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Can’t remember the last name of that Realtor you met at a cocktail party last week, or the agent who helped you on that house hunt two years ago?

An improved “Find a Realtor” search tool now allows location-based searches using part of an agent’s or company’s name. The initial search can also filter for designations and certifications and the number of active listings an agent represents.

The Realtor.com beta site, which officially launched last week, also sports some snazzy map-based search capabilities, serving up information about individual properties, neighborhoods and housing markets that can help buyers and sellers get a handle on recent trends.

Unless agents choose to suppress such information, their profile pages will show the number of active listings they have, the average listing price, and their designations and certifications.

Profile pages also display the geographic markets served by agents and recent updates to their listings.

Map-based searches show neighborhood boundaries and can display heat maps of home prices or property valuations. Users can zoom in to the parcel level to click on individual properties.
Officials with Realtor.com, operator Move Inc., say the new capabilities are intended to help Realtor.com maintain its position as the most visited real estate site on the Web. The goal is not only to put more information into the hands of consumers, but help them find a real estate professional to interpret it.

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