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Microsoft gets into real estate
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Microsoft Corp. yesterday launched a new Internet site -- called
HomeAdvisor -- that touts an array of home-buying services, from
listings and primers on the purchase process to demographic data on
local neighborhoods.
Consumers can also connect with lenders through the site, a
service that allows Microsoft to collect a minimal fee for acting as
a mortgage broker.
The software giant's entry into the home-buying business has
rekindled a debate over the control of home listings in ...
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Claiming a Perch For Cyber Sales; Microsoft, Partner to Offer Free Web Pages to Real Estate Agents
The Washington Post
; ... louder yesterday when Microsoft Corp.'s HomeAdvisor, an online real estate service, teamed up with ... offering free Web pages to real estate agents. The offer is an attempt by Microsoft, the new kid on the real estate cyberblock, to catch ... the most popular of all ...
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MICROSOFT BRINGS NEW SERVICE HOME REAL ESTATE SITE TO LINK BUYERS, SELLERS, LENDERS.(Business)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ... long-term bet on the Internet, Microsoft Corp. yesterday unveiled ... site called HomeAdvisor. Microsoft is hardly the first to spot ... data-intensive field such as real estate. Already, home buyers can tap into a multitude of local and ... and other information. But Microsoft's software ...
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Real estate directory gets attention
The Journal Record
; ... been available in book form, and accessible only to real estate agents. In recent weeks Microsoft also has made rumblings about getting into the real-estate listings business, perhaps through alliances with ... early to say who the winners and losers will be," says real ...
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MICROSOFT GETS ON THE BUS VARIETY OF EFFORTS HELPING WORKERS COPE WITH TRAFFIC.(Business)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ... TODD BISHOP P-I reporter MICROSOFT WON'T LAUNCH its new regional ... Without any fanfare last month, Microsoft began offering free shuttles ... crunch. The stakes are high as Microsoft tries to recruit and retain ... them, said Seattle commercial real estate veteran Gary Carpenter, ...
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MICROSOFT OPENS UP TO PC MAKERS FIRMS GET LIMITED FREEDOM TO USE COMPETING PRODUCTS.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ... RICHMAN P-I reporter Microsoft Corp. yesterday ... to de-emphasize Microsoft's software and ... business ingenuity by Microsoft in an attempt to ... in criticizing Microsoft's concessions as ... anti-competitive, said Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan ... users access to Microsoft's Internet ...
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