Hitwise Top 10 List Stable

The June Hitwise list shows very little change amongst the top 10 US real estate websites, however there were three new entrants in the top 20.

Among the top 10, the only change from the May list was a swap between mynewplace.com, which moved up to 10th place, and remax.com, which dropped back to number 11.

Between 11th and 20th place the big winner was move.com, which moved up from number 26 to number 20. connectwithlife.com is also continuing its march up the list, gaining another two spots.

The websites between number 11 and number 20, along with their previous positions, were:

11. remax.com (10)
12. rentals.com (12)
13. forrent.com (13)
14. apartments.com (14)
15. century21.com (15)
16. connectwithlife.com (18)
17. redfin.com (16)
18. hud.gov (21)
19. homeaway.com (22)
20. move.com (26)

The top five most popular real estate search terms for the month were “realtor.com,” “zillow,” “apartments for rent,” “remax,” and “real estate.”

28.80 percent of all visits to the “Business and Finance – Real Estate” industry went to the top 10 websites. 39.64 percent went to the top 20 websites and 69.44 percent went to the top 100 websites.

The average visit duration for visits to the “Business and Finance – Real Estate” industry was 9 minutes, 30 seconds. This is a minimal decrease from last month’s average visit duration of 9 minutes, 36 seconds.

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2. Hitwise: remax.com Bumps mynewplace.com

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3. trulia.com Moves Up Hitwise Rankings

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