Real Estate Domains Are Super Hot !!!

[thegenius1]

The website for the North County Times (a regional newspaper serving the San Diego, California area), has an interesting article from writer Chris Bagley about how the domain boom has produced a severe shortage of viable .com domains in the real estate sector. Bagley does a good job of conveying the value inherent in a good domain to his paper's readers so that they can understand why prices can run into 6 figures. It is encouraging to see mainstream journalists grasp what we've known for a long time and pass that knowledge along to the general public. We'll still see occasional mainstream articles loaded with misinformation about this business, but as more and more media outlets get it right, we're confident that the man on the street will eventually understand why good domains command the prices they do today.

As the last meadows and vacant lots disappear from inland boomtowns, some of the businesses sprouting up there find themselves jostling for space even on the virtual landscape of the Internet.

Temecula's economic growth has increased the value of locally focused domain names that have long been registered and used, such as temeculavalleyhomes.com and temeculainformation.com. Development in surrounding communities has created a more recent market for Web addresses that incorporate names such as Menifee and Murrieta.

It all makes for a field of domain names that's increasingly crowded, with real estate agents, informational businesses and other companies coming up with increasingly varied spellings of local place names. While temecularealestate.com has been in use for a decade, temvlyhomes.com was first registered in 2003.

"It's very difficult to find a good dot-com name right now," said Dan Jauregui, a Ramona-based agent who sells real estate locally through lakeelsinoreland.com and menifeerealestate.com. "They're pricey."

Caroline Collins said a real estate agent once offered her $100,000 for the rights to her domain name, temecularealestate.com, which she first registered and built a site around in the mid-1990s. Collins turned down the offer; her business had come to depend on the site, she said.

Collins launched a sister Web site, murrietarealestate.com, in 2000. It gets fewer visitors than the Temecula site. A couple of years ago, another real estate agent offered to buy it. After she suggested $25,000, she didn't hear back from the other agent, she said.

Collins' experience is common, said Judy Zulfiqar, a Temecula-based consultant who advises clients on Internet strategies. Though Zulfiqar said she regularly hears of local businesses making and receiving offers of $300 to $15,000 for their domain names, they often are unable to agree on a price. The would-be buyer usually ends up registering a less desirable name, she said.

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/07/08/news/californian/21_32_037_7_06.txt

 

[slugraduate]

Inspired me to reg kcksrealestate.com and northkcrealestate.com Suprised to see them available.

KCKS = Kansas City Kansas + NorthKC is boomtown for realestate right now.

just added realestate.vg as well. Last available name on godaddy. even the .xx.xx names were gone. Not sure if thats good for my ext.

 

[Domainate.com]

Indeed. I took REKentucky.com when it was the last RE(state).com name left. Naturally, RealEstate(state).com and (state)RealEstate.com have long been gone. I'm sure most decent sized cities are taken in both of those combos as well.

 

[thegenius1]

Yeah Im pretty Heavily vested in the Japanese Real Estate Sector myself , i was able to secure 19 of 26 Tokyo City's .. The other 7 are owned by Japan Real Estate Companies

Japanese - English - 1st Bid - 2nd Bid - Ad competition

All Are City Real Estate Combos ie :東京= Tokyo - 不動産= Real Estate - 東京不動産 = TokyoRealEstate

調布不動産.comChōfu, Tokyo ¥510 ¥509 29
府中不動産.com Fuchū, Tokyo ¥500 ¥429 30
町田不動産.com Machida, Tokyo ¥615 ¥614 33
三鷹不動産.com Mitaka , Tokyo ¥755 ¥754 32
多摩不動産.com Tama , Tokyo ¥602 ¥601 29
昭島不動産.com Akishima, Tokyo ¥208 ¥207 19
国立 不動産.com Kunitachi, Tokyo ¥245 ¥244 22
小金井不動産.com Koganei, Tokyo ¥401 ¥301 15
青梅不動産.com Omune , Tokyo ¥201 ¥200 14
清瀬不動産.com Kiyose, Tokyo ¥300 ¥299 21
狛江不動産.com Komae , Tokyo ¥300 ¥150 21
福生不動産.com Fussa, Tokyo ¥159 ¥158 16
西東京不動産.com Nishitōkyō, Tokyo ¥248 ¥246 21
東久留米不動産.com Higashikurume, Tokyo ¥345 ¥342 18
武蔵野不動産.com Musashino, Tokyo ¥501 ¥461 21
稲城不動産.com Inagi, Tokyo ¥145 ¥141 17
保谷不動産.com Hoya, Tokyo ¥64 ¥63 9
羽村不動産.com Hamura, Tokyo ¥131 ¥122 14
日野不動産.com Hino, Tokyo ¥500 ¥400 26

