Housing

To my mind, one of the most practical uses of Google map mashups is to find and display available housing on a map-based interface. When you're in the market for a new home or apartmentor want to find out the going price of houses in a given locationcheck out these useful mashups:

• Trulia (www.trulia.com) Search for real estate across the U.S.

• HousingMaps (www.housingmaps.com) Homes for sale or rent, by city and price range, using data from Craigslist, as shown in Figure 19.7

  Figure 19.7. Browsing homes for sale in Denver via HousingMaps.

  

• Real Estate Advisor (www.realestateadvisor.com) Homes for sale across the U.S.

• RealEstateAuctions.com (www.2realestateauctions.com) Maps top eBay real estate auctions

• Apartment Ratings (www.apartmentratings.com) Maps a database of apartment ratings and reviews

• Zillow.com (www.zillow.com) Find the value of any home in the U.S. via a map-based interface

• HomePriceMaps.com (www.homepricemaps.com) Maps current home prices across the U.S.

• WikiBroker Real Estate Maps (www.wikibroker.com) Maps the dollar values of sold houses by city, state, neighborhood, street, or address; currently live for California, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, and Texas only

• Homes Sold (homesold.fidelitylabs.com) Displays which homes have sold in a specific neighborhood; currently in beta testing for Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, with intentions to expand across the country