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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: Is HomeTrader Our Real Estate Site Saviour?</title>
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<title>Housing Bubble</title>
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Lived in Toronto for 6 years and 3 of those were as a realtor, before moving down here to Florida.  I think this is leaps and bounds better than Realtor.ca.  But, after having talked to friends who are using it back up north, I think it has it's shortcomings mostly in the reseller market.

-HousingBubble]]>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 13:15:54 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Dave</title>
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I came across a great site for finding a new home in Ontario - www.newinhomes.com and/or www.starrealestate.ca - they seem to have more comprehensive information to help home buyers who are in the market.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2009/01/is_hometrader_our_real_estate_site_saviour/#c371564</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:07:57 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Richard Silver</title>
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It is time to look at Realtor.ca again. All sorts of changes have been made, you can search by area (ie. Cabbagetown) and it has no advertising other than the houses. This new site Hometrader.ca just does not cut it.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2009/01/is_hometrader_our_real_estate_site_saviour/#c370381</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:19:39 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Dan</title>
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ZooCasa.com is pretty good, but the thing that all these tools are missing is, like the author said, data. That's because all of them guard it jealously and no one wants to release it, and in the end that's a loss for the user.

I personally think that BlogTO should develop it's own realtor tool as part of this site and get the users to submit all the data on an ongoing base (Web 2.0 style). If Craigslist taught us anything it's that user generated content is more accurate, vaster and more effecient then what an in-house team can provide.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2009/01/is_hometrader_our_real_estate_site_saviour/#c357298</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:15:44 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Ryan L.</title>
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I think the quantity of listings is far, FAR more important than interface.  Who would honestly buy a house using a site where only 10% of listings are shown?  I know I sure as hell wouldn't.

Despite their clunky interface, that means Realtor.ca comes out on top in my books now that housing123 is no longer.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2009/01/is_hometrader_our_real_estate_site_saviour/#c357295</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:11:15 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Andy</title>
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someone did ... then MLS shut them down.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2009/01/is_hometrader_our_real_estate_site_saviour/#c357280</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:07:41 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Captain Fail</title>
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FAIL x a thousand fails.

When is someone going to get it right?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2009/01/is_hometrader_our_real_estate_site_saviour/#c356779</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:12:28 PST</pubDate>
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<title>fooey</title>
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So, they intentionally aren't going to include resale homes, because those are covered by a separate magazine (called "Resale Homes")?  Which is owned by the same company?  So, like, two division directors are feuding, and therefore their online real estate site is crippled?

Wow, how stupid.  Fail.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2009/01/is_hometrader_our_real_estate_site_saviour/#c356685</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:22:55 PST</pubDate>
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<title>matts</title>
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Most of those services fail on more than one front. Even if they have decent interface (zoocasa) or aggregate various feeds (housing123 before realtors shut it down), they are simply inadequate. A decent solution must include asoild interface AND critical mass of listings. Even realtor.ca does not have all the listings avilable on the realtors' own intranet. Then there are multiple FSBO type sites, none with enough content to be of any use. And so the more persistent among us still have to go to a half a dozen (at least) places to look; others hire an agent. :(]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2009/01/is_hometrader_our_real_estate_site_saviour/#c356571</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:53:35 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Lorna Young</title>
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What I would really like to see in a real estate directory site is a mapping feature that would let you set some boundaries or co-ordinates, e.g. "south of Bloor, East of Bathurst, West of Donlands" and then get a listing by prices and type of housing and have them display on the map.  The formal areas used by the Toronto Real Estate Board are not very helpful for this.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2009/01/is_hometrader_our_real_estate_site_saviour/#c356439</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:25:36 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Toronto Condos Dude</title>
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I think the map search aspect of Hometrader.ca shows some promise, but remember that it is put out by Condo Guide so this will only cover new homes and condos. I don't think they are intending to populate it with resale property listings.  ]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2009/01/is_hometrader_our_real_estate_site_saviour/#c356438</link>
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<category>Toronto, Tech</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:24:56 PST</pubDate>
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