Today Google added Phoenix (and Tucson) to its relatively new, somewhat controversial mapping product StreetView.From today's Arizona Republic:Today, the Phoenix area joins a handful of U.S. cities that people around the globe can tour - virtually - via a controversial new program known as Street View.Street View is similar to the popular Google Earth and Google Maps programs, but it … [Read more...]
The Phoenix Real Estate Technology Exchange is Born
News that FlexMLS would be replacing Tempo as the provider for ARMLS spread swiflty through the Phoenix real estate blog world.This morning a new weblog was launched, The Phoenix Real Estate Technology Exchange (aka PRETexchange.com).From the "about" page:The Phoenix Real Estate Technology Exchange is a group weblog created by the Phoenix real estate weblogging community, by members of … [Read more...]
FlexMLS to Replace Tempo in ARMLS
FlexMLS? Tempo? ARMLS? What the heck....Apologies to our non-agent readers. All that title means is the Phoenix area real estate agents will soon (though not soon enough!) be enjoying a new Multiple Listing System vendor.Michael Wurzer, President and CEO of FBS Data Systems just announced:Arizona Regional MLS has entered into a three-year contract with FBS for our flexmls® Web MLS … [Read more...]
Point2 Technologies CEO Resigns, Pleads Guilty in Sex Case
Wendell Willick, the co-founder and CEO of Point2 Technologies (provider of Point2 Agent web sites) has resigned his position at Point2 and pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual exploitation of a minor.Full story here. I've met Wendell Willick. Met his family too (who are *awesome* people - my heart goes out to them). This is disturbing news to me on a personal note. Professionally -- having … [Read more...]
Zillow Scores Another $30M
TechCrunch says Zillow is set to announce it has secured a $30M chunk of capital, bringing the total to $87M (that's a significant chunk of change...).(And here is the AP press release. And a typically stellar article from John Cook at SeattlePI.com) One of the more interesting aspects of the TechCrunch article is the comments. Read them and you'll see things like:"Seems like a … [Read more...]











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