There is quite a bit of action in Online Real Estate space lately. While, the Indian market still remains largely driven by Newspaper Ads and Brokers, Housing.co.in has decided to venture into US and other Asian countries… And they have spent a whooping $1 million to buy Housing.com domain and special number in US.Housing.co.in to expand in USA

That’s a pretty bold move given that the big daddy Zillow.com is also only present in USA.  All the best to Housing.co.in team!

From the consumer perspective I believe that, one needs to crack the dis-intermediation by eliminating brokers from the value chain. Housing.co.in model actually helps brokers to list properties for free, whereas the consumer needs  broker-free market-place.  Isn’t easy though.. Read this Why Zillow, Trulia and Redfin haven’t killed the real estate broker?