NYC Real Estate Startup RealDirect Adds Map Search And Compatibility Rankings

RealDirect.com was built around a compelling proposition for home sellers ? instead of paying the 6 percent broker fee, let RealDirect handle the listings and offer advice from agents, while only paying a 1 or 2 percent commission. Now, however, the site is also trying to be useful for home buyers. Specifically, instead of expecting buyers to find the listings through various real estate databases, RealDirect is launching its own map-based interface. It's pretty straightforward ? you enter things like the neighborhoods you want to look at, the maximum price, and the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, then you get a map with all the houses that fit your criteria. You can also draw a lasso around the area that you want to search in and browse data about different neighborhoods.

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