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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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Inman News takes a look in the Roost Nest

August 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Announcement, General, Introduction

It is always interesting as a company when you open the kimono and let someone with a video camera run around your office and shoot pretty much anything they want. Such was the case when Lai Saetern of Inman News showed up last month to check out our San Francisco digs for a piece she [...]

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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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Is Your Social Networking Time Commitment Worth the Effort?

August 11th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Features, General

So I was contemplating last night as I was adding Plurk to my repertoire of social media sites…Is this all worth it? Does it really pay off? Are the fruits of my labor going to reward me in the end? My answers to all are I really think so.
I’ve been actively involved in the social [...]

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Real Estate Strategies for New Home Buyers

August 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Features

Ten Must-Know Tips Before You Embark on the Purchase Process
Wouldn’t it be great to click your heels together and have your dream house magically appear? While you’re waiting for the rush order on the ruby slippers, here’s a guide to help you through the first steps to homeownership.
STRATEGY #1
Determine Whether You Should Buy or Rent
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Prudential Sees Positive ROI from Roost.com

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Features

Prudential California Realty is the lastest broker partner to see a positive ROI (Return on Investment) with the use of the Roost.com platform. The stats speak for themselves:

Roost.com traffic spends 173% more time on www.prurealty.com than any other Top 10 referring website
Roost.com traffic bounces 44% less to www.prurealty.com compared to the other referring websites
Visitors coming from [...]

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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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We are only as successful as our partners!

July 30th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Announcement, Features, General

When starting a new business in a crowded space, it is your first priority to just be recognized. Especially in the world of real estate search, which by most accounts is pretty crowded. The second priority is to gain partners to use your product to help improve their business. And the third priority you may [...]

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Roost Rocks the House at Inman – Wins Innovator Award

July 25th, 2008 · 17 Comments · Announcement, Features, General

So I was going to write another recap of the last two days to close out the Inman Real Estate Connect SF show but something happened as I started to put fingertips to keyboard….we won the 2008 Inman Innovator Award in the Best New Technology category.
Now this may be hard to believe, but with the [...]

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Roost launches SocialNotes: private conversations around homes for sale

July 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Announcement, Introduction

We’re thrilled to be part of the launch of a very cool new technology - SocialNotes on Roost.com. SocialNotes will allow Roost.com users to privately share a home listing via email or add to their profile on their favorite social network like Facebook, MySpace or bebo.  You can also post it to a Blogger, TypePad or WordPress blog [...]

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