Hungry for Bulk Feeds
Inman Blog
A Zillow spokeswoman said today that the company has been in
discussions with the Houston Association of Realtors to receive
property listings information supplied by its members. "We are in
discussion with a number of brokerages and organizations about listing
feeds," Zillow spokeswoman Amy Bohutinsky told Inman News.
HoustonRealNews reported this week
that "The Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) may be a whisker away
from providing listings data to real estate valuation site Zillow.com,"
and quotes HAR chairman Rob Cook: "Zillow receives 4 million visitors
per month so we would certainly like to have our listings on the site."
The bulk-feed market appears to be heating up for real estate sites
-- Point2 today announced that it is expanding its focus for the
formerly agent-centric Point2 National Listing Service to target
multiple listing services, real estate associations, and brokerage
companies and franchise networks. And Fidelity's Cyberhomes.com, an
online valuation and marketing site, is also approaching brokers and MLSs to secure for-sale property listings information.