Comments on: Roost.com: Every Home For Sale… (Well almost…) http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/08/28/roostcom-every-home-for-sale-well-almost/ Real Estate, Insight, Statistics, Gossip, & News...With a Twist and Some Flavor Mon, 21 May 2012 00:11:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tom McHenry http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/08/28/roostcom-every-home-for-sale-well-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-12914 Tom McHenry Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:08:37 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.wordpress.com/?p=1952#comment-12914 I signed up for Roost but have no idea how to use it. Their website does not have good instructions. I signed up for Roost but have no idea how to use it. Their website does not have good instructions.

]]> By: anon8mizer http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/08/28/roostcom-every-home-for-sale-well-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-5445 anon8mizer Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:24:41 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.wordpress.com/?p=1952#comment-5445 FYI - Roost.com paid for the independent study from WAV group. I don't think that was mentioned in the comments above from roost.com so I want to call that out. And techcrunch has some coverage of the WAV group study, as well as some compare-contrast with results on zillow/trulia, etc. Techcrunch article here: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/22/how-accurate-are-listings-on-real-estate-sites/ FYI – Roost.com paid for the independent study from WAV group. I don’t think that was mentioned in the comments above from roost.com so I want to call that out.

And techcrunch has some coverage of the WAV group study, as well as some compare-contrast with results on zillow/trulia, etc.

Techcrunch article here: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/22/how-accurate-are-listings-on-real-estate-sites/

]]> By: Drew Izzo from Roost.com http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/08/28/roostcom-every-home-for-sale-well-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-5449 Drew Izzo from Roost.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:15:27 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.wordpress.com/?p=1952#comment-5449 @bigpoppa I'm going to ask our development team to look into this issue. Can you send me your email please drew.izzo at roost dot com thanks, Drew @bigpoppa

I’m going to ask our development team to look into this issue. Can you send me your email please drew.izzo at roost dot com

thanks,

Drew

]]> By: thefrontsteps http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/08/28/roostcom-every-home-for-sale-well-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-5448 thefrontsteps Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:48:11 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.wordpress.com/?p=1952#comment-5448 @bigpoppa.....at Roost? @bigpoppa…..at Roost?

]]> By: bigpoppa http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/08/28/roostcom-every-home-for-sale-well-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-5446 bigpoppa Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:29:59 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.wordpress.com/?p=1952#comment-5446 I signed up for an account, but no confirmation email was sent. I tried to get another confirmation, but again none was sent. I checked my junk/trash folders too. Are accounts to login being manually approved? thanks, bp I signed up for an account, but no confirmation email was sent. I tried to get another confirmation, but again none was sent. I checked my junk/trash folders too.

Are accounts to login being manually approved?

thanks,

bp

]]> By: Drew Izzo from Roost.com http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/08/28/roostcom-every-home-for-sale-well-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-5450 Drew Izzo from Roost.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:10:34 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.wordpress.com/?p=1952#comment-5450 Thanks for the post. Yes, we are a bit “tongue-in-cheek” with our tagline. But, we are trying to make an important point. Consumers searching for homes for sale don’t understand that many of the real estate sites online today offer just a fraction of the homes for sale in any given market. Additionally, many – as many as half of the listings on popular real estate search engines are inaccurate or no longer for sale. We can't continue to ask time starved consumers to sift through bad data. www.Roost.com just released a independent study conducted by the WAV Group with an analysis of the homes for sale content on popular real estate sites like Trulia, Zillow, Google, & Yahoo. It can be found on our blog: http://blog.roost.com/2008/08/26/accuracy-online-property-searches-examination/ Thanks for the post.

Yes, we are a bit “tongue-in-cheek” with our tagline. But, we are trying to make an important point. Consumers searching for homes for sale don’t understand that many of the real estate sites online today offer just a fraction of the homes for sale in any given market. Additionally, many – as many as half of the listings on popular real estate search engines are inaccurate or no longer for sale. We can’t continue to ask time starved consumers to sift through bad data. http://www.Roost.com just released a independent study conducted by the WAV Group with an analysis of the homes for sale content on popular real estate sites like Trulia, Zillow, Google, & Yahoo. It can be found on our blog: http://blog.roost.com/2008/08/26/accuracy-online-property-searches-examination/

]]> By: anon8mizer http://thefrontsteps.com/2008/08/28/roostcom-every-home-for-sale-well-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-5447 anon8mizer Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:52:34 +0000 http://thefrontsteps.wordpress.com/?p=1952#comment-5447 So when will all these on-line real estate sites consolidate? There are so many of them and they all do pretty much the same things. With the RE market the way it is, I just am not sure there are enough 'users' or 'traffic' to support all of them. I only use SFARMLS, RedFin, and PropertyShark. (And I think RedFin should change its logo to a submerged Shark's Fin - a la 'Jaws' - and then merge with PropertyShark so there are less of these sites a consumer has to deal with). So when will all these on-line real estate sites consolidate? There are so many of them and they all do pretty much the same things. With the RE market the way it is, I just am not sure there are enough ‘users’ or ‘traffic’ to support all of them.

I only use SFARMLS, RedFin, and PropertyShark. (And I think RedFin should change its logo to a submerged Shark’s Fin – a la ‘Jaws’ – and then merge with PropertyShark so there are less of these sites a consumer has to deal with).

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