htex.mobi / House Hunting Anywhere

**Domain Jedi** · 02-18-2007, 07:30 AM

Here is a link to the article:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl...ss/4561144.html

Enjoy!

**PRED** · 02-18-2007, 08:32 AM

hmm. interesting. nice to see their using the internet & the .mobi extension.
cheers Jedi

**Domain Jedi** · 02-18-2007, 08:57 AM

Thanks Pred! For those too lazy to click on the link, here is the relevant text of the article:

"Houston-based Heritage Texas Properties has created an online service for shoppers allowing them to search for properties on an Internet-enabled mobile phone.

The Web site, htex.mobi, has a search feature that links directly to the Houston Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service database.

Potential buyers can view pictures of a property, its listing price and schedule a showing from their phone.

The service also has links to cab companies, area restaurants and weather reports.

Real estate firms are creating new ways to market properties online as more buyers shop for homes there. Last year, 80 percent of consumers who bought homes used the Internet during the process.

A Texas home builder is using podcasts to hawk its homes.

Austin-based Taylor Woodrow uses video and audio podcasts, which can be viewed on MP3 and MP4 devices and standard computers, to feature live motion video images and an audio track with detailed sales information.

The company likes the podcasting concept so much that it's now researching ways to offer a digital homeowners manual that can be downloaded on an iPod.

It would have instructions on everything from home repairs to replacing an air filter."

Source: Houston Chronicle