housingstorm.com is a real estate news and networking community, bringing together experts from around the world to share what is happening in their local markets, and to offer perspective on the larger real estate economy.
The Project
Consumers need a better place to learn about their local real estate markets. There are thousands of industry professionals, economics, and popular bloggers who have the knowledge and perspective to teach them. Our vision for housingstorm.com is to bring consumers comprehensive real estate news and information by bringing these experts together, under one roof.
This unique Project is being built by each of you as you add your voice to the community.
The Inspiration
The violent price swings of the last decade have hurt millions of people; most of them having made what they thought were good decisions based on the information they had available at that time.
But, there was better information…unfortunately it just wasn’t easy to find.
Countless real estate professionals, economists, and pioneering bloggers were sounding alarms, but their skeptical voices were drowned out by the deafening industry-spin, PR, and cheer-leading mainstream media.
housingstorm.com was inspired by these voices and our desire to make them louder. Consumers need to know what is really happening in their communities. More than ever, they need reliable information and some good advice. Working together, we can arm them with the information and perspective they need to make better real estate decisions going forward.
The Community
Our members include real estate professionals, mortgage and banking professionals, attorneys, escrow and title professionals, freelance journalists, economics bloggers, real estate bloggers, insurance professionals, inspectors and contractors, financial industry professionals, and people who aren’t professionals at all…they just care about what’s going on.
If you have a voice, a perspective, or a claim to stake, join us. You can share your expertise and thoughts with your own housingstorm.com blog. You can promote your business with a housingstorm.com website. Start groups, make friends, debate issues in forums…we give you all of the networking tools you’ll need to build a powerful online presence.
The Spirit of Open Technology
We are proud to be built on the powerful, open-source, wordpress platform. Because it is ever-evolving and improving, you will always benefit from our cutting-edge, forward-thinking technology. And, in the open-source spirit, if you ever have ideas or suggestions, please share them. We can respond to your needs and, over time, steer our technology in the direction that you want it to go.
This community, and its future, belong to you.
Membership and virtually everything that we offer is free. For those needing some extra support, more storage space, or needing to remove our small ads on their Sites, we offer Premium Sites for as little as $5 per month.
The Future of Real Estate
Real Estate as a business is changing quickly. Traditional brokerage business-models are under stress, consumers are more informed, and both professionals and consumers will rely on technology, like housingstorm.com, more and more.
We are the future of real estate news, information, and networking.
Join Us
Become a member. Create your own Site. Start a Group. Start a Forum. Share, learn, and help us provide better real estate news and perspective to our consumers.
There is much to be shared, discussed, and debated. If you have something to say about real estate, please join us, and share your ideas here at housingstorm.com.
And, if you are interested in doing more, we always looking for people to help moderate discussions, promote your articles, and participate in round-table discussions, and more. Email support@housingstorm.com if you would like to help.
