Inman News announces Innovator Awards finalists
List includes Frontdoor, Realtytrac, Redfin, Roost, Zillow
By Inman News, Monday, June 16, 2008.Bookmarking Sites
Inman News today announced the finalists for its 11th annual Inman News Innovator Awards.
Winners will be announced in a July 25 ceremony during Inman's annual Real Estate Connect SF technology conference, held July 23-25 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
Twenty-five companies are finalists for awards in five categories: brokerage or franchise; new technology; Web service; blog; and media site.
Finalists for the 2008 awards include low-cost, high-tech brokerage company Redfin and Realogy's OpenHouse.com site, which lists open houses from a variety of brokerage companies.
The Inman Innovator Awards recognize companies that use technology and innovation to enhance the real estate transaction and experience for consumers and real estate professionals. In addition, an annual award honors one individual who embodies the spirit of real estate innovation. (See Inman's 2007 Innovator Awards winners here.)
The 2008 Inman Innovator Awards finalists in five categories are as follows (in alphabetical order):
Brokerage or Franchise
Chase International
Diamond Dwellings
Equitable Sotheby's International Realty (now known as Russ Lyon Sotheby's International Realty)
Redfin
Sawbuck Realty
New Technology
BlueRoof360
Mixpo
Obeo
Roost
Terabitz
Web Service
Estately
ForeclosureRadar
Krunching
Realius
Zillow Mortgage Marketplace
Blog
1000Watt Blog
AgentGenius
Big Picture Blog
FBS Blog
Homegain Real Estate Blog
Media Site
Frontdoor
OpenHouse.com
REA Group
Realtytrac
Zolve
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Submitted by Jay Thompson on June 16, 2008 - 2:39pm.
Lots of heavy hitters all over that list, congrats to all!!
Jay Thompson
Broker / Owner
Thompson's Realty
Blog: www.PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com
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Submitted by mark langowski on June 16, 2008 - 6:29pm.
I think http://www.beatyouthere.com is quite innovative, seeing they are they first site to offer an open platform for user comments on property listings.
Best of luck to everyone.
Submitted by Trace Richardson on June 16, 2008 - 7:30pm.
Mark: As CEO, you shouldn't be referring to your own company as a non-attached third party....
Submitted by Diane Cohn on June 16, 2008 - 8:30pm.
Yeah, vote for Chase International!
Diane Cohn
Realtor, ABR, SRES
Chase International
www.chasenation.com
Submitted by Derek Overbey on June 16, 2008 - 9:29pm.
Congratulations to all the nominees. What a great way to start off your first day with a new company!
Derek Overbey
Sr. Director of Partnership Strategy
Roost.com
Submitted by Michael Lange, e-Pro, GRI & Cheron Lange on June 18, 2008 - 7:09am.
Congratulations to all the nominees! What an Honor....
Cheron Lange
www.LetOurFamilyHelpYours.com
blog.LetOurFamilyHelpYours.com
Submitted by Joseph Bridges on June 18, 2008 - 9:21am.
These are some people definitely making an impact on the industry. Innovation really is the key and nice to see these companies recognized for that.
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Submitted by Paul Speed on June 20, 2008 - 1:46am.
Realestate.com.au have egg on their faces today after it was revealed on http://www.business2.com.au that agents have just received emails from potential buyers that go back months and months. Seems they had some big problems on their email servers that they just realised occurred, real estate agents across Australia are furious.
Submitted by Kelly Goh on June 26, 2008 - 9:55am.
A big congratulations to all the nominees! These companies really deserve the recognition for all their hard work. Well done!
Kelly Goh
iProperty.com
Visit: http://www.iproperty.com.sg