To start evaluating these sites let's take a look at Appraisal Institute. This website has very helpful information on current issues and reforms taking place in the real estate market. In addition to that, they make it very easy to navigate through the site and it is aesthetically pleasing. One thing they could try would be to incorporate some more interactive qualities, but besides that it is a very educational site. Next is a website called Building which is not very appealing to the eye, but is a great site for information on development occurring around the world. They are up to date on projects and issues involving the entire real estate market. The website is very easy to navigate through but could definitely be enhanced by some interactive and visual qualities. This is a great site if you are interested in keeping up on real estate in a global perspective. Third is a site called CCIM which is an amazing site for finding any commercial real estate listing in the world. In addition to that it gives great links to gain knowledge on commercial real estate. The great layout on the home page makes it extremely easy to navigate through. The only thing I would recommend is to add some interactive parts which would help the site draw more attention to itself. Besides that, it is a great site for finding everything you need to know about commercial real estate. Moving on we go to Commercial Real Estate Direct which is a very informative site on transactions and stories involving commercial real estate properties in the United States. The site is very easy to navigate through, but is lacking in the areas of: visual appeal and interactiveness. Other than that it is a site I recommend if you want to stay informed regarding the top commercial real estate deals happening in the United States. Equally interesting is GlobeSt which is a domain for national and international real estate. This site is one of my favorites when it comes to staying on top of transactions and potential deals. They have a great layout with a decent amount of interactiveness compared to other sites. They have done a very nice job with the website, once again this site could also use some more visuals. Next is a website called Land which is not one of my favorites, but for a developer it is very helpful. This site lists all lands and commercial properties for sale and for lease in the United States. The site has very simple structure and once again does not have very much to look at. It lacks all interactiveness, but survives a purpose and is a great site if you are searching for land to develop or for properties to take over. In the same field is NAIOP which is a site based around industrial and office properties listed in the United States. This site gives exceptional news on available properties and what is happening in the field. The layout is sufficient but once again lacks any visuals and interactiveness. I would recommend this site if you are interested in being informed of industrial and office properties that are or will become available. Next is one of the most interesting sites that I went to called NAREIT. This site represents the publicly traded real estate firms and what transactions they are working on (to the right is a picture of what an index for the stocks would look like). It is extremely interesting and lets you see another side of the real estate m
arket where people can invest in the bigger real estate companies. They have made the site very easy to search and navigate through, but like most of the real estate sites it also lacks in visuals and interactiveness. I highly recommend this site and it adds a little something unique to my linkroll. Another intriguing site is RISMedia, which is a news source for all real estate. It has great coverage and is always up to date. The site is very easy to navigate through because of the layout, although it does lack visuals and interactiveness which is a common occurrence with real estate sites. This is a great site to check daily because it is always updating and I would recommend that people take a look at it. Finally, there is a website called THE REAL ESTATE MEDIA NETWORK which is an exceptional site. It is actually the website for a real estate magazine. They make it very easy to navigate through and it has decent visual appearance. It is very interactive by allowing you to click on a digital issue of the magazine, as well as being very informative on everything happening in the real estate market. I would also highly recommend this site to anyone interested in real estate. In contrast to the majority of other real estate sites it does not really lack anything and is one of the best sites in the linkroll.
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Great job on this latest post! I do not know a lot about real estate, but it seems that you have a strong hold on what is important when it comes to the development and business of new architectural projects. You seem to really know the sites, which is good, giving strong descriptions of all the content. It is a valuable tool, because for any reader of your blog interested in real estate, it gives a good summation of what to find at each site. One thing your links seem to lack (which you made note of) is interactivity and an aesthetically-pleasing design layout. As you said, this seems to be common among most architecture sites, so I would say leave some feedback on these sites and let them know that for the average reader, it would be more effective if they improved the design quality of their sites. Also with your post, in terms of transitions between new sites, the post moves fluidly but there does not seem to be a direct connectedness between one site and the next. I would recommend arranging the sites so that two sites with common themes follow one another.
I really like how detailed each description is though. You say a lot in a short amount of space, which is great. Words like "great" and "interesting" tend to reoccur, so i would maybe use some other descriptive adjectives to reinforce your already detailed post to give a little variety in terms of word usage. Also, with your image used, I think it would have been good to show a snapshot of how non-interactive these sites are, to give your reader a clear example of what you mean, but the chart you showcased is great because it shows current trends in the real estate market, which is what your blog is all about.
Overall though, your post is really strong, and again I want to assert how detailed and focused your post is, because it really does make it easier for people who do (or even do not) have a strong knowledge of the real estate world.
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