Real Estate Blogs Top 100

By Vlad Zablotskyy February 14, 2008 Bookmark and Share

UPDATE: Click here for the “up to date” version of the “top 100 Real Estate Blogs”.
The idea to compile such a list was born a few months ago. Just as other similar top lists where appearing. After talking to Mark from 45n5- who is an outstanding programmer and internet marketer, a decision was made to bring the idea to fruition. Mark was in charge of programing the list, while my job was to find the blogs to be placed in the list- an easy job I should say for a former real estate agent.

So I present you today with GeerRealtors Top 100 Real Estate Blogs. It is a must bookmark page for many reasons. Not only will you be able to see who is who among real estate bloggers. You can also see the latest posts from the blogs featured on the list. If you are on the list this will give you an opportunity to see how your blog compares to your colleagues and/or competitors. Visit those blogs and see what are they doing that makes them more popular than yours.

If you visit the list, you will notice that there are actually more than 100 blogs.This means that you also can submit your blog, and then work your way to the top. If I have missed your blog feel free to submit your blog, and depending to the rankings elsewhere (Google Page Rank, Alexa Rankings, Technorati Rank) you may very well end up in the top 100. If not, you have some work to do.

The list will be updated once a week, so if you see N/A next to your blog, it means it was added after the last update. Just bookmark the Top 100 Real Estate Blogs and come to look at it one week from now. Finally I hope the list itself will bring you a visitor or two.

And now, without further ado, I present you with the first edition of Top 100 Real Estate Blogs:

