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.
