Joel Burslem over at FOREM posted an excellent review of Roost, a new real estate search engine platform built upon IDX functionality.
He makes some great points, and one especially relevant to a lot of people who visit this site - the listings are complete. You can quickly search MLS listings for multiple brokers at once.
Time to add it to the Find a Home tab..only to have ZERO people come back to visit this blog once they discover how great Roost is!
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The unofficial word is that REI is coming to the 29th and Willamette mall, the one that hosts the new Market of Choice, Asada, Ben & Jerry’s, &…
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Saturday, September 29th. That’s the official date, although it may change.
I get a lot of traffic to this blog from people searching for “pottery barn eugene” so it’s only fair that I share!
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Fotowoosh is a fascinating new service. It takes the real estate online “tour” to a whole new level.
What I’m not clear on however is:
Freewebs is definitely on the cutting edge of Web 2.0, with their simplified application tools for either integrating content into your own site or blog, or into a blog hosted by Freewebs.
They definitely understand, unlike other internet hosting services, that hosting has become a commodity. It’s what publishers can do with the hosting that drives innovation. In this case, they might be onto something with fotowoosh. If they send me a beta [nudge nudge], I might be able to tell you.
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My buddy Christian, owner of Pacific Home Funding, filled me in on a little commercial development news.
Pottery Barn is coming to Oakway Mall. Here’s a link to the various permits that were filed.
First PF Changs, now Pottery Barn. Oakway Mall management has made some big moves to help the city of Eugene move past 1965 and into the modern world. There’s nothing wrong with a little self-interest along the way.
Giant sinkholes in Downtown Eugene are evidence of what can happen when investors’ self-interest is perceived as bad for all. Oakway appears to be a dogma free zone, and I think (most) everyone is impressed by what they have been able to do for that mall in 10 years.
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The Sellsius real estate blog talks about how an agent or seller can help a buyer experience what it would feel like to own the home. So why not allow them to spend the night in the home? Naturally, this only makes sense for vacation homes and rental properties for sale.
Or does it?
..Within the comments thread an agent named John Harper spoils the surprise about a new HGTV show called Sleep On It, where buyers are given a chance to sleep in a home. I sure hope they throw more into the process than “Big Brother” night vision filming of John and Suzie Q public. Yikes!
It will be interesting to see just how much buyers learn about a house after staying in it overnight. If it’s a house they think is worth the overnight stay, I’m guessing the buyer will be too far into the honeymoon phase to see the faux popcorn ceiling or the dog scratches on the back door. Those “features” will sink in later. Or..maybe the buyers will go into the deal with more accurate expectations, leading to a smoother deal?
When I find out more on this show, I’ll post it here.
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