Keyword: Trulia

Defending third party real estate sites’ SEO tactics

Defending third party real estate sites’ SEO tactics

SEO methods under fire Last month, we reported that the debate over third party real estate sites’ SEO tactics has been renewed as listing syndication rules change and as various brokers across the nation pull their listings feed from the third party sites. The scene is changing. For years, third party real estate media sites have been under scrutiny by ...

AGBeat | 2012/02/06  | 18 Comments Editorials

Big three real estate search sites launch new tools for agents

Big three real estate search sites launch new tools for agents

Real estate search news This week, the three largest real estate media sites Realtor.com, Zillow and Trulia are launching new features, all aimed at improving their offering for real estate professionals. Trulia today announces “Trulia Insight” which they say “provides high quality leads to real estate professionals by leveraging big data sourced through Trulia’s consumer search dataset” for $79.99 per ...

Tara Steele | 2012/01/12  | 29 Comments Business News

Real estate search patterns shifting

Real estate search patterns shifting

Trulia’s growth path Recently named in the 60 Genius Brands to watch list, real estate search site, Trulia.com has compiled data regarding their growth since their launch in 2006 and presented it graphically, showing strength particularly in Florida and California. Below, each white dot represents a zip code where a house for sale was viewed by a web visitor on ...

Tara Steele | 2012/01/07  | 23 Comments News

Trulia adds high caliber senior management – ramping up for IPO?

Trulia adds high caliber senior management – ramping up for IPO?

New talent added We have long predicted (and awaited) the announcement of Trulia launching an initial public offering (IPO) and while they have yet to make any announcements, it appears that their two most recent hires are a clear indicator that the company is ramping up for an IPO filing, perhaps in 2012, although they have not and cannot confirm, ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/12/01  | 16 Comments News

Apartments.com listings now on Trulia, rent search expands greatly

Apartments.com listings now on Trulia, rent search expands greatly

Apartments.com partners with Trulia Apartments.com listings are now live on the Trulia real estate search site, expanding their rent search substantially, adding 40 percent more community listings for Trulia. The company tells AGBeat that the daily leads for communities has risen nearly 60 percent since their stealthy launch, syndicating apartments.com listings. Trulia users can sort results to prioritize apartment communities ...

Tara Steele | 2011/11/21  | 16 Comments News

Trulia seeks to tell the future of housing through their new forward looking Metro Movers Report

Trulia seeks to tell the future of housing through their new forward looking Metro Movers Report

Forward looking real estate report Trulia has just launched what it calls the “Metro Movers Report” which is “the first report that starts with where homebuyers and renters are today and provides the inside scoop on where they want to live tomorrow and what it means for local housing demand.” Their first report reveals that home prices dropping drew house ...

Marti Trewe | 2011/11/17  | 26 Comments News

Trulia Real Estate HD to launch – sexy Kindle Fire app on the way

Trulia Real Estate HD to launch – sexy Kindle Fire app on the way

Trulia Real Estate HD Real estate search company Trulia has announced that in response to the launch of the Amazon Kindle (which we dubbed a legitimate iPad competitor that costs only $199), they are launching an app specific to the Kindle Fire called “Trulia Real Estate HD.” Trulia tells AGBeat that “This app was built from scratch by our talented ...

Tara Steele | 2011/11/14  | 16 Comments News

Serious question – can I have a donkey?

Serious question – can I have a donkey?

This buyer is being serious, but we can’t help but giggle at a question about a donkey. People are asking more and more questions about livestock and game as well as gardening space. In a seriously down market, a lot of people are putting up chicken coops where legal and making elaborate gardens for feeding the family, but we have ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/10/09  | 0 Comments Insiders

Yikes! Trulia wasn’t first to the Android tablet, they were second

Yikes! Trulia wasn’t first to the Android tablet, they were second

We recently reported on Trulia’s recent release of their Android tablet app and Trulia proclaimed that they raced across the finish line first, winning the glorious race between real estate search companies. But wait, didn’t HotPads.com release an Android tablet app in April 2011? Yikes. Trulia was more than five months late to the finish line, Zillow, Move and Homes.com ...

Edna Insider | 2011/10/09  | 0 Comments Insiders

Trulia first to Android tablet app – photo tour

Trulia first to Android tablet app – photo tour

Easiest advantage to spot: full screen pictures Rather than relying on their browser, the growing army of Android users can now use the native Trulia app, the first major real estate search company app to launch a product for the Android tablet. The most obvious advantage of the Trulia app is the full screen photos that users now have access ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/09/29  | 28 Comments San Francisco

Trulia launches app devoted to rentals for a shocking reason

Trulia launches app devoted to rentals for a shocking reason

Android users flock to rent search When Trulia launched their Android app this spring, it became evident quickly that Android users differ quite a bit from iPhone users and Trulia’s Head of Communications, Ken Shuman told AGBeat that Android users searched for rentals in such a dramatically higher volume, that they decided to answer the need by releasing an app ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/09/29  | 19 Comments San Francisco

Trulia says America’s dream of homeownership is not dead, but changed

Trulia says America’s dream of homeownership is not dead, but changed

How has the dream of homeownership changed? As threats of a second recession loom, housing remains a critical wound to the economy and political rhetoric heats up leading up to an election year, real estate practitioners are feeling the heat. Do Americans even care about owning a home any more? According to a Trulia.com study, 70 percent still say that ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/09/20  | 29 Comments Economy