Recently there was a post made to "RealEstateWebMasters.com" by a REALTOR who was annoyed that other REALTORS were linking to and consequently "feeding" Trulia. What followed were responses by other REALTORS who supported this idea and questioned why consumers need Trulia.  Many implied Trulia was hurting consumers by providing inaccurate information.  Many others expressed their frustration that Trulia was ranking ahead of them in search engines. I don't work for Trulia.  I am not a real estate agent.  I am a web application developer with over 5 years of ...

I noticed today a press release describing an agreement between Yahoo!, Zillow, and Trulia regarding the adoption of a new data format standard for the distribution of real estate listings online.  Speaking as a web site application developer who has spent over 5 years in the real estate industry, let me just say "Hooray!!".   This press release is pretty benign looking, but to those in the real estate industry it should send chills down your neck.  For years Multiple Listing Services have fought over their little regions.  They were governed by boards which ...