Real-Estate Heat Map

Real-estate website Zoopla has created a heat-map of UK property prices.

The Google Map provides a quick overview of where properties are affordable and where houses are more expensive. For example if you zoom in on London, you can see a distinct pattern of expensive property in the commuter belt around the capital.


Zoopla: UK Property Heat Map

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Bulgarian Real Estate on Google Maps

Cheap Bulgarian House

If you are looking for property in Bulgaria then Cheap Bulgarian House is a good place to start.

The site uses Google Maps to display a large number of properties for sale or rent in Bulgaria. It is possible to search the map by price range, by type of property, by location and by the size of the property you want.

Properties from Bulgaria

This Google Maps mashup shows properties for sale or rent in the major Bulgarian towns.

The map sidebar provides quick links to view properties in specific towns. Underneath the map it is possible to select which types of property you wish to view.

Each information window includes a photo of the property and a link to more details.

Varna Plan

Varna Plan is a Google Maps mash-up for the Varna area in Bulgaria. Thanks to the map's impressive area polygon selection search engine it is possible to view an incredible amount of data about Varna on the map.

The map displays commercial, rental and residential property for sale in Varna. It is also possible to view from a large selection of tourist related layers.

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Compare Your Rent on Google Maps

Rentometer

Rentometer lets you find out very quickly if you are paying too much in rent. Just enter your address and how much you are paying in rent and Rentometer will tell you if you have a good deal or if you are paying over the odds.

The results of your search are returned in the shape of a cost dial, that compares how much you are paying in rent with rented properties around you.

Your rental accommodation is also shown on a Google Map alongside other rentals nearby. The green map markers show properties that are cheap, yellow markers show moderate priced units and the red markers show high rentals.

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German Real-Estate on Google Maps

Munichmap

This Google Map application lets you search for real-estate in the German city of Munich.

It is possible to search the map for properties by location, by price and by number of rooms. To help you in your search for a new home the map also allows you to view nearby points of interest in a large number of categories.

You can view public transportation lines and stations and also find the nearby restaurants, bars, cafes and museums etc.

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Vilnius Property on Google Maps

NT paieška

NT paieška is a nicely designed Google Maps mashup to search for real-estate in Lithuania.

Using the site it is possible to search for property in Lithuania by location, price and by the number of rooms. The search facility includes a handy slide-bar function that allows you to adjust the price range for your property search and for the number of rooms you are interested in.

The results of a property search are displayed on the map and listed in the map sidebar. If you mouse-over the results in the sidebar the location of the property is highlighted on the map. If you click on an individual property you will be taken to a page with the full details.

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Philippines Real-Estate on Google Maps

Haybol - Real Estate Search

Haybol is a Google Maps based real-estate search engine for the Philippines.

Using the site's simple search feature it is possible to search for property by location and find nearby homes on a Google Map. It is also possible to view the results of a search in list form. The map includes buttons to filter the returned search results by rent, foreclosure or sale.

If you click on an individual map marker you can read the full details for the selected property, including the price and the seller's contact details.

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Foreclosure for Google Maps Real Estate

Google Maps users in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Japan until now have been able to search for real estate directly on Google Maps. However Google today announced that they are removing real estate results from Google Maps.

The search giant gives two main reasons behind the removal, low usage and the impending retirement of the Google Base API. Real estate will be discontinued on Google Maps on February 10, 2011.

Via: Google LatLong: Retiring real estate on Google Maps

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Viewing Foreclosures on Google Maps

Foreclosures in Detroit

For a long time in the United States you have been able to view real-estate for sale on Google Maps. When searching for property on Google Maps one of the options is to view 'Foreclosures'.

At the end of 2009, more than 13% of US homeowners were either delinquent or in foreclosure. This worrying fact is all too apparent when you use Google Maps to view foreclosures.

The Big Picture has been looking at a number of areas on Google Maps to assess the impact of the downturn on people's homes.

In 2008 USAToday also used the illustrative power of Google Maps and the public records of the foreclosures to highlight the impact the foreclosures are having on Denver.



Each of the houses that have been foreclosed is shaded red on the USAToday produced map.

Hat-tip: All things spatial

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New York's Worst Landlords Mapped

NYC's Worst Landlords Watchlist

I wish this Google Map had been around when I was still renting. It is one of the best examples of open data I have seen, allowing New Yorkers to check if a landlord has housing code violations before renting.

New York's Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has launched a campaign, called Watchlist, to identify, track, and hold accountable New York City’s most irresponsible landlords. The campaign includes a searchable database and a Google Map of landlords' outstanding housing code violations identified by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

Users can search the map by landlord name or by borough. Users can also use the map to report additional violations by a landlord or to report the resolving of a violation.

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Google Maps Adds UK Real Estate

Google have added real estate listings to Google Maps for the UK. Properties from Countrywide, Zoopla, Trinity Mirror, Property Pal and others can now be viewed on Google Maps in the UK by selecting 'Properties' from the 'More' button.