 

[Carlton]

Internet Real Estate domains have a great future. There have been notable sales (ex. VegasRealEstate.com 53k, BoiseRealEstate.com 50k, TampaMLS.com around 4k, etc.). Wasn't it Rick Schwartz who recently bought Property.com for 100k ... which will go much higher. The .US, .biz, and .info extension all work well with city real estate names imo. Picked up several large metro cities in the .US at auction several weeks ago.

 

[Binfus]

Wasn't it Rick Schwartz who recently bought Property.com for 100k ... which will go much higher.

As the buyer of Property.com, Florida's Rick Schwartz (AKA The Domain King) certainly added a crown jewel to his already impressive collection. Schwartz was among several investors who had been negotiating with the domain's previous owner in recent weeks. He first proposed a deal involving a series of payments, but finally decided to put an end to the chase by ponying up the full 750K in one shot.

http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2005/domainsales08_16_05.htm

 

[harkster]

Inspired me to reg kcksrealestate.com and northkcrealestate.com Suprised to see them available.

KCKS = Kansas City Kansas + NorthKC is boomtown for realestate right now.

just added realestate.vg as well. Last available name on godaddy. even the .xx.xx names were gone. Not sure if thats good for my ext.

You missed nkcrealestate-com

Been thinking about PlatteClayRealEstate but not sure.

 

[jaikini]

nyry.com can be newyork realty.com

 

[Zilla]

several months ago, I regged londonvilla.com and newyorkvillas.com , I know villa popular used in Europe, not sure if really fit London and NewYork...

 

[Carlton]

http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2005/domainsales08_16_05.htm

Thanks Binfus for the update. Holy smoke, that transaction ended up alot higher than I originally thought. Quite a nice name for sure.

 

[slugraduate]

You missed nkcrealestate-com Been thinking about PlatteClayRealEstate but not sure.

Very nice catch. I am not sure about the PlatteClay though. Too awkward IMO.

The following are also available:

NKCMLS.COM
KCKSMLS.COM
NORTHLANDKCMO.COM
NKCMOMLS.COM
THINKKCREALESTATE.COM
ONEKCREALESTATE.COM

 

[heinlein99]

I still think [city][zip].com domains have a lot of potential, most likely for real estate sites.

 

[domainstosell]

Genius, I am jealous of your Japanese names. I have a bunch of Japanese "Land" domains:

東京土地.com
“Tokyo Land” in Japanese and Traditional Chinese

横浜土地.com
“Yokohama Land” in Japanese and Simplified Chinese

大阪土地.com
“Osaka Land” in Japanese, Traditional and Simplified Chinese

鎌倉土地.com
“Kamakura Land” in Japanese

京都土地.com
“Kyoto Land” in Japanese, Traditional and Simplified Chinese

埼玉土地.com
“Saitama Land” in Japanese

千葉土地.com
“Chiba Land” in Japanese

神戸土地.com
“Kobe Land” in Japanese

川崎土地.com
“Kawasaki Land” in Japanese

土地価格.com
“Land Price” in Japanese

不動産土地.com
“Real Estate Land” in Japanese

土地情報.com
“Land Information” in Japanese and Traditional Chinese


I also have SunnyCaliRealEstate.com, which I think has a nice ring, and is good because California is a great Real Estate market.

 

[cache]

I have cdmrealestate.com and dpsrealestate.com
The .net owner of the same name would not buy them, why?

