Christian Real Estate Blog

The Scoop on Reply.com

Have you ever received an offer from someone to buy your house when it wasn't on the market? Seems pretty strange right?

Well Reply! Inc. is trying to change all that with a new service it launched last week that lets users make unsolicited offers on homes for a small fee.

For $24.95, the company will deliver a package to the door of a property you'd like to make an offer on. The homeowner then has to logon to the website and review the terms of the offer.

One of their primary slogans is:

"Every Home In America Is Up For Sale!
Make An Offer At Reply.com"

They seem to be trying to include themselves into the ever growing list of Web 2.0 real estate companies like Zillow, Redfin, Trulia, etc.

Will this model work?

What if a package came to your door with full details about your property including satellite photos of your house, and an offer to buy it? Personally, I think I'd feel a little... I don't know... Violated.

posted by Justin Smith @ 9/08/2006 01:22:00 PM