Rain City Guide

It was wonderful to have some quality time with the Trulia last night and I had a blast chatting about real estate search with them.
Sami and Kelly were great sports and the group ended up spending about an hour and a half discussing Trulia’s business plan and how others (like RCG!) might plug into [...]

In a recent post, Galen said “And no, it’s not what Windermere or ZipRealty already do: their sites s-u-c-k compared to true consumer-oriented sites like Amazon.com and Google.”.
Now, comparing nearly any web site to Amazon or Google isn’t a fair comparission. Google & Amazon have 1) many of the best software engineers on the planet [...]

In my last post, I awoken Ardell from her winter hibernation. To which I feel I should both apologize and take the credit . Ardell raised many interesting points, that I feel that merit a response. First and foremost, I’ll admit I am somewhat biased, since I tend to view things through buyer-colored glasses and [...]

I received this email from a Rain City Guide reader this morning:
Radcribs had to take down its NYC real estate mashup. Radcribs basically copied every bit of its code from Trulia (all the javascript, all the CSS for layouts, all the HTML templates, etc). Trulia’s lawyers made short work of that. [...]

Since last September, I’ve been using a free stat program that maps the visitors to Rain City Guide. Last time I logged into the site, I notice that they’ve added a new toy (a poll feature) that has inspired me to ask a question I’ve wondered for quite some time…
Take the poll
Free Poll by [...]

In my last post, I was asked what the accuracy of the locations in our generated Google Earth files are. Before I divulge that information, I’d like to explain some of the challenges of getting accurately geocoded data. (I’ll get on my soapbox and complain about the state of NWMLS data in my next post).
Now, [...]

Greetings fellow Rain City Readers! I’m a software engineer that has been working with Dustin to develop a better MLS search for the Rain City Guide. Before I get started into what I’m doing, I thought I’d discuss the why I’m doing it…

I like this site, although I really wish I could hit a “show all routes in my area” button. Still, if you’re looking for a new jogging route, take a look. Furthermore, if you’re wondering how to follow through on your “exercise more” resolution, this might be a good starting point.
Here are Seattle’s routes. [...]

I really like some of the search options available on Immobilien-Suche, a Swiss mapping site.
Granted, I speak no Swiss whatsoever, (Now we need a universal translator!), but this site is quite easy to figure out.

So here are some of the things I really like:

Sliders
Sliders for Price, Rooms, and Size
Sliders with Statistics for Price, [...]

It looks like ShackPrices just had their first major update.
ShackPrices is a Seattle-based outfit that focuses on helping sellers value (or “appraise”) their homes.
The new layout is clean and very straightforward. If you’re a King County resident curious to find out what homes in your area are selling for, then using their [...]