Is ZipRealty the Greenest Real Estate Site?
One of the most common home search criteria is, “How long does it take me to get to work?’
So why don’t real estate sites ask for your work address and then display your commute time? We were psyched to discover this feature on ZipRealty:
Once you set up My Places, ZipRealty shows the distance from each property to work. This helps people reduce the time they spend commuting—which means more time with friends and family and less stress.
ZipRealty is also one of the few sites that shows transit near homes:
The simplest way to reduce your carbon footprint is to live in a walkable, transit-oriented neighborhood near where you work. With a couple of additional search features, ZipRealty could make these homes simple to find. And this makes me wonder, is ZipRealty the greenest real estate website?


