LighthouseListings.com
LighthouseListings is a real estate listing site that currently services the Northern California area. Users can add home listings easily, without having to create an account (a convenience similar to Craigslist) or having to talk to a realtor. Users can search for sale / rent listings via a simple search page. The site has a basic listing package which is free. Tiered premium packages are available too. They have about 140 listings currently, and a 12% monthly growth rate. They are also planning to go nationwide soon.
To create a new listing (for sale or rent), the user is walked through a series of simple pages asking basic details about the property. Users can now embed videos from sites such as Yahoo, YouTube and Photobucket too. They can add pictures by uploading to the site too (although I couldn’t find a way to remove a picture once added – hence the flower picture below).
The site competes in the space that has established players such as Zillow (free to post a for-sale listing) and ZipReality (not free, charges reduced commissions). These sites offer more features, are national and have an established user base.
LighthouseListings is a real estate listing site that currently services the Northern California area. Users can add home listings easily, without having to create an account (a convenience similar to Craigslist) or having to talk to a realtor. Users can search for sale / rent listings via a simple search page. The site has a basic listing package which is free. Tiered premium packages are available too. They have about 140 listings currently, and a 12% monthly growth rate. They are also planning to go nationwide soon.
To create a new listing (for sale or rent), the user is walked through a series of simple pages asking basic details about the property. Users can now embed videos from sites such as Yahoo, YouTube and Photobucket too. They can add pictures by uploading to the site too (although I couldn’t find a way to remove a picture once added – hence the flower picture below).
The site competes in the space that has established players such as Zillow (free to post a for-sale listing) and ZipReality (not free, charges reduced commissions). These sites offer more features, are national and have an established user base.
