Real Estate, Homes, Realty

[hugegrowth]

These seem to be the big words to go with a city name, when someone is searching for a place to live or land to buy. Real estate is the first, homes would be second, and realty third.

From a realtor's point of view, any of these keywords would look good on a business card or ad, although you don't often hear the word 'realty' used people know what it means.

Is it worth getting 'city name + realty' for cities over 50k or 100k?

 

[thevirtual]

I was also wondering the same.

 

[Ilze]

Just a heads up...The word "realtor" is a trademark. C and D letters go out often....I know this from personal experience. A generic domain like VancouverREaltor.ca can only be used by a licensed realtor.

 

[BidNo]

"Realty" is also an enforced Trademark.

Above appears to be false - guess I shouldn't trust memory. Appears that "Realtor" is the term with enforced TM.

 

[thevirtual]

"Realty" is also an enforced Trademark.

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[draggar]

It heavily depends on the city...

 

[thevirtual]

It seems that 'realty' is not a very popular term, based on the Google searches and number of search results.

1,120,000 Google results for "los angeles real estate"
7,120 Google results for "los angeles realty"

 

[hugegrowth]

realty doesn't seem to be a word people use to search for real estate, but a lot of companies use it in their business name or domain name. So I think 'realty' domains are good if you intend to sell to a business down the road or start your own realty company, and 'homes' and 'real estate' domains are better if you want to build a website and get better SEO.