Real Estate Blogs Top 100

GR Rank* Blog Name top100.jpg top100.jpg top100.jpg
1 Apartment Therapy 4 461 20724
2 Curbed 5 2749 32155
3 Inman News Blog 6 12130 34870
4 Brownstoner 6 8447 137136
5 Lansner on Real Estate 5 42090 52158
6 Zillow® Blog 6 17501 148023
7 Future of Real Estate Marketing 3 11756 80208
8 BiggerPockets Blog 3 29692 42467
9 Realtor Blogging Service 5 39041 101093
10 Dr. Housing Bubble 5 34802 118248
11 Sellsius Real Estate Blog 3 11591 94468
12 Nubricks 6 33456 198039
13 Rain City Guide 5 13963 215255
14 The Real Estate Tomato 5 13165 260972
15 Housing Panic 3 18779 150367
16 Agent Genius 4 28253 243589
17 Trulia Blog 5 53658 302100
18 The Real Estate Bloggers 3 23628 221092
19 Overseas Property Blog 5 137774 159636
20 Condo Blog 5 129395 272191
21 Mortgage Fraud Blog 5 72941 418080
22 HisMove 4 103170 241729
23 Miami Condo Investments 4 112625 250963
24 360Digest 5 62410 505650
25 Consumer Mortgage Reports 4 82932 348748
26 Charles and Hudson 5 81766 515494
27 LAS VEGAS REAL ESTATE 4 124139 292310
28 YoChicago 5 57124 618539
29 Piggington Econo-Almanac 3 92012 316173
30 Real Central VA 5 41092 803329
31 Altos Research Real Estate Insights 4 189138 311768
32 Luxury Home Digest 4 110648 492205
33 Technology for Real Estate 4 50119 633386
34 Ubertor Real Estate Blog 4 170597 377857
35 Carnival of Real Estate 4 71974 656356
36 EWM Realtors 4 211248 344229
37 True Gotham 5 103170 810330
38 Bubble Meter 5 162356 683259
39 Mike’s Corner 4 78235 700319
40 New Condos Online 4 360865 56421
41 The Real Estate Zebra 4 59623 786853
42 Sacramento Real Estate Voice 4 129395 727335
43 BlueRoof 4 119246 847456
44 Real Estate Sizzle 4 129395 894749
45 Realty Blogging 4 179530 797181
46 Pine Needle Lawn 5 415686 672779
47 Realty Thoughts 4 140824 990254
48 Arizona Real Estate Notebook 4 166367 952243
49 Triple Mint 5 297907 1532776
50 miOaklandCounty.com 3 89301 1420123
51 Naples Real Estate Blog 3 629416 256388
52 Pittsburgh Homes Daily 5 87977 2672551
53 St Louis Real Estate Voice 4 179530 2252476
54 Texas Realty Blog 3 317977 1530995
55 Real Estate Cafe Weblog 4 517455 2528654
56 BlogArizona.com 4 437475 3061824
57 Go Beyond MLS 2 731678 419104
58 Blue Collar Agents 3 395824 2246269
59 PropertyMaps Corporate Blog 4 1644723 463262
60 Lake Martin Voice 4 437475 3419729
61 Minneapolis Real Estate Blog 3 331293 2597171
62 nyc BLOG estate 3 587893 3043864
63 Property Monger 4 674367 4536111
64 Cobb Real Estate Blog 3 1212405 2617730
65 Edmonton Real Estate Blog 3 2124856 4493571
66 Fliperati 3 1948248 5043858
67 The Silver Bee 4 795643 11709774
68 Vancouver Real Estate Blog N/A N/A N/A
69 Laguna Niguel Real Estate Blog N/A N/A N/A
70 Thoughts about Real Estate N/A N/A N/A
71 The Trump Blog N/A N/A N/A
72 Connecticut Real Estate Blog N/A N/A N/A
73 The Silver Fern N/A N/A N/A
74 Calgary Real Estate Market Blog N/A N/A N/A
75 Dothan Home Search N/A N/A N/A
76 Tucson Real Estate In The News N/A N/A N/A
77 Tampa Florida Real Estate Blog N/A N/A N/A
78 Toronto Real Estate Blog N/A N/A N/A
79 Ian Marshall N/A N/A N/A
80 Long Beach Real Estate N/A N/A N/A
81 Atlanta Intown Lofts N/A N/A N/A
82 Smyrna Vinings N/A N/A N/A
83 South Beach Condo Blog N/A N/A N/A
84 St. Paul Real Estate N/A N/A N/A
85 The Phoenix Real Estate Guy N/A N/A N/A
86 ProHabber N/A N/A N/A
87 Kuna Real Estate N/A N/A N/A
88 Real Life Real Estate N/A N/A N/A
89 Housing Doom N/A N/A N/A
90 Blown Mortgage N/A N/A N/A
91 RealEstateFacts.org N/A N/A N/A
92 The Real Estate Post N/A N/A N/A
93 House Hunting 101 N/A N/A N/A
94 Wilmington NC Real Estate Blog N/A N/A N/A
95 ExpertRealEstateTalk.com N/A N/A N/A
96 Arcadia Housing Blog N/A N/A N/A
97 Outer Banks Real Estate 3 N/A 4213042
98 Reese’s Pieces of Real Estate 4 N/A N/A
99 LendingClarity.com 4 N/A 4293234
100 Appraisal Scoop 4 N/A 771018
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101 The Real Deal 6 N/A 552922
102 Housing Bubble Casualty 4 N/A 1644324
103 Matrix 7 N/A 545538
104 The Housing Bubble 3 N/A 88748

* GeekReltors Rank

categories Internet Marketing, Real Estate, Real Estate Websites, Top Real Estate Blogs

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  • Very nice, Vlad! I know very little about the realestate niche, but I know it's a profitable one. I've been telling myself I'm going to by a well-established realestate site some day soon. I know Adsense brings in over a buck for just about every single click on a small niche sites I have about mortgages, so I know it's very profitable.

    Anyway, good luck with the links, hope it goes viral!
  • Thanks Josh,

    I think I am out of luck as far as Adsense is concerned. However I do hope this list encourages real estate agents to blog.
  • Data seems a bit skewed and actually more hand calculated than anything. Not picking on #65 but lets use them as an example - a quick check of a few RE blogs that I know that didnt make the list revealed rankings in all three categories better than #65's numbers ( PR:3 technorati: 2124856 alexa: 4493571 ).

