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Netflix could be coming to your Iphone. Netflix may be the next in line to stream video via Netflix's watch instantly feature. The feature is available on the Mac and PC currently for all netflix members. But subscribes with and unlimited membership plan may also take advantage of watch instantly on compatible devices other that a PC such as an Xbox 360 or the Roku Digital Video Player. While the iphone offers applications such as You Tube offers video straming over Wi-Fi or cellular network data connection, sling box must be viewed over Wi-Fi only to avoid over-taxing the networks. This could happen to netflix as well. No offical word has come from Netflix yet if this is true or not.

Google Latitude Web App for iphone, www.BestRealtorInYukon.com

Google latitude runs as a web app in Safari, and untilizes GPS and Wi-Fi geolocation to display real time location of a user's friends and to all others to track their location. You also have privacy settings to allow users to customize which contacts are permitted to see their location. To try Google latitude, type google.com/latitude into your iphones browser. You can add a bookmark to the home screen by opeing Latitude in Safari and tapping the + icon> Add to Home Screen>Add

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Coldwell Banker scored highest on the customer-service rankings among home sellers www.BestRealtorInYukon.com

Coldwell Banker scored highest on the customer-service rankings among home sellers, and Keller Williams ranked first among home buyers in the annual J.D Power and Associates 2009 Home Buyer/Seller study.

The study measures customer satisfaction with the largest national real estate companies. The most significant factor is the buyer/seller experience with the practitioner. Other factors include overall experience with the office and satisfaction with special services offered, like referrals to inspectors and lawyers. Home sellers also rate marketing.

The 2009 Home Buyer/Seller Study includes more than 3,100 evaluations from 2,801 respondents who bought or sold a home between April 2007 and June 2008.

Among the related findings:

  • Home sellers report that, on average, 3.2 open houses were conducted for their property in 2009, compared with 4.5 in 2008.
  • Approximately 64 percent of home sellers used a Web site listing to market their home in 2009, up from 61 percent in 2008.


Here are the home buyer rankings on a 1,000-point scale. (The home buyer average score was 791.)

  • Keller Williams, 806
  • Coldwell Banker, 801
  • RE/MAX, 798
  • Century 21, 795
  • Prudential, 781
  • ERA, 744
  • GMAC, 731


Here are the home seller rankings on a 1,000-point scale. (The home seller average score was 786.)

  • Coldwell Banker, 815
  • Keller Williams, 801
  • RE/MAX, 784
  • Century 21, 770
  • Prudential, 753

CNN reports that Oklahoma Home sales are up 4%

atest home prices: Jan. - Mar. 2009

The national median home price fell a record 13.8% during the first quarter of 2009. Check how prices fared in your hometown.

