Tuesday, December 11, 2007

HotPads- A mashup of Microsoft's Virtual Earth and Rental/Real Estate Listings


3Dwalkthroughs.com came across an interesting new mashup that allows users to quickly compare available rentals and sales for a given price range.

HotPads, has introduced the first buy Vs. rent housing search portal by mashing up Microsoft's Virtual Earth with rental/real estate listings. The unique portal is designed to help people make the most informed decisions when looking to move.

About HotPads

At HotPads we think that it should be easier to find your next home. With HotPads' innovative map-based search, we are striving to give people the best communication platform for sharing information about available housing. We encourage everybody to post info about available homes for sale, apartments, rental houses, sublets, and roommate opportunities. If you've got a place, there's someone out there who wants it.

Oh...and we're FREE! We are dedicated to offering our users a comprehensive "inventory" of available housing. The only way to do this is to make the site free for everyone to post, so that all parties, regardless of budget, can advertise their properties on HotPads.

Source: Hotpads.com website

In the near future I imagine the site will also include the ability to feature new development projects and include 3D renderings, 3D floor Plans and 3D walkthroughs.

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