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The Foreclosure Blackhole So Dark Not Even Light Can Escape

By: Robert Nield, HomeSearchByMap.com
Posted: Thursday, April 17th, 2008, 3:23 pm MST
Category: General Information

I’m a stats guy. I love crunching numbers, but sometimes it is difficult to comprehend what the numbers truly mean without a good visual representation . For the last couple of weeks I have been developing a foreclosure site using Google Maps. I’ve discovered some interesting things about the foreclosure market in Phoenix. This picture [...]

MLS Information Revolution

By: Robert Nield, HomeSearchByMap.com
Posted: Friday, November 23rd, 2007, 7:04 pm MST
Category: General Information

The age of closed databases and outdated design is almost over. From someone who has been trying to crack the MLS map nut using Tempo and having to do some pretty tricky things to accomplish it, I could not be more happy with the changes coming. Let us usher in a time when the [...]

Open Nationwide MLS, It’s Coming With or Without NAR

By: Robert Nield, HomeSearchByMap.com
Posted: Sunday, October 21st, 2007, 9:26 pm MST
Category: General Information

Dale Stinton (NAR CEO) alluded that NAR is working on a combined MLS database during Inman’s Real Estate Tech Conferance earlier this year.
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Does NAR have what it takes to create a nationwide MLS? Sadly, probably not. The real estate industry has been playing catch-up with technology [...]