Comparison of real estate websites

Comparison of real estate web sites

Comparison of real estate websites
EListit [1] Zillow Trulia [2] Redfin Movoto [3] Estately [4] ZipRealty GetMyHomesValue.com [5]
Funded 2005 2005 2005 2004 2005 2006 1999 2003
Investors N/A Benchmark Capital
Technology Crossover Ventures
PAR Capital Management
Legg Mason, Inc.		 Sarofim Fayez and Co.
Kevin Hartz
Accel Partners
Thorner Ventures
Sequoia Capital		 Madrona Venture Group
BEV Capital,
Vulcan Capital,
The Hillman Company
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Greylock Partners‘’		 Angel funding Angel funding N/A N/A
Funding N/A $87M $32.8M $30.8M N/A $450K N/A N/A
CEO Greg Pool Richard Barton Pete Flint Glenn Kelman Henry Shao Galen Ward Patrick Lashinsky Mike Frey
Based In San Francisco, California Seattle, Washington San Francisco, California Seattle, Washington San Mateo, California Seattle, Washington Emeryville, California Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access to MLS data No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Monthly Unique Visitors [6] 8.2M 4.2M 6.1M 1.1M 0.9M 126K 1.6M 39k
In House Agents No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Map Search Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Forum
User Generated Contents		 Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Street View Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Demographic Information Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Educational Sections
Real Estate Tips		 No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Business Model Advertising Advertising Advertising Discounted Brokerage Brokerage
Agent finding service		 Brokerage
Agent finding service		 Discounted Brokerage Lead generation
Agent finding service
Elistit Zillow Trulia Redfin Movoto Estately ZipRealty GetMyHomesValue.com

Sources:
(1) http://www.crunchbase.com/
(2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zillow.com
(3) http://www.compete.com
(4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redfin
(5) "Online Start-Up Redfin Saves Home Buyers Money," USA TODAY, June 18, 2008
(6) "Redfin.com’s Real Estate Consumer’s Bill of Rights: A wolf in sheepskin clothing . . ." by Bloodhound Blog
(7) CNN Money
(8) GetMyHomesValue.com

Notes

  1. ^ Elistit is a real estate search engine that has a national coverage in the United States and Canada
  2. ^ Trulia is a real estate search engine that has a national coverage in the United States.
  3. ^ Movoto Real Estate is a real estate search engine that covers Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, California, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, Washington, D.C., Florida, Maryland, New York, Virginia.
  4. ^ Estately is a real estate search engine that covers major cities in Washington including Seattle, Everett, Sammamish, Issaquah, Tacoma, Longview, Anacortes, Renton, Redmond, Edmonds, Bellevue, Camano, Kirkland.
  5. ^ GetMyHomesValue.com is a real estate agent lead generation website serving the United States.
  6. ^ Numbers of monthly unique visitors are provided by Compete.com.