Surefield launched their Pricepoint this week (see GeekWire coverage), which you can test out here (coverage for properties in Western Washington only). The concept of personalizing an automated valuation model with custom comps is not new, of course. During my time at Zillow, I spoke with consumers…

This has nothing to do with real estate technology, so if you can handle that, read on… From a comment on AVC from Yasmine Mustafa: Something broke down in the immigration system because despite being brought here, we discovered we were illegal aliens when I…

Super, another Product Hunt find, is taking a crack at easing the pain of home ownership. What is it? a subscription service that provides care and repair for your home. Become a member and we’ll pay to repair or replace covered appliance and home system…

Anyone else seen LinkedIn’s new Pro Finder (found via Product Hunt)? Of course, one of the massive categories in terms of finding a trusted professional is… You guessed it. Real estate agents. It’s yet to be proved they can convince buyers and sellers to use this service….

I was speaking to the founder of HelpingB (crowd funding for social good ideas) because we’re thinking about doing a campaign for Horizon to get us onto Android. On the call, she told me about Change Heroes, which helps people campaign with 9 other friends to build…

Everyone knows I used to work at the big Z, and still have many friends there. That said, I have to hand it to Realtor.com…their “House Wrap” campaign is a great creative marketing strategy (press release here).   PS: Congrats to Krisstina and Good Life Realty for representing…

Facebook launched Notify today (see Product Hunt discussion here). I left the following comment on Product Hunt: This is an attempt to be a better way to consume news…which is basically what Twitter is already. My question is whether there is enough sources that “matter”…

Revaluate is focused on giving you everything you want to know prior to buying (or renting) a new property (see coverage here). Formerly focused exclusively on New York city, the site is now available in the San Francisco market. They developed a pretty nifty map of the most livable…

PocketList launched today (see here). Pocket listings is a topic I’ve written about several times, and think about “off market” dynamics on a daily basis since Horizon is essentially a marketplace for off the market hospitality exchange. A few thoughts after playing with the app this morning:…

For some background on the topic of the universal property ID (UPID), read Rob’s post as well as Michael Wurzer’s post that Rob responded to. First, let me be clear: I 100% agree there is value to be had with a universal identifier of properties. Not having…