In this new age of technology we’re living in, the Internet is often the primary tool people use to find and buy a home. One glaring drawback, however, is the opportunity it presents for scammers to defraud unsuspecting homebuyers.

This doesn’t have to happen to you. There are precautionary measures you can use to ensure that you don’t fall prey to mortgage fraud.

According to experts, nearly 82 percent of potential homebuyers begin their real estate and mortgage shopping online. [...]

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Like many folks, I lived through the .com bust and learned a great lesson.  Terrific businesses can be built during tough times, but only if they’re adding real value to their customers.

Fortunately our mission has always been to deliver measurable ROI for Real Estate brokers.  The fact that that is working is incredibly exciting.  Despite ad $ being cut left and right, we’re bringing more clients on the platform [...]

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We’re pleased to announce a partnership with First American Corelogic today that brings the most complete set of foreclosed home listings to Roost.com.  Now, in addition to Homes for Sale in the MLS, Homes for Sale by owner and New Construction property listings Roost can offer consumers access to over 1.5M properties in the foreclosure [...]

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Nominations are open for the Crunchies 2008 Awards! You can check them out here:

Nominations are open until Dec. 10 – if you love Roost, and think it’s the best place to find homes for sale, please nominate us for ….

… Best Startup

…Roost has already been awarded the most innovative technology of the year

… Best Design

You can also nominate our fearless leader, Alex Chang …

… Best Startup CEO

…he’s [...]

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Are we the only ones confused these days?

Every time we turn around, we get more bad news about the housing crisis … it won’t bottom out until 2010, it’s going to get worse before it gets better, and we’ve just seen the biggest price drop in 20 years.

Meanwhile, there continue to be glimmers of hope on the horizon that don’t get nearly as much press as the doom and gloom – some

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The Roost team has been getting up awfully early recently to support KQED Radio – San Fran’s public radio station.  A host of us have volunteered to accept donations during the current pledge drive.  Here are some fun pics of our infamous team members bringing home the bacon for our local public radio.

Here’s Kevin Friedman – aka “K-Luv” and Shirley Chen – aka “money-maker” driving hard to close a pledge this morning.

And Duc “bad-boy” Haba came in after training [...]

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Online property search for Dallas, Miami and San Diego

Online property search makes sense for consumers. Although the process of purchasing a home should always involve a licensed REALTOR®, shopping for a place to live or a home to buy can be done privately on an internet web browser. What are the best online sites for finding a home?

There has been a significant change in the landscape of property search in the past three [...]

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The wait is over for those people looking for comprehensive, up-to-date real estate data in New Hampshire, Vermont, Western Maine and Northern Massachusetts. Roost.com flipped the switch today to provide the best real estate search experience possible for consumers looking for homes in the New England region.

A key to any successful launch in a new region is the brokers we partner with. Fortunately we have one of the premier brands in Prudential [...]

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Looking for homes for sale in San Francisco or Seattle?  Be sure to check out Roost.com.  Roost now offers the most comprehensive set of homes for sale in San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA.

If you’re looking for a subset of the homes [...]

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Alex Lange, our CTO created a quick video showing new www.roost.com enhancements that make finding homes for sale on Roost.com faster and easier than ever.  Know that if your dream home is for sale it’s on Roost.com.

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