Inman News 2007 Innovator Award Finalists Announced.

40 Real Estate, Technology and Media Companies Vie for Awards in Six Categories

EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Inman News, organizers of the Real Estate Connect event series, announced the finalists today for its 11th annual Innovator Awards. The Inman Innovator Awards recognize companies that

use technology and innovation to enhance the real estate transaction and experience for consumers and real estate professionals. In addition, one individual who embodies the spirit of innovation in real estate is honored each year. Winners will be announced during Real Estate Connect, August 1 - 3, 2007, at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. More information is available at http://realestateconnect.com/sf07/innovator.aspx.

"Innovation is the key to driving the real estate industry forward," said Bradley Inman, founder and publisher of Inman News. "We are pleased to recognize companies that have demonstrated the creativity, execution and foresight necessary to accomplish true innovation."

Finalists -- and ultimately winners -- are selected by the Inman News Innovator Review Team from a group of nominees that have been suggested by the industry itself as well as the Inman News editorial department. The finalists in each award category are:

Most Innovative Brokerage or Franchise
@Properties
Coldwell Banker
Foxtons
Iggys House
John L. Scott Real Estate
Real Living
The Corcoran Group

Most Innovative Web Service
Cyberhomes
FTC's Competition in Real Estate Web resource
HAR.com (Houston Association of Realtors)
HUD's Neighborhood Database
Point2 Technologies' National Listing Service
Trulia Voices
vFlyer
Wellcomemat
Zillow Q&A

Most Innovative Technology
Altos Research's Market Widget
Google Street View
Jott
Meebo
MyBlogLog
RealTech
Talkshoe
Xpressdocs

Most Innovative Blog
3 Oceans Real Estate
Bloodhound Blog
Calculated Risk
Mortgage Fraud Blog
Patrick.net
Real Estate, Real Competition and the Law
Real Estate Tomato
Redfin's Sweet Digs blogs
Transparent Real Estate

Most Innovative Media Site
"60 Minutes" Multimedia Article Site
Active Rain Real Estate Network
Business Week's Hot Properties
Curbed.com's real estate network
New York Times' Real Estate Site
Wall St. Journal's RealEstateJournal.com

Award nominations were closed on June 15, 2007. Past winners of the Inman Innovator Awards include: Redfin, RE/MAX International, ZipRealty, Cendant, Google Earth, PropertyShark, LendingTree and many other innovative companies.

About Real Estate Connect & Inman News

Real Estate Connect (www.inman.com/connectsf) is the premier real estate, mortgage and technology conference, drawing the industry's most influential decision makers, opinion leaders and technology experts into an active forum for discussion and debate. The event is organized and produced by Inman News (www.inman.com), the nation's leading independent media news service and licensed content provider for the real estate, mortgage and real estate technology sectors. Inman's clients and partners include 50,000+ Web sites and 250+ U.S. newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Washington Post, Denver Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Google, Comcast Spotlight, The Wall Street Journal Online, CBS MarketWatch, and many more.