Archives for the ‘Websites’ Category

Real estate and Facebook

By Darryl Stringer • Sep 17th, 2008 • Category: Agents, Lead Story, Websites

Facebook is becoming quite a force, with more and more people joining up.  I’ve been on it for a few months, and I’ve just set up a Facebook Page for my business - have a look at Highshots Photography on Facebook.
Anyway, there’s a lot of talk around about how business people, including real estate agents, [...]



Is Google Street View a useful real estate tool?

By Darryl Stringer • Aug 17th, 2008 • Category: Featured, Websites

You’ve probably already checked out Google’s Street View utility at Google Maps. You know what your place looks like, and if you’re like my parents you’ll know what day of the week the Google Man drove by - for my folks it was early on a Tuesday morning because the rubbish bins are out on [...]



realestateVIEW.com.au gets a new look

By Darryl Stringer • Aug 16th, 2008 • Category: Websites

Property portal realestateVIEW.com.au has been given a revamp with a new look and new services:
“The internet site, which records more than 16,000 unique visitors a day and has more than 40,000 properties for sale or rent nationally, is well placed to become the nation’s dominant property portal.”
-New look, more services at realestateVIEW.com.au
I seriously doubt that [...]



Realestate.com.au emails delayed: agents fuming

By Darryl Stringer • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Agents, Websites

About eight weeks ago realestate.com.au started upgrading its email servers, but there was a problem and about 16% of online queries weren’t forwarded on to the respective real estate agents for up to 2 months. Agents across Australia started receiving a glut of emails last week, and promptly started contacting the potential buyers. Unfortunately some [...]



Uhoo: the new real estate franchise kid on the block

By Darryl Stringer • Jun 16th, 2008 • Category: Agents, Websites

I was walking our local streets whilst taking my young son for a walk, and I noticed a car decked out with signage for Uhoo Property Sales, so when I got home I checked it out further. It turns out that Uhoo is a new real estate franchise that’s about to be launched around Australia [...]



Life can get a little busy

By Darryl Stringer • Aug 21st, 2006 • Category: Websites

I know it hasn’t exactly been a “daily” thing here at Real Estate Daily for a couple of months. I’ve just been so busy working on other projects, such as my Ashes cricket blog, and last month my wife gave birth to our first child (who has also been keeping me quite busy). So [...]



Mapping the future

By Darryl Stringer • May 2nd, 2006 • Category: Websites

It looks like an entrepreneurial Aussie has registered zillow.com.au, possibly in a bid to grab some of the attention that is heading to America’s zillow.com. Zillow is “an online real estate service dedicated to helping you get an edge in real estate by providing you with valuable tools and information”, with the goal of [...]



Simone Warne joins homesite.com.au

By Darryl Stringer • Jan 16th, 2006 • Category: News, Websites

Simone, the former wife of Aussie sporting hero Shane Warne, has signed on as the new face of homesite.com.au:
Simone has renovated three houses so she can give plenty of hands-on advice to the users of homesite.com.au. We are looking forward to working with her as she contributes to the editorial content of the site, sharing [...]



Back again

By Darryl Stringer • Jan 10th, 2006 • Category: Websites

I enjoyed a short break over Christmas this year … in fact, this was the first time we’ve officially closed down our business for a couple of weeks, and I think it surprised a few agents.
But now we’re back, and the real estate industry is really buzzing along. Most of the agents I’ve spoken [...]