Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Searching For Property Online

There are so many places to search for property information online these days. Many of these sites have only limited information or are not very user friendly. Many company and agent websites require consumers to register in order to search, and many company and agent sites allow you to only see their listings. Some of these sites do allow you to search via an MLS feed, but most have feeds only from the MLS that that agent/company is a member of. The most popular real estate search site is Realtor.com because it does provide information from every MLS and it does not require users to register. The problem with Realtor.com is that it provides very limited information on properties unless the listing agent pays a fee to have more of their listing information included. This means that you, the consumer, can only access limited information and usually only one photo per listing for the majority of properties shown on Realtor.com. One real estate company based out of Seattle does provide MLS information on its website from areas all over the Northwestern United States and Hawaii. That company is Windermere, and it's website employs a state of the art map based search called PropertyPoint. Many local Windermere offices and agents have this search tool available, and you are never asked to register in order to get the information you want. The search shows you highly detailed information on every listing as well as every photo for each listing that is posted to MLS. PropertyPoint provides an unparalleled search experience that you simply must try. To test this power search tool, visit my website at http://www.janicespencer.com or visit the company's main site at http://www.windermere.com.

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