As discussed at the StockTwits panel last week, here is the Google Real Estate Index. It tracks queries related to “real estate, mortgage, rent, apartments” and so forth.
Go figure: Even the search pattern for Real Estate is highly seasonal;
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Thanks, Mike!
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October 7th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Wow. That’s pretty cool. Google owns the world. Information is money. Trading on inside information.
It will be interesting to see how Google continues to evolve.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:06 am
some consistent tide pattern .. back to School .. Thanksgiving dinner .. Christmas shopping
October 7th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
You can use this to find a real estate bottom. When this sucker flat lines for a year a longer – that’ll be your cue. Far from that now.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:18 am
this is amazing
October 8th, 2009 at 9:54 am
[...] Google search patterns for real estate terms is highly seasonal (hat tip Big Picture) – while it doesn’t track exactly with sales activity or prices, it clearly shows that the [...]
October 11th, 2009 at 3:37 am
[...] Google search patterns for real estate terms is highly seasonal (hat tip Big Picture) – while it doesn’t track exactly with sales activity or prices, it clearly shows that the [...]