The Brooklyn Eagle gives the Real Estate Board of New York’s new website a whirl and finds its Kings County listings a bit lacking. As of Friday, there were 501 Brooklyn listings from six firms (as search we did yesterday only came up with 490, while a search for Manhattan listings yielded more than 2,300 results). Corcoran and Elliman have already received a lot of press for opting out of the REBNY portal, but it turns out a number of heavy-hitting Brooklyn brokerages—including RE/MAX, Fillmore and Brooklyn Properties—have also decided not to participate. And that’s left REBNY’s site with a dearth of Brooklyn listings, especially in some prime areas: As of yesterday, there were a scant 36 listings in Brooklyn Heights and 25 in Park Slope. (Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Kensington and Sunset Park each had fewer than 10 listings.) It remains to be seen whether more brokerages will decide to participate in the site and swell the number of Brooklyn listings. For the time being, it looks like it’s going to be of limited utility for Brooklyn house hunters.
New Real Estate Web Site Lists Relatively Few Brooklyn Properties [Brooklyn Eagle]
21st Century, Ahoy: REBNY Rolling Out Web Listings [Brownstoner]