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Pete, ceo & co-founder - who has written 34 posts on Trulia Blog - Real Estate Blog.
Trulia’s balancing act: considering the needs of all of our users
As Trulia has evolved, we’ve worked hard to stick to a couple of core principles by which we make decisions. In the early days, it was just a couple of guys sitting in a university library coming up with ideas about how we would improve the online real estate experience based on our own personal [...]
Continue reading...Newspaper Advertising: No Sign of Hitting Bottom
Monday, August 31, 2009
The Newspaper Association of America has released the latest news showing the mass exodus of advertisers from newspapers. Here is the quick summary for changes Q2 2008 to Q2 2009: Print Advertising down 30.1%, Online Advertising down 15.9% and Classified Advertising down 40.4% Total Advertising (Print and Online) down 29% Real Estate Classified Advertising down 45.8% It’s the biggest drop [...]
Continue reading...Change is one thing you can count on…
Friday, April 10, 2009
Change is part of life and changes are part of the business world. Today, I am announcing a change in the product teams at Trulia. For the past three years, Jamie Glenn, has been the VP of Product Management and he is now moving on to new challenges outside of Trulia and real [...]
Continue reading...Pulte Homes to Buy Centex
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
New from the WSJ . With all the troubles in the home builder market, some consolidation was inevitable. Pulte said the deal would result in cost savings of around 350 million dollars a year. Pulte Homes Inc. (PHM) will acquire Centex Corp. (CTX) in a $1.3 billion stock deal that the companies say would form the [...]
Continue reading...Where are all the newspaper advertising dollars going?
Friday, March 27, 2009
I saw this morning that the Newspaper Association of America released the 2008 figures for advertising revenues. Here is the news: Total newspaper advertising revenue fell 16.6 percent in 2008 over the previous year to 37.8 billion dollars. Print advertising revenue fell 17.7 percent to 34.7 billion dollars while online advertising revenue dropped 1.8 percent [...]
Continue reading...Detroit Real Estate Bargains
Monday, March 9, 2009
I stumbled across this article this morning about the detroit real estate market and how International investors are moving in to snap up detroit foreclosures and short sales. From the article: “Welcome to Landlord Nation, where foreclosure notices are plentiful and for-sale signs offer at least 1,800 homes for under $10,000 that once were worth at least [...]
Continue reading...President Obama’s Mortgage Relief Plan
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Like many others, earlier today I watched President Obama’s mortgage relief plan delivered from Mesa, Arizona. I applaud him for the plan he laid out, but my optimism is tempered by the extraordinary challenge ahead and a concern that it may not go far enough, fast enough to turn the housing crisis around. Home ownership is [...]
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- Tapping Industry Expertise with Real Estate Advisory Board
- Guest Perspective: Trulia Voices - It's not about the questions...
- Announcing the Trulia MLS Advisory Board
- Take the Trulia Challenge
- Stimulus bill update - $8000 tax credit
- The Homes of Michael Jackson
- Trulia integrates Google Street View nationwide!
- Senate and House Approve Tax Credit Extension
- Trulia on CNBC - Price Reductions, Bernie Madoff and Toll Brothers
- Kirk Hammett & Curt Schilling - celebs looking to sell
- Inman SF Connect - The RE Barcamp Day After House Party Hosted By Trulia (90)
- Rudy Joins Trulia (70)
- Trulia integrates Google Street View nationwide! (48)
- Take the Trulia Challenge (41)
- Social Media Marketing - The Power of Snail Mail (38)
- Trulia API now open to the world! (37)
- Super Fat Tuesday Poll (27)
- Add a Video Comment On the Trulia Blog (26)
- Trulia...meet Google Earth (25)
- Trulia’s Inside Story @ Pru (25)
- Trulia’s VP of Marketing Heather Fernandez on CNBC: The Search for a New Home
- Local Ads testimonial - Chris Keller, agent in San Diego, CA
- Trulia’s March Price Reduction Report - Home Sellers cut $21.6 Billion off Asking Prices
- Today Show + Trulia: Real estate deals that’ll sweep you off your feet!
- Celeb homes for sale: Kara DioGuardi, Christina Aguilera, Ashlee Simpson, Scarlett Johansson - all looking to sell for less than purchase price
- First Local Ads testimonial - Joseph Hewey, Agent in Dallas, TX
- Trulia’s February Price Reduction Report - Housing Market Shows Signs of Stabilizing
- New Video: Trulia Local Ads
- Trulia CEO Pete Flint on CBS News: Homes - Where America Stands
- Listen to Trulia’s Real Estate of the Union Industry Call
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