 

[End User King]

low clicks? Uniques visitors almost non-existant, as well as absolutely no overture to speak of?

 

[cjcjcj]

I own:

n e w f l a t s .com - equivalent of newapartments.com for the UK, Aus and other countries.

Paid a bit for it, and am now moving away from a generic name and are branding my site. For Sale

Have good traffic, it's a very popular market!

 

[thegenius1]

Genius, I am jealous of your Japanese names. I have a bunch of Japanese "Land" domains:

Thanks for the compliment , I have seen some of your collection and you have done pretty well yourself.... Im going to be realesing IDNrealestate.com most likely by monday wich will be displaying my Real Estate Domain portfolio.

 

[slugraduate]

Loftrentals.com

I have owned this one since August of 2000. I also bought up loftbuying.com recently.

 

[VURG]

Any industry that pays thousands in commissions for one sale is stupid to not put time and money into finding a good quality name (or more than one) for their site (or multiple sites). Only a handful of sales justifies the investment. I was very suprised around 20 months ago when I learnt of all the real estate related domains in my local area that nobody had registered. I now consider them my best domain names. I set up cheap sites and that are slowly growing in popularity mainly because the domain names are good.

Other Industries that pay thousands in commissions include:
Mortgage Industry
Legal Profession
Import/Export
Car Sales

 

[DeluxeNames.com]

You guys are right, Real Estate Domains are hot. I picked up a couple Real Estate domains myself:

For Home Sales:
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HomeMania.com
Homez.biz
DreamLocator.com
PropertyHunters.com
HouseDiscounters.com
HousesHere.com
HouseHere.com
USAHomeFind.com
USHomeFind.com
HouseSeek.net
HouseSeek.info
houseSeek.biz
HouseShowTV.com
HouseShow.biz
HouseShow.info
HouseShow.us
ListThis.com
ListIt.us
HouseAthon.com
HomeAthon.com
S0LD.com (has a zero)
HouseSpree.com
ForeclosingProperty.com
ForeclosingRealty.com
BuyHousesHere.com
FindHouses.info
PropertyZilla.com
Heezies.com
Hizzles.com

Commercial Real Estate:
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BusinessRealEstate.info
BusinessRealty.us

Apartment Rentals:
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AptMania.com
AptsMania.com
AptSave.com
ApartmentSave.com
EasyApt.com
EastyApts.com
AptEasy.com
ApartmentEZ.com
AptEZ.com
ApartmenTimes.com
AptTimes.com
AptPost.com
ApartmentsMania.com
RentalZilla.com

Future Real Estate Organizations?
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Realter.us
Realter.biz
Realater.org
Realters.org
Realaters.org

But since I'm in Boston, mostly bought Boston RE:
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BostonHomes.biz
BostonHome.biz
BostonRealEstate.biz
BostonHouses.us
BostonHouses.biz
BostonHomez.com
BostonProperties.info
BostonProperty.us
BostonProperty.biz
MAHouseFind.com
MassHomes.biz
MassRealEstate.us
Home-boston.com
BostonsHouses.com
NorthShoreRealty.us
NorthShoreReaEstate.us
NorthShoreRealestate.org


Boston Apartments:
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BostonRentals.net
BeantownHouses.com
BeantownRental.com
BostonRentalz.com
BostonRental.biz
BostonRental.info
BostonApartment.info
BostonApartment.biz
MAApt.com
BostonsApts.com
BeantownRent.com
Beantown4Rent.com
BeantownForRent.com
BostonApt.net


But, I'm moving to Philly:
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HomesInPhiladelphia.com
PhillyHomes.net
PhillyHomes.biz
PhillyHomes.us
PhillyHomes.info
PhillyRealty.net
PAProperties.biz
PennProperties.biz
PennRealEstate.biz
PhillyRealEstate.info
PhillyRentalz.com
PhillyHomez.com
PhillyApartmentz.com
PhillyRental.net
PhillyApartment.net
PhillyRents.com
AptInPhilly.com
AptsInPhilly.com