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Papers Losing Real Estate Ads to Online
Associated Press via MyWay.com ^
| July 27, 2007
| Seth Sutel
Posted on 07/29/2007 5:54:53 AM PDT by RayChuang88
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THIS trend will really put the hurt on newspapers because the combination of real estate companies putting their listings online and increasing use of Craigslist to advertise real estate will severely cut a major revenue source for newspapers. With broadband Internet now widely available in major metropolitan areas the trend could accelerate.
To: RayChuang88
“.....even IF the real estate sector recovers. “.So it may never recover? You’re not exactly a ‘glass is half full’ kind of guy, are you, Seth?
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:59:33 AM PDT
by
Carl LaFong
( Enough Is Too Much !)
To: RayChuang88
Online, you can browse a Google-style map with pins on houses, each with a thumbnail photo, filtered for exactly the price range and features you want. Click on the thumbnail to go to the listng and watch a 360 video of the home’s interior.
Why would anyone use the newspaper?
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:59:47 AM PDT
by
Taliesan
To: RayChuang88
Like AM radio, papers will just have to find something else to be.
To: Taliesan
Agreed. I’m shopping for a house right now, and I can’t even imagine how people did it in the past.
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:04:43 AM PDT
by
SoldierMedic
(Rowan Walter, 23 Feb 2007 Ramadi)
To: RayChuang88
The online real estate listings around here are so far superior to anything a newspaper can do, it is hard to believe there are ANY ads in the papers.
In an hour, I can look at color pics of the outside and inside of dozens of houses. I can select/sort them by price, acreage, square footage, number of bedrooms and baths, length of time for sale, etc. I can also look at satellite shots of the property and the neighborhood. This allows me to immediately narrow the list of available properties to what I am looking for. Never have to get out of my ‘pajamas.’ And, if I want to be nosy and look at the inside and yards of the multi-million dollar mansions along the lake, no problem.
Newspapers? No way.
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:07:27 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: RayChuang88
With the MLS listings why would anyone refer to a newspaper for buying a home? Granted, there are many FSBO sites but if using a realtor, any real estate website will give you all you need, and more.
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:08:18 AM PDT
by
peggybac
(Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
To: RayChuang88
Craigslist.org rocks! Last week I posted a car for sale and had 10 buyers lined up in 12 hours. Sold it the next day.
Yesterday I paid $100 for a set $500 tires/w stock rims off wrecked SUV a guy was parting out on Craigslist. The tires have at least 75%-80% tread left.
Early in the morning on my way to get the tires I stopped at two yard sales that were posted on Craigslist. Both sales said they had outdoor gear for sale. I found a backpacking stove and Coleman lantern for $6, probably $100 new. Also bought a never been opened, Radio Shack radar detector for $10.
I love that site!
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:09:05 AM PDT
by
Rb ver. 2.0
(eHarmony reject)
To: RayChuang88
bummer....the left is losing a funding source for its propaganda.
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:09:06 AM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: RayChuang88
"Print is dead... Get over it."-- John Squires, President, Sports Illustrated, Nov. 2004 quoted in the Washington Post 2-20-2005 "...the notion of a neutral, non-partisan mainstream press was, to me at least, worth holding onto. Now it's pretty much dead, at least as the public sees things." -- Howard Fineman, "The 'Media Party' is over" MSNBC, 1-11-05 "...the mainstream media's monopoly on information is over." --Peggy Noonan, WSJ, Jan. 13, 2005 "Sept. 9, 2004, will be remembered as a paradigm-shifting day in media history. That was the day the 'blogosphere' took down CBS News" -- James Pinkerton, Newsday, Sept. 14, 2004 "The New York Times account of the [CNN chief] Eason Jordan resignation provides a general recap of the story they didnt cover, along with a good dose of excuses and justifications ..." -- Lorie Byrd, Polipundit, 2-12-2005 "The New York Times, CBS and the BBC all had to fire lead personnel over the fact that they just damn well made stuff up out of whole cloth in service to an obviously partisan political agenda."-- New Sisyphus, 3-15-05 Craigslist founder Craig Newmark says he has a "great deal of sympathy for people who run the printing presses. They are screwed." here 5-7-07"The media can now wistfully reflect on their glory days of the 1970's when the majority of people actually bought into their bulls[p]it." -- Laura K. Van Onymous |
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-- MORE WHERE THOSE CAME FROM
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:12:44 AM PDT
by
FreeKeys
("Once Hillary is elected she will create a new form of secret police."- Dick Morris (her ex-employee)
To: Taliesan
Packing material, start fires, line the dog kennel, etc...
To: FreeKeys
We are landlord’s and we only advertise on Craig’s list now..we get better applications and no cost. No deadlines and no hastle.
We use the net exclusively to look for new realestate investments. I only read newspaper realestate editorial content online..and mostly it is wrong..except for reporting statistics(which we also get online).
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:17:44 AM PDT
by
Oldexpat
To: RayChuang88
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:20:37 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: RayChuang88
OTOH, sometimes you find the hidden gems in the community newspapers.
To: FreeKeys
All those quotes you mentioned are proof that Alvin Toffler's prophecy of de-massified media from his 1979 book The Third Wave has become 2007 reality. The public Internet has done to the mass media what Johann Gutenberg did to Europe circa 1450 AD with the low-cost moveable metal type printing press--it democratized the dissemination of information.
To: peggybac
With the MLS listings why would anyone refer to a newspaper for buying a home?There is only one reason, some SELLERS still demand print advertising from the Broker/Realtor....
FACT: Color magazine print ads are already up to one month old at publication....if the property is priced competitively and in excellent condition, it should have sold in that time.
FACT: High end ads in the Wall Street Journal still attract some attention...but the common BUYER looks to the internet for "current" offerings.
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:33:12 AM PDT
by
cbkaty
(I may not always post...but I am always here......)
To: Rb ver. 2.0
Yep, and I hate that it’s owned by a lefty but it’s there and it works.
Now, for dates I still like to puruse the Daily Worker. :-)
To: cbkaty
WSJ’s real estate ads are for high dollar homes, for the most part. I can dream, tho...
To: Larry Lucido
Sheesh. “peruse,” not “puruse.”
Guess I’m not well “red.”
To: Eric in the Ozarks
WSJs real estate ads are for high dollar homes, for the most part. I can dream, tho...My ad agency pushes ads to WSJ, but the home must be listed for $1,000,000 plus.
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:41:01 AM PDT
by
cbkaty
(I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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