Trulia Redesigned - More Focus on Local Real Estate
Real estate search engine, Trulia, is now sporting a new look and new features. They’ve recently added a Q&A for communities called Trulia Voices (though there aren’t many questions about Philadelphia real estate yet).
The feature is similar to the Home Q&A that Zillow.com launched last month.
Trulia has also added real estate guides for US geographical areas. Here’s the one for Philadelphia, which gives you a breakdown of home prices, crime stats, home age, household income, travel time to work, and community links.
Both websites show the recent trends from showcasing listings to building an engaged community around real estate transactions. Sites like these offer a great way for real estate agents to become the “local real estate expert” for their particular area.
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Carson - Real Estate Remix | Aug 19, 2007 | Reply
Since trulia has opened up their api, I have been dabbling with the idea of setting up a network of simple suburb-focused sites featuring nothing more than a large trulia or google map with local listings. Then get local agents to act as editors/writers in exchange for featured profiles.