Google Inc. has unveiled a new feature that will let users in Australia and New Zealand search for property listings on its mapping service, a move that could pit the company against established online real estate services.
Google's new tool will enable real-estate agents and publishers to upload their listings into its database, allowing buyers and renters to link directly to property listings displayed on the Google's maps.
The free service is available only down under at the moment, but Australia's The Age reported that Google is poised to roll it out in the U.S. as well.
Google said in a blog post that people were increasingly using the internet to search for a home to buy or rent. Its new service will allow buyers and renters to refine their searches by neighborhood, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, available parking and price.
Each result would appear as a marker on a map, giving users a sense of the distribution of the properties for sale or rent. That means searchers could quickly find available properties that are close to, for example, a specific school.
Users could then click on a marker to get more detailed information about the property, including the listing agent's Web site and contact details.
Sounds like a good idea, all that needs to happen now is for the housing market to pick up and we can start actually using it...
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Tuesday 7 July 2009
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