Big data is a hot topic in the real estate industry. Will Klopp recently published an article entitled, “Poor real estate data and analysis could be fatal.” The piece caught my attention for numerous reasons. It explores a few intriguing topics such as data integrity, the infrastructure that stores and delivers real estate data and the democratization of information. Will is the Vice President /…
Real Estate Things
By Tom Flanagan
Real Estate, Technology and the Internet of Things
Google’s new tool, Project Sunroof, aims to help homeowners determine if solar panels are a good fit for a home by calculating the roof’s solar potential. The app uses high-resolution Google Earth data to calculate the usable sunlight per year and provides an estimate of the potential energy savings. Simply enter an address and Project Sunroof calculates the number of hours of usable sunlight per…