It’s not going to come as news that the housing market is currently in crisis. And the root cause of that extends beyond the mortgage industry fiasco, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, etc. It’s equally a crisis of consumer confidence.

Part of the road to recovery will be helping people regain their faith in the process of buying & selling homes. Those of us who provide information or services related to real estate have both a responsibility and an incentive – [...]

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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 ask? Prove that the product really works.

Well we are at an exciting crossroads here at Roost.com because we have had customers on the platform long [...]

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My Conference Call With Poppy Dinsey of Zoomf.

Earlier this week I had the distinct pleasure of chatting with Poppy Dinsey of London-based Zoomf (Yee Haw for Skype). Don’t let the name fool you, this is one incredibly bright and articulate Real Estate/Web 2.0 Geek with a passion that would rival most in the industry.

So how the heck did I meet some random woman that works for a real estate search site [...]

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We are thrilled to announce today that leading real estate brokerage Baird & Warner has joined the Roost IDX Partner Network to support its online marketing programs.

Chicago-based Baird & Warner is the largest independent real estate broker in Illinois with more than $6 billion in annual sales. Founded in 1855, it is also the oldest independent real estate broker in the country.

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Three reasons why Kayak sets the standard

OK, I know firsthand that there are more reasons why Travel is unlike Real Estate then there are similarities. Real Estate is fundamentally local; I do not believe REALTORS® can/will be disintermediated; the purchase cycle happens over months if not years; and so on.

But despite all that, I still look to Kayak.com for inspiration more often than I’d care to admit.

Full disclosure, there are a few extenuating circumstances that influence how [...]

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“There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.”
-Brendan Behan, Irish Dramatist & Author

Touché. We’ve hardly written anything more than our own birth certificate since we were hatched just one month ago. And since we are all bite and no bark (all engineers and product people and currently no marketing department), we certainly enjoy the buzz from peer reviews and blogs. So we thought we’d share a few of our favorite mentions from the [...]

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Welcome back!

We are still pulsing from the excitement of our initial launch of Roost and the flurry of resulting coverage. While we were certainly hopeful that all the late nights’ work would be well received – it has been really satisfying to hear the initial response from around the Web.

Thought we’d share some of the initial reaction with you…

The Launch

“Roost launched last week, and I love it.” Brian Bolero, 1000WattConsulting

“[A] new contender has arrived.” Doug Caverly, [...]

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