An addictive easy way to shop for homes
I’m not sure I entirely agree with this analysis of the new real estate customer (probably because I’m a “skeptical generation x-er”), but it describes a lot of underserved real estate searchers. Meet the new real estate customer: it is likely you, dear reader. You dig through lots of websites in order to gather information about home buying, you pick...
LA contemplates the Wilshire Monorail I believe I’ve heard this before. LA, be sure that you will have the guts to support it even in the middle, when everything is messy and more expensive than it once seemed. Also, we’ve worked through a lot of the problems in Seattle, so be sure to borrow liberally from our plans. -Galen
Just spotted an article about discount agent websites – looks like a perfect match for the ShackPrices.com do-it yourself crowd. You can do a bunch of the legwork on your own and find an agent who will give you a discount when you’re ready to buy or when you’re over your head. Good deal! A few words of warning: The...
Thought I’d point folks to updates over at ShackPrices.com. We’ve added permalinks, address search and condos, so now you can see official King County information about every condo that has sold in the last 3 months, 6 months, year, or 5 years in any part of King County. If you want to show someone across the country where the pricy...
As you may have noticed the site was updated this weekend. There were a host of small improvements, so I’ll only mention the big ones. First is a search by address feature, that simplifies the task of searching for a specific house, you can find it under the search tab. Second we redesigned the paging system, removing the arbitrary 100...
1. You’re thinking of selling your house and you want to see what similar houses have sold for. Lots of folks will give you a list of nearby properties that have sold, but with ShackPrices, you can actually see where they are. Is the more expensive one on a cul-de-sac? Is one right next to a busy road? You can...