Comments on: Foreclosures Shown On Scary, Encroaching Heat Maps

By: Jeff Logue

Jeff Logue — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:23:14 +0000

This is crazy! I can’t imagine what they’ll come out with next. Thank you for passing this along. I haven’t implemented this tool yet, so it could really come in handy for our local market. Powerful stuff.

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California Foreclosures in 2008 Brake Previous Records | — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:42:14 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:35:22 +0000

California Foreclosures in 2008 Broke Records…

California Foreclosures in 2008 broke the previous record it set in 2007. There were close to a quarter-million properties that foreclosed in 2008 as stated in a report from ForeclosreRadar released on Tuesday.
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ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:56:25 +0000

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By: Not Sure Whether To Rent Or Buy? Check the Heat Map.

Not Sure Whether To Rent Or Buy? Check the Heat Map. — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:36:49 +0000

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Tribeca Foreclosures | Tribeca Property — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:36:31 +0000

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By: Arnie

Arnie — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:51:17 +0000

Well this sure is interesting. Seems to me all it points out is the obvious – lots of homes for sale. Not sure if the foreclosure data is accurate or not, but it seems that it must not be. I say we have 2 or 3 tough years ahead of us.

By: Oliver News » Blog Archive » Hotpads adds foreclosure heat maps

Oliver News » Blog Archive » Hotpads adds foreclosure heat maps — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:30:08 +0000

[...] sent me a link to a story at Techcrunch talking about hotpads adding a foreclosure heat map to their site. I believe hotpads.com was [...]

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:08:10 +0000

HotPads has done a really nice job showing RealtyTrac’s affiliate data for advertising on their site, but there is otherwise nothing new here versus the RealtyTrac ads on Yahoo, Trulia, etc.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:05:54 +0000

To see real foreclosure listings for free have a look at this site: GotForeclosure.com
On the Top there is a place to put in the zip code and it gives you all the foreclosure listings.

The guy that runs the site is an investment consultant; he claims his clients have purchased homes at 60% of their current market valuation. It is bad; it’s real. But then again it was speculation that pumped the prices so high in the first place… we’re going back to where prices should have been – problem is those that over-borrowed are dragging everyone else’s prices down – for a time at least.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:03:04 +0000

The foreclosure feature is pretty weak. All they are doing is putting the free (non-address, usually out-of-date) info from RealtyTrac on the page. Though the FAQ and About pages claim very loudly that everything is free, in fact if you want foreclosure details, you have to go to RealtyTrac and pay.

I asked them about this and they replied that they needed to change their About pages to reflect that not everything is actually free. I guess it’s easier to just lie and apologize later…want to bet that the page still says “it’s all free” a month from now?

This site doesn’t do anything unique. TechCrunch should have done a bit more research.

By: Foreclosures a Hot Trend on Real Estate Sites « Screenwerk

Foreclosures a Hot Trend on Real Estate Sites « Screenwerk — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:49:10 +0000

[...] a Hot Trend on Real Estate Sites TechCrunch points to a new set of “heat maps” on real estate site HotPads: [...]

By: Amde

Amde — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:52:29 +0000

It looks like that soon Americans will start immigrating to Africa. Yes, Africa.

Africa in general is a rich continent, just doesn’t have cash. Hey, just sell your house for whatever you can get and come to Africa.

Peace,

By: theFrontSteps

theFrontSteps — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:31:56 +0000

The maps work. The little icons for houses are either homes for sale, or homes for rent. When you click “foreclosure” or “median rent” etc., the icons remain unchanged, however the colors associated with the “heat” adjust accordingly. As for the accuracy, no idea. Here is a foreclosure list from PropertyShark.com. http://property...wsletter11.html

Feel free to compare/contrast the accuracy.

By: Hoodeo

Hoodeo — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:35:16 +0000

Great interface! However, you have to register with Realtytrac to see the full address and detail.

By: Lilo

Lilo — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:09:02 +0000

Great website, was surprised at some of the areas that showed high foreclosure rates in NY, in areas where I though the incomes are really high in addition to having high real estate prices.

By: Michael Bakovic

Michael Bakovic — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:37:11 +0000

Its insane how many houses are on foreclosure these days…

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By: Rick Droz

Rick Droz — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:16:52 +0000

Hey great web site!!!! it’s awesome!!! But it suck for all the people selling hey it’s their own fault they should have read the fine print a little better. But good job HotPads!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Mashups come of age? Showing foreclosures as they encircle the Capitals? | TechAgility

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:02:24 +0000

[...] As you can see in the images below it’s almost scary how it shows that foreclosures are starting to bite at almost every level? Foreclosures Shown On Scary, Encroaching Heat Maps [...]

By: antje wilsch

antje wilsch — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:44:14 +0000

whoa – shows my old house in the east bay as in foreclosure and worth about $300k less than when I left a year ago…

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:31:42 +0000

I guess now it’s party time for investors with real money in the bank. They’ll never get it that cheap again. And they will be the once making the millions that every home owner and house flipper thought they were making in the hight of the bubble. It’s funny how history doesn’t teach us anything.

By: Joshua Konkle

Joshua Konkle — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:28:25 +0000

I use Firefox

The system seems to work fine for me, but you must click on the heatmaps option to the left, then select foreclosures to get the foreclosure per capita.

click the heat map again to reveal the legend i.e. 1 in 2500 etc. You can change it to see the average income in the area as well as rent etc.

Seems to work pretty good.

The tab’s are designed for search, not heatmaps – i guess.

neat system and almost intuitive, but the colors are weird

High forclosure == red
High income == red

I was thinking low income would be red and high would be green…

By: AJ Kohn

AJ Kohn — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:07:38 +0000

The foreclosure feature doesn’t seem to work in Firefox which is a shame. Kudos to Melanie on seeing the typo. Whether RealtyTrac data is accurate is a whole other discussion but I think it works as a consistent benchmark and makes it clear that the housing ‘crisis’ is pretty widespread.