    Example (one of many)

    Miamism.com: PR4 technorati: 87,977 alexa: 751,419

    Tony
  • Tony,

    I really do not know much about the formula and which rankings are the most influential. I will ask Mark who programed the list.

    The list is new. In fact the list went public last night. Other blogs will be added to it and top 100 will probably change dramatically a week from now.

    I will add Miamism.com- let see where they end up by the next update.
  • Vlad - Interesting concept. I'm curious about the "GR Rank". I assume it's some formula combining Google PR, Technorati and Alexa. I understand if your programmer doesn't want to divulge all the details, but it would be interesting to know some of the components of the "GR Rank".

    Thanks for including us, and I'll be watching for the next update. Too bad you can't "force" an update to get rid of all the "N/As"... or can you?
  • Jay,

    I just send a question to Mark re: formula to calculate ratings. Let see if he stops by. I should probably ask him to adjust the N/As. Thanks for stopping by. If you think I have missed some blogs please let me know.
  • "For Advertisers
    GeekRealtors Rank will quickly show you where on the internet to spend your advertising dollars."

    With the above statement, I'd recommend at least knowing how the algorithm is being generated.

    This is a somewhat bigger issue than if this blog or that blog is included. It comes down to presenting subjective opinion as objective analysis. If the list is only comprised of blogs that you are personally aware of, then you should say so.


    Tony
  • Tony,

    I will find out the answer to the algorithm- if Mark will share it that is. Again the list went live last night, and I did the best not to miss important blogs. The list however is opened to new submissions.

    I am not sure how objective our list will become. However every other analytics including those we use on our own websites can be scrutinized.

    As you can see I use Statcounter on my blog, a user coming back withing 24 hours considered a returning visitor. But if I had set to the limit to 12 hours my unique visitors could double.
  • "RE blogs that I know that didnt make the list revealed rankings in all three categories better than #65’s numbers"

    it only ranks blogs relative to the other blogs in the database. Certainly there are blogs with better stats that would appear higher in the list that exist.

    Just email vlad with the ones and he'll add them to the list ;)

    As for the algorithm, it's based on google pagerank, technorati, and alexa rank. Nothing is hand calculated.

    Each one is weighted differently, and that changes regularly, however there is no secret about what the factors in ranking are, they are google pr, technorati, and alexa.
  • "I’d recommend at least knowing how the algorithm is being generated."

    It is generated from a mixture of alexa, page rank, and technorati rankings. Nothing is hand calculated.

    Each factor has their own "weight' that changes often, however it is very public how each blog is ranked, according to their pr, technorati, and alexa. Both are 3 independent rankings that all blogs have.

    "GeekRealtors Rank will quickly show you where on the internet to spend your advertising dollars."

    That assumes the advertiser is looking for sites with the best independent stats like google pagerank, technorati, and alexa, which GeekRealtors does a better job than any existing site at aggregating all in one place.

    Certainly an advertiser has other criteria, however GeekRealtors is a real good start.
  • About the N/A's, I am rerunning the scripts now. they usually take an hour because I don't want to ping the API's every second.

    I manage over 500 blog rankings across multiple sites, there is no way I would take the time to hand calculate any ranking, it's all done based on a script that mixes up the pagerank, alexa rank, and technorati.

    any other questions, fire away ;)

    Remember, it's less about who ranks #65 or #55 and more about providing a central place to find real estate blogs and see their latest headlines.

    Hopefully you find some like minded boggers from the list already ;)

    From my experience with my own list, the number one benefit of a central place is it drives a bunch of traffic to the blogs that are on the list, regardless of where they are in rank.
  • @Mark,

    Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate it.

    @All

    Thanks for the feedback. Feel free to send me your blog for submission. My e-mail can be found on the side bar just next to the little envelope image.
  • 45n5

    The issue isnt how the weightings are calculated. It's how the blogs are seeded.

