Top 20 real estate websites in February | Inman News

1. Yahoo Real Estate
2. Realtor.com
3. Zillow
4. FrontDoor
5. Trulia
6. Rent.com
7. MSN Real Estate
8. Homes.com
9. ZipRealty
10. Apartment Guide

These are the Top 10.  See link below for the rank movement and the market share of each of the top 20, as well as some of the biggest movers in the top 500.  As reported from Inman Real Estate News.

It's interesting to note that 2 of the top 10 just focus on renting.  And just in the last year we've seen others in the top 10 add rent component searching to their real estate online searching.

Also referenced in the article below are the top search terms for the month that show how the user landed on one of the above top 10.


Top 20 real estate websites in February | Inman News

Portland's apartment market.

It may not be a fun market to be a renter. It also may not be a profitable market to be developing apartments. But if you are a landlord in this market experiencing cash flow, then you are enjoying less vacancies, less turnovers and rent increases.

Good, bad in Portland apartment market http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/morning_call/2011/03/apartment-market-is-...

Realtors dropping like flies.

It's just like I tell the kids when they refuse dinner. "More for the rest of us!"

http://www.bizjournals.com/mobile/portland/morning_call/2011/03/fewer-realtor...

30 Year Rates Back Below 5%

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Rates were on the rise for what seemed to be the trend for the rest of the year. Inflation will cause this trend to continue. However, thanks to some unrest in Libya investors have been overly cautious with their capital and pouring more funds into bonds than normal. This allows banks to have more money to lend and keeps rates down. This is only a short window. The regular trend of inflationary rising rates will be back.