Using the new 'Properties' option users can search for properties by location, type of property, number of bedrooms and number of bathrooms. Google claims it already has several hundreds of thousands of properties listed in the UK.

If you are a UK based estate agent take a look at maps.google.co.uk/propertytools for information on how to have your property listings show up on Google Maps.

Via: Google LatLong

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US Home Prices on Google Maps

Trulia: National Home Prices Heat Map

Real Estate website Trulia provides a weekly heat map of home prices in the United States.

Trulia uses Google Maps to give users a quick view of the average listing price in every U.S. state. The tabs at the top of the map allow the user to switch between heat maps of the average listing price, the median sales price and Trulia popularity.

If you click on any of the states you can view the total number of homes for sale in the state and the average listing price. If you are interested in purchasing a new property at the moment then the cheapest prices are available in Ohio, but then that might be because it is a piano.

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Nice Real Estate Google Maps Mashup

Itssold.ca

Back in April 2005 Paul Rademacher created the first Google Maps and real-estate mashup, HousingMaps. Itssold.ca provides a nice comparison to Paul's original real-estate map, showing how things have developed in the last five years.

Housing Maps pulled in data from Craigslist and allowed users to filter results by property prices. Itssold.ca has far more extensive filtering of your house requirements. The site uses a slide-bar to allow users to define the range of price that they are interested in. It also includes slide-bars to define the number of bedrooms, the number of bathrooms, the property size and the year built.

The information windows on Itssold.ca also shows how Google Maps mashups have developed in the last five years. Whereas HousingMaps simply included text links, Itssold.ca contains property details and photographs. Clicking on the 'more photos' link loads a photo slideshow in place of the map.

Itssold.ca also dynamically loads results directly on the Google Map. If you pan the map around map markers load to reflect your current map view. The only real omission from the site is the option to view the properties with Street View.


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The Toronto Star's Map of the Week

Toronto Real Estate Map

The Toronto Star's Map of the Week column has started a series of interactive Google Maps looking at house prices in the Greater Toronto Area. To start with they have produced a map that shows 86 real estate areas. They plan to add more complexity to the map as the series continues.



The Star's heat map shows resale prices in the 86 areas. The darker the blue of the area's polygon the larger the resale value.

The Toronto Star's Map of the Week column has been running for a few year's now. This great resource of maps of Toronto means that it is possible to compare the house prices in areas with a number of other local factors.

For example, it is possible to compare the Toronto Real Estate Map with some of the great crime maps produced by The Star or compare it to any of the maps in The Star's series of health maps.

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Property Map for Vallarta, Mexico

MLS Vallarta

MLS Vallarta is a real-estate Google Maps mashup for Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit in Mexico. The site lists over 2,500 real estate properties including condominiums, homes, villas, residential and commercial lots.

It is possible to search for properties on the map by location, price and type of property. The resulting properties are displayed on the map with red pin map markers. Each marker contains a 'more info' link that will display the details for the chosen property.

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Searching for a Condo

Livehigh Condo Search

Toronto condo website Livehigh are using a Google Maps mashup to show the locations of condos in Toronto.

The map uses custom map marker, the blue markers represent new condos and the red markers represent completed condos. The user can filter the display based on different criteria, both with check boxes and via an advanced search feature.

The map was developed for Livehigh by 9th sphere, a Toronto based web design and development company.

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City Guides on Google Maps

HGTV's Front Door

The HGTV website has a real-estate search engine for the USA. The site also includes a large number of city guides. Each city guide includes an 'Explore' section that features a Google Map with a huge amount of local information for home buyers.

The local information is in a number of selectable categories, including education, entertainment, food, recreation etc. Each of the categories are subdivided, for example under food it is possible to select cafes, fast food, grocery stores and restaurants.

If you are a house buyer looking to find out about the amenities in a new neighbourhood then the HGTV Frontdoor Map should prove extremely useful.

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Real Estate Tweets on a Google Map

Homezilla

Canadian real estate website Homezilla have created a 'TweetLens' on Canadian real estate. The 'TweetLens' is a Google Map showing you the most recent 20 real estate related tweets made in Canada or for any location in the country.

You can choose to view Tweets for a specific location by using the built in search option or you can choose major Canadian cities from a drop down menu.

Tweets are shown on the map with map markers and also appear under the map. If you roll your mouse under any of the Tweets below the map the corresponding Tweet will be shown on the map. If you choose the 'auto update' option the map automatically updates the Tweets every minute.

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Austin Real Estate Google Map

Austin MLS

Austin MLS is a Google Maps mashup of real estate properties in Austin, Texas. The site includes the option to view the Street View imagery of a property, therefore, as well as showing the location of properties, Austin MLS lets you virtually explore the neighbourhood.

It is possible to search for properties by, price location and number of bedrooms and bathrooms. The map also includes the option to turn on local points of interest, such as schools, parks, cinemas etc.

Via: Mapperz

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