    You are saying that these are the Top 100 sites based on some weighting of Alexa, PR, and Technorati but they appear to more a hand selected blogs that are weighted by those factors. If your code were actually crawling Alexa and Technorati, the results might be very different, more complete, and thereforefore much more representative of the "Top 100 RE Blogs" title.

    But, hey, anything in the name of driving views and getting links, right? :)

    Tony
  • Tony,

    Yes lists like this are generally become a good link bait. Yes the blogs submitted manually. And yes every one is welcomed to submit a blog, as long as it is about real estate. After that it's the work of the API to pull in the number from Alexa, Technorati and Google.

    This list is unique. It offers a collection of great real estate blogs. It points back a live link to the owners website and it will generate even some traffic to these websites.

    Come on give us some slack here :)
  • "But, hey, anything in the name of driving views and getting links, right?"

    Well i wound't say "anything" but sure is fun trying ;)

    "It’s how the blogs are seeded."

    Oh, you mean like what blogs get on the list and what don't? Any RE blog that Vlad thinks aren't spam will get on. If you've got any ideas for good blogs shoot him an email, he will be glad to add them.

    He did his best to find some blogs to get the list started and surely he missed a bunch of good ones.

    "If your code were actually crawling Alexa and Technorati, the results might be very different, more complete"

    It does actually crawl the sites. It uses their API's which are application programmers interface that returns the data straight from the source.

    For instance, here is the details how to get your scripts using technorati:

    http://technorati.com/developers/

    however i only update once per week cause alexa charges to use their api and it takes some work to double check everything.

    I'm out to dinner v-day dinner now. The list should be finished updating by the time I'm back.
  • Thanks for the inbound link! I wasn't aware that Wilmington NC :: Real Estate had made it on the list. Good to know. I am an official Realtor Geek! You're always welcome to learn more about Wilmington NC.
    Walt Dowdy
    Wilmington NC :: Real Estate
  • Nice list! Thanks for including my site and like others I wasn't aware I even made it on the list. Feels good to get a little bit of recognition for the hard work I have put into the site. Look forward to moving up on the list as my Technorati and Alexa rankings are not listed(hint hint).

    Last, anybody interested in starting a Blogroll, Friends or Favorites Top 100 list to help each other out with some quality link exchanges?

    Before someone comments on how "reciprocal links" are a thing of the past or don't offer any advantage towards your rankings. I don't know about you but I would rather have 10, 20 or 30 quality real estate related reciprocal links than Zero one way links.

    Daniel Gaitan
    Real Estate News and Tips for Buyers, Sellers, Agents and Investors
  • Daniel,

    The listings were updated. Look here:
    http://geekrealtors.com
  • Daniel,

    I personally would discourage reciprocal linking. Or at least I would discourage to do link exchanges with the website unrelated to real estate.

    As to our list, we would be thankful if any one notices it an links back to us. However it is not our goal. Our goal is to provide and website of wonderful resources, which every one including those who are not Realtors can benefit from.

    On the left to the list there is an "agregator" that picks up the latest post from each blog on the list that aggregator is as valuable as the list itself. Just go there and you have the latest posts from 100+ leading real estate blogs.
  • Glad to see Sacramento Real Estate and Luxury Homes made the list. The Sacramento Real Estate Voice is always thrilled for the mention. Thank you.
  • Our pleasure Gena,

    Hopefully the list will bring you a visitor or two. :)
  • Jamestown Rhode Island Real Es
    Very valuable list. Getting a blog is def. our next step!
  • Thanks Jamestown,

    Sorry I do not know your name. :(
    Make sure to let us know when you get a blog.
  • I actually found this post today - a little late. But was surprised to find my blog making it into the top 100. Hard to believe it! Have to be happy with some recognition.
  • Glenn,

    Your blog was in my Google reader. It made in with the first 40+ blogs. However you might need to step up your efforts ;) since the list is growing fast and will be changing dramatically.

    Thanks for stopping by!
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