REMAX.COM Advances In Hitwise November Ranking

The http://www.remax.com/ Web site moved up to sixth place among all real estate Web sites during November, capturing a 1.85 percent share of online traffic. In October, RE/MAX ranked seventh with a 1.74 percent market share. The rankings are compiled by Hitwise, a leading online competitive intelligence service that looks at how Web sites are used.

The RE/MAX site was number one among real estate brokerage brands and was the only brokerage Web site to rank in the Hitwise Real Estate Top 10 for November. The top ranked real estate Web site again was http://www.realtor.com/, followed by http://www.realestate.yahoo.com/, http://www.zillow.com/, http://www.ziprealty.com/ and http://www.rent.com/. Ranking below RE/MAX in the Top 10 for November were http://www.homegain.com/, http://www.servicemagic.com/, http://www.hud.gov/ and http://www.realtytrac.com/.

“As a destination for consumers seeking a wide range of real estate information, http://www.remax.com/ continues to dominate other brokerage sponsored sites because consumers have confidence in the RE/MAX name and because the site is easy to use and comprehensive,” said Jim Merrion, regional director of RE/MAX Northern Illinois, the Chicago real estate leader.

“Consumers using http://www.remax.com/ have access to 95 percent of multiple listing services in the United States, as well as property listings in more than 60 other nations.”

The site gives visitors access to listings all across the country as well for Illinois real estate, including both “for sale” and “for rent” properties, as well as access to data about neighborhood property values.