillow came out of nowhere and took the real estate world by storm. It allows anyone to find rough estimates of the valuation of their home by searching comparible properties. While values are not always accurate, the site continues to get it better.

 

2) RealEstate ABC

RealEstate ABC just released their Beta property valuation tool to compete directly with Zillow. It uses Google Maps in its technology mashup and allows you to do cool things like adjust values of properties given certain market conditions, web 2.0 style, something Zillow does not have. They seem to have beaten Zillow at their own game.

3) Trulia Trulia scrapes real estate sites to find listings and brings it all together in a clean, well designed site. Using Google maps and RSS feeds, the site seems to have taken the lead in the future of online property listings. I’m looking forward to see how they begin to compete with Craigslist for FSBO listings.

 

4) HotPads.com

Hotpads.com is an apartment, corporate housing, and roomate search site for the next era. With interactive mapping, great graphics and free listings, this is one site to watch! (Note: they don’t have a ton of listings, yet, but this cool site will catch on)

5) Propsmart

Propsmart.com, is another site that crawls the world wid web for property listings. It uses GoogleMaps for interactivity.

6) Google

Who better than Google to use Google’s technology for real estate? KING-KONG is jumping into the game, bringing fear to the hearts of real estate web entrepreneurs everywhere.

7) HousingMaps (Honorable Mention)
HousingMaps.com is one of the innovators of the real estate space of Web 2.0. Dreamworks software engineer, Paul Rademacher, created it with a blend of Craigslist and GoogleMaps to introduce one of the first recognized real estate 2.0 websites.

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BiggerPockets.com is undergoing our very own Web 2.0 transformation as we speak.

These sites are all  leaders in the web 2.0 real estate.