We are pleased to announce a major upgrade to our website this morning, designed to help home buyers search for homes quickly and easily. The biggest change is that we have a brand new home search powered by Estately, enabling customers to search for homes in the Seattle area on one of the best websites out there. We listened to a lot of customer feedback, and it was clear that people want a real estate site that is loaded with information about homes and neighborhoods, yet is super easy to use. By partnering with Estately to provide our search capabilities, we have all of that and more. I encourage you to try out the new site, and humbly think that it provides a better search experience than many of the big brokerage websites in the Seattle area today. You can jump directly to the search by visiting search.findwell.com or view a copy of our press release here.

New findwell Search Features

findwell’s new search is based on data from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (MLS), so buyers can be assured that they are viewing the most current available listings in the Seattle area. Here are some highlights of the new features now available to findwell customers:

• My findwell – Save personalized lists of properties, get automatic updates for new listings, and easily share your favorites and searches with friends. Friends can also comment on your listings.
• Transit Search – Limit your home search to homes that are near light rail and bus stops.
• Walk Score™ Search – Find a walkable place to live by searching for homes that are close to nearby stores, restaurants, schools and parks.
• Hide a Home – Hide listings from your searches that you no longer want to include.
• Neighborhood Search – Find homes in a specific neighborhood simply by typing the name of the neighborhood.
• Free Text Search – Looking for a “fixer” or something “funky”? Simply type in those words to quickly sift through listings.
• Google Street View – View images of the surrounding neighborhood online.
• School Details – Quickly view nearby schools and school ratings.
• Listing History – Look for past price and status changes to identify seller motivation.
• Previous Sales – Find out when a home last sold and what the sale price was.

Helping You Find a “Transit-Friendly” Place to Live

The new website also incorporates two awesome features to help you find homes that are near local bus or light rail stops and that are within easy walking distance of local amenities, such as stores, schools, parks and restaurants. You are able to search based on the Walk Score of particular homes, or you can specify a maximum distance to a local bus stop or rail stations.

Unmatched Customer Service

If you find a home that you like, our new website makes it easy to schedule a time to go see the home with one of our findwell agents. Our agents are experts on the local real estate market and available to help you at any time to get you through the process of buying or selling a home. Our agents are 100% focused on customers, and they don’t have to spend time prospecting for their next client. Because of this, we are able to charge 1/2 of what a traditional broker charges for real estate commissions, saving you a ton of money in the process.

Our Service Area

Our new site provides search capabilities throughout Western Washington, but we are currently only able to provide agent services in the Seattle metropolitan area. If you are a fan of the new search technology, but coming to us from another state, we encourage you to check out www.estately.com. They currently provide real estate search and referrals to experienced agents in Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago and Atlanta.