nwRealty Web Trends for Spring 2008
May 27, 2008
Spring 2008 update of traffic trends for Washington real estate web sites as observed by third party monitors at compete.com. So far this season most sites received about the same number of visits as this time last year. We are VERY pleased that our growth continued to improve in April when others experienced a significant drop.
Washington Only Real Estate Sites:
This data does a good jog of demonstrating the seasonal “post holiday” spike that occurs every January … followed by a short slump in February before the spring season gets going in late March.
My Crystal Ball:
Compete.com provides about 4 weeks of relative growth data for the month of May. Based on this information it looks like the CB Bain site and our site at www.nwrealty.com will both realize growth compared to the previous month of April. The other sites look like they will hold at about the same rate of vistors.
Reports for May should be available in a couple weeks. Thanks for stopping by!
WA Web Site Trends Spring 08
May 27, 2008
My last web trend report was posted in January so this post reflects the end of our winter season and the beginning of the spring buying season. The websites below are for companies based in Washington that also cross the border into other states (mostly in the western states). You’ll recognize the names and know that they have very substantial Internet marketing budgets.
Multi-State Sites:
Even with the mortgage meltdown and decline in sales most sites finished the month of April very near their traffic levels a year ago.
My Crystal Ball:
Since the month of May is nearly over there are several weeks of data available at compete.com that reflects relative growth for the month. Today it looks like Redfin and Brio Realty will finish the month with a nice increase of visitors compared with last month. The other sites will probably hold steady, near the number of visitors they had in April.
Thanks for stopping by! May’s reports will be available in a few weeks and we’ll see if my predictions are correct. Let me know if you’re interested in data for national sites.