Sadly, Google retired their Real Estate Search feature in February 2011. It was a really useful tool which you could find houses to buy or rent in any area with a bunch of useful fields like from how much to how much, or number of bedrooms etc.. And when you scrolled the map this way or that, the page would refresh with the results for that page. It made house hunting a breeze. But in Oz at least, we are pushed back into the dark ages wondering exactly where the heck a property might be and the amount of time it takes just to go through the motions...
The google article points to a new android tool which apparently does the same thing, and the online maps are supplied by Bing, and funnily enough, the big aussie R/E's are now also using Bing maps for their location maps too.
I wonder if Bing will introduce this easy search feature for those of us who really liked it? It would definitely give me cause to consider Bing in a new positive light...
The google article points to a new android tool which apparently does the same thing, and the online maps are supplied by Bing, and funnily enough, the big aussie R/E's are now also using Bing maps for their location maps too.
I wonder if Bing will introduce this easy search feature for those of us who really liked it? It would definitely give me cause to consider Bing in a new positive light...
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