We depart from our usual format this month to answer our most frequent request: "Who has the best/biggest/easiest searchable list of properties for sale?."
Cyberhomes is a wellspring of up-to-date MLS Data from 34 markets. 300,000 listings are currently all US properties, but signs indicate that this site might expand beyond US borders in the future. While Cyberhomes began life on the internet as a web extension of Moore Data Systems MLS afilliates, it has grown to include other markets and franchise operations as well.
Typical listing: $150,000 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, Virginia Beach, VA
23,000 FSBO (For Sale by Owner) properties compares well with Realtor® listed databases. Most the listings are in the major metro areas...GA, CA, TX and FL have the most homes, but there are currently homes in every state except North Dakota.
Typical listing: $150,000, 3 bedrooms, 1+ baths, Snohomish, WA
Search over 440,000 homes from 175 real estate web sites in the U.S., Canada, and around the world from a single request. HomeScout searches third party sites so the data may not be as current as a direct search might be, but this is still a great way to get an overall look at the real estate market. This was the first search to offer an automatic e-mail notification of new listings in your geographic area and price range.
Typical listing: $150,000 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1000 properties listed by Who's Who members from over 35 countries; mostly US. A wide range of luxurious properties (generally over $500,000) for sale and lease represent over one billion dollars in properties. Some listings include multiple views and interiors photos.
Typical listing: $1,500,000, 6 bedrooms 5+ baths Saddle River, NJ
778,000 properties listed from 175 Realtor® MLS databases Hands down the largest database of available properties, but utility is seriously hampered by the lack of property addresses. Properties are identified only by city, region and zip code. You'll need to contact the listing agent directly if you want any details, but most listing agents have no email access.
Typical listing: $150,000 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, Columbia, MO
A boon to commercial real estate professionals and consumers, 3200 commercial properties make up the LoopNet Commercial Database. . Commercial brokerage, where multiple listing services are practically non-existent, is a major beneficiary of the global aspect of the Web.
Typical listing: $250,000 restaurant, Little Rock, AR
A fee-based service database of 30,000 foreclosed properties in California. RealtyTrac is an exceptional resource for investors seeking distressed properties from a multitude of sources. We actually prefer this presentation to that of the previously reviewed 4Close, though here only California properties are included.
Typical listing: $150,000, 3 bedroom, 2 baths, Fullerton, CA
The online version of The Real Estate Book comprises brokers' listings from the 400 cities in which this colorful magazine is distributed. Along with more than 100,000 residential properties there are specialty listing services for Apartments, Golf Properties and Senior Housing.
Typical listing: $150,000, 4 bedrooms 3+ baths Augusta, GA
69 Farm and Ranch properties, primarily US, may not be a very large database by most standards, but this is the most user friendly of several agriculturally oriented lists, and gives this important segment exposure not often found in the urban/suburban regional databases.
Typical listing: $300,000, 310 acre ranch, WY
4982 UK properties from 60 estate agents represents the largest European database we have found so far. Multiple listing is not common outside North America, though we anticipate international residences will be one of the fastest growing segments of propery listings online over the next year. The web offers the benefits of multi-listing services to buyers and sellers in countries without the more formal association directed structure US residents take for granted.
Typical listing: £92500 3 bedroom Bishop's Stortford, Herts, Anglia
92,500 GBP British Pounds is equivalent to 150,000+ USD American Dollars
