PDF - Trulia Trends report a snapshot of real estate trends and search behavior....  Columbus Ohio is one of the markets featured in Trulia's January 2007 Trend Report.  How people search Trulia is outlined in this five page report (PDF.)

Megan Kamil, Product Manager of Trulia wrote: "Trulia Trends report - a snapshot of real estate trends and consumer search behavior online. The report discusses what people are searching for on www.trulia.com, how that differs across the U.S. and pricing trends."

Columbus resident, and Real Living COO Kaira Rouda is a member of Trulia's Board.

It surprised me to read Columbus had a the highest year over year increase... of the 15 markets in the report....11% Trulia just started covering a number of markets including Columbus fall 2006... what is Trulia using for last year (2005) to determine that increase?

It surprises me to read that Columbus had a $99,900 median list price (September to November '06) Average list price was $169,572 in  Decemeber 2006... chart on page 1, sounds reasonable.  These are just what is on Trulia... ?  Not the whole market... (my latest market report really it's TrendGraphix Report from Columbus Board of REALTORS® data really not mine says: median for the entire MLS is $142,00 for November 2006... was $148,000 in November and December 2005.   Average list price for the same area (let's call it Greater Columubus was $215,000  at the end of November 2006....compared to $218,000 and $216,000 in November and December 2005.  I believe from reading this report Trulia is calling Columbus, the Columbus city limits... The City of Columbus Ohio, not greater Columbus.  The Central Ohio market report is based on sales and listings in  the Columbus Board of REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service which serves all of Franklin, Delaware, Fayette, Madison, Morrow and Union counties and parts of Champagne, Clark, Licking, Fairfield, Knox, Logan, Marion and Pickaway counties.

It suprises me that consumers looking at Columbus are also looking at Dublin, Hilliard and Cleveland? Not the Dublin and Hilliard part but Cleveland.  For comparison?  Rather than eeny meeny, miney mo... I'm moving to Columbus OH....  The report says LA consumers also look at San Francisco homes on Trulia...

Not surprising the Columbus neighborhoods people look at on Trulia are German Village, Clintonville and Victorian Village... interesting neighborhoods....maybe not the meat and potatoes of what is selling in Columbus but the house there sure are fun to look at... 

What really, really shocked me though is that the Average Columbus Home has 2.9 bedrooms and 1.8 baths.  Now that's averaging.. I like Trulia but find that truly confusing... 

More Trulia.com on Discover Columbus:

Board-Trulia.com taps Columbisite

The quote   "a fun, voyeuristic tool" is a description of Zillow.com from a staffer at Trulia.com

Trulia.com is a real estate search engine.  The December 2006 Realtor Magazine Online has a list of 15 non REALTOR® people who have had the most impact on real estate in 2006... Trulia.com co-founders Sami Inkinen and Pete Flint are on that list...

"May 17, 2006   
 
Real Living Inc. Posts Listings on Oodle.com, Propsmart.com, Trulia.com 
More partnerships with other residential real estate search engines planned

COLUMBUS, Ohio (May 17, 2006) – Real Living Inc., the nation’s fourth-largest residential real estate firm, announced all of its listings are now available on Propsmart.com and Oodle.com. The company’s Florida and Texas listings can also be accessed on Trulia.com. Listings from additional markets will be added to Trulia.com as the San Francisco-based residential real estate search engine expands into new markets."

HER Real Living listings (Central Ohio) are now on Trulia.com 

Zillow was not a real estate search engine then... May 2006.  Zillow was not a real estate search engine when I started a poll of real estate search engines a couple of months ago.  Zillow was not a real estate search engine when a representative from Zillow was at the Real Estate Industry Summit in Columbus Ohio in late October.   

According to a December 7, blog entry on The Real Estate Economy  "Zillow is an ad-driven content site designed for buyers and nosey neighbors, or in the words of a Trulia staffer"...  "a fun, voyeuristic tool."   That day... Zillow became a real estate search engine.

Congratulations to Kaira Rouda, C.O.O of Real Living for her nomination to the advisory board that Trulia.com announced yesterday.   

According to Inman News:

"The new advisory board includes: Anthony Azar, CEO, Realty Executives Southern Arizona; Sherry Chris, COO, Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corp.; Van Davis, consultant and former CEO, Foxtons; Michael Koval, CTO, Long and Foster Companies; Jonathan Miller, president/CEO, Miller Samuel Inc.; Robert Moles, chairman, Intero Real Estate Services; Steve Ozonian, chairman, Realty Information Systems Inc./Help-U-Sell Real Estate; Michael Pappas, president, The Keyes Co.; Bob Peltier, president, Edina Realty Inc.; and Kaira Rouda, COO, Real Living, Inc.  "

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