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Accuracy of Online Property Searches: An Examination of Several Sites and the Reliability of Their Listings in Three Markets

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments · General

Case Study Conducted By:
The WAV Group
www.wavgroup.com
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 [...]

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Roost is now “LIVE” in New England

August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Announcement, Introduction

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 [...]

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Roost launches San Francisco and Seattle

August 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Announcement

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 for sale in San Francisco and Seattle go somewhere else.  If you want [...]

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Roost.com makes finding all homes for sale easier

August 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Features

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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Social Networking and Real Estate

July 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Features, General, Reaction, Real Estate Marketing

We know how important social networking is becoming in our daily lives. Drew Izzo, CMO of Roost.com, and I attended SocialMediaCamp this last Tuesday and learned how social networking sites are being integrating into businesses everywhere. From Twitter to LinkedIn to Facebook, the world is becoming connected.
So I got a tweet this morning from Peter [...]

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Roost Real Estate Speak Report

July 1st, 2008 · 7 Comments · General, Introduction

 Are you and your REALTOR® speaking the same language?
We see a lot of property listings here at Roost. And we’re self-confessed data geeks. So, when someone came up with the idea to analyze what those listings really tell home seekers, we couldn’t resist the challenge, and dove right in.
We wanted to take a look at some [...]

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Roost.com adds more industry savvy to the pedigree

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Announcement

We’re very excited to announce a new member of the Roost.com team! As of today, Derek Overbey has joined Roost to help drive our Industry & Broker partner network strategy.
Derek comes to Roost.com from Intero Real Estate Services, a leader in the Bay Area real estate brokerage world, where he served as Vice President [...]

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Roost.com launches in Denver with every home for sale!

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Announcement, Features

Attention homebuyers in the mile high city. You can now search for all homes for sale in the Denver Metro area in one place. Roost.com. Roost.com, through strategic relationships with local real estate brokers and the MLS provides consumers up-to-date and comprehensive access to all area MLS listings, For Sale by Owner listings and New [...]

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Roost.com launches in Miami

June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Announcement

If you’re in the market for a home in Miami metro area may we recommend a new favorite site? Roost.com.
Roost.com launched in Miami Florida late last week. (sorry for the blog delay. We’ve been busy building the best homes search site on the web!)
Through strategic relationships with the local MLS board and local [...]

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Roost launches Alerts, personalization, neighborhood and school district enhancements

May 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Announcement, Features

Hi All,
Wanted to let you all know that we made some enhancements to Roost.com. We launched a bunch of cool new features:
1. Type ahead. As users begin to type in the city they’re searching for we recommend cities that match the what they’re typing. This speeds up the search process, helps with spelling errors and [...]

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