In the next week’s, we’ll be launching one very cool feature per week. We think these features will REALLY begin to empower the home buyer to find the exact home they’re looking for… and, due to popular demand, we’re launching the same technology base to browse Rentals, New Homes, and Commercial property.

Stay tuned for more.

Some New Features / Improvements Include:

• Integrated dynamic google map that’s including on the index search page. Note: when moving from house to house on the listings, the map actually re-aligns with the selected property to give you an idea of the area it’s in.
• Search box is moved to the top for convenience. When selecting search criteria, the form remembers what you selected and highlights the fields.
• The Search Listings pagination actually works. We fixed quite a bit of bugs regarding the paginating of search results… I think I’ve finally nailed this down, but we’ll see.
• On the listing page, more details from the MLS are added to the screen.
• On the listing page, if you came from a previous search, your search results are remembered and a “Click here to go back to your search results.” link is displayed so you can continue browsing the search where you last left off.
• On the listing page, a new price box is available that shows the listing price + monthly payment based on last week’s average interest rates.
• On the listing page, when clicking “Click for Financing” in the price box — this launches in-browser window (pop-up blockers don’t block these) dynamically generating a Mortgage Calculator sponsered by Mid Valley Financial. The calculator auto-fills the Sale Price and is editable to allow changes to Percentage Down, Interest Rate, Length of Mortgage, etc.
• On the listing page, the center of the page is dedicated to additional details of the home. These include:
• A Google Map with Marker and Address
• A Google StreetView of the property.
• In browser Photo carousel. (There were complaints of the current pop-up method of showing photos.)
• Zillow Zestimate integration which also includes Last Date / Amont Sold and Tax Assessment information from zillow.com

We’re still working out some of the bugs with the new design, but I hope you find it helpful in your home search! As always, feel freeto let me know what you think — good or bad.

Since I’m constantly trying to find better and more useful ways to help you search for all things related to Real Estate, I’d like to list a few improvements made recently to FresnoForeclosures.com

1. The site now displays the latest listings from the Fresno MLS by default first. (Before, listings which were updated were displayed first.)

2. Listings which have been posted within 2 days are marked with the yellow NEW icon next to their address. This should make it easier from glance to tell what’s new.

3. Listings which I believe to be good investment properties (properties which could be purchased and possibly be cash-flow positive right-off the bat) are marked with the green $INVST$ tag next to their address. (Note: If you’ve got questions as to how I come up with these calculations, feel free to contact me and I’ll explain it.)

4. When opening a listing, I’ve added the Zillow widgets for Mortgage Rates and Mortgage Calculators. I’ve seen bazillions of these out there, and the Zillow ones seem to be the nicest and least spammy of the bunch. If you know of a better one, please let me know!

5. More cities now listed! We’ve started out with just listing REO Bank Owned / Foreclosure properties in Fresno and Clovis. We’ve since added Reedly, Madera, Selma, and Kerman!

As always, if you’d like to see an improvement made to any of my sites please don’t hesitate to ask! You can leave me a comment, send me an email, or even give me a call.