NAR 1st quarter 2009 home prices
Metro Area State Median home price
1st Quarter Percent change from
1st Quarter 2008
Akron OH $50,100 -48.0%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY $184,500 -4.9%
Albuquerque NM $182,600 -4.1%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ $218,000 -8.0%
Amarillo TX $122,000 -0.2%
Anaheim-Santa Ana CA $435,800 -28.3%
Appleton WI $110,300 -8.4%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta GA $115,600 -24.9%
Atlantic City NJ $219,100 -21.0%
Austin-Round Rock TX $182,300 -1.2%
Baltimore-Towson MD $245,800 -9.1%
Barnstable Town MA $276,700 -22.1%
Baton Rouge LA N/A N/A
Beaumont-Port Arthur TX $129,100 5.0%
Binghamton NY $110,300 0.5%
Birmingham-Hoover AL $130,400 -14.9%
Bismarck ND $153,300 -0.1%
Bloomington-Normal IL $153,800 1.9%
Boise City-Nampa ID $157,100 -18.8%
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy MA-NH** $290,700 -18.7%
Boulder CO $328,400 -7.7%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk CT $347,400 -20.9%
Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY $99,200 2.7%
Canton-Massillon OH $66,200 -25.2%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL $87,300 -59.1%
Cedar Rapids IA $127,300 -2.0%
Champaign-Urbana IL $141,600 1.6%
Charleston WV $188,200 -6.6%
Charleston-North Charleston SC $119,200 2.1%
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord NC-SC $171,500 -11.0%
Chattanooga TN-GA $117,900 -5.8%
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet IL $185,600 -25.6%
Cincinnati-Middletown OH-KY-IN $106,500 -17.1%
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor OH $69,900 -31.5%
Colordo Springs CO $180,000 -13.8%
Columbia MO $152,600 6.0%
Columbia SC $134,300 -5.2%
Columbus OH $118,300 -10.4%
Corpus Christi TX $126,300 -7.7%
Cumberland MD-WV $114,900 21.1%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX $135,700 -4.7%
Danville IL N/A N/A
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL $100,300 13.8%
Dayton OH $79,700 -20.7%
Decatur IL $77,100 -2.9%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach FL $128,700 -26.7%
Denver-Aurora CO $192,900 -13.7%
Des Moines IA $137,300 -7.2%
Detroit-Warren-Livonia MI N/A N/A
Dover DE $201,000 1.0%
Durham NC $171,500 -3.8%
El Paso TX $77,100 -6.4%
Elmira NY $132,800 -0.8%
Erie PA $85,900 -11.1%
Eugene-Springfield OR $210,800 -7.3%
Fargo ND-MN $134,100 -2.0%
Farmington NM $191,200 0.7%
Florence SC $98,500 -15.7%
Ft. Wayne IN $80,600 -9.1%
Gainesville FL $160,300 -14.9%
Gary-Hammond IN $92,000 -25.8%
Glens Falls NY $156,600 -4.0%
Grand Rapids MI $72,000 -30.0%
Green Bay WI $138,400 1.0%
Greensboro-High Point NC $129,700 -8.9%
Greenville SC $142,000 -8.1%
Gulfport-Biloxi MS $132,800 -4.5%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD-WV $167,100 -13.3%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford CT $222,300 -10.1%
Honolulu HI $570,000 -8.1%
Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land TX $138,500 -6.7%
Indianapolis IN $94,600 -11.8%
Jackson MS $122,600 -0.8%
Jacksonville FL $154,100 -17.0%
Kalamazoo-Portage MI N/A N/A
Kankakee-Bradley IL $116,600 -2.3%
Kansas City MO-KS $126,600 -9.2%
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco WA $159,300 -2.7%
Kingston NY $194,300 -18.3%
Knoxville TN $138,600 -5.1%
Lansing-E.Lansing MI $65,600 -29.1%
Las Vegas-Paradise NV $155,300 -37.3%
Lexington-Fayette KY $133,800 -3.7%
Lincoln NE $132,400 -1.2%
Little Rock-N. Little Rock AR $125,400 -1.4%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA $303,500 -34.1%
Louisville KY-IN $121,100 -8.0%
Madison WI $208,500 -0.04
Manchester-Nashua NH $215,700 -12.0%
Memphis TN-MS-AR $96,100 -13.3%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach FL $206,000 -35.4%
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis WI $201,500 -1.4%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI $174,100 -12.9%
Mobile AL $127,900 -1.5%
Montgomery AL $122,500 -8.4%
NY: Edison NJ N/A N/A
NY: Nassau-Suffolk NY $216,500 -15.3%
NY: Newark-Union NJ-PA $150,800 -4.0%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro TN $374,500 -16.0%
New Haven-Milford CT $429,900 -12.8%
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner LA $320,900 -11.3%
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ-PA $376,700 -18.6%
New York-Wayne-White Plains NY-NJ $358,200 -12.5%
Norwich-New London CT $199,600 -18.5%
Ocala FL $108,600 -25.4%
Oklahoma City OK $129,900 4.0%
Omaha NE-IA $129,000 -2.9%
Orlando FL $154,800 -33.3%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL $114,300 -28.0%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent FL $137,200 -12.2%
Peoria IL $109,800 -7.7%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA-NJ-DE-MD $206,000 -6.7%
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale AZ $129,200 -41.9%
Pittsburgh PA $103,400 -7.3%
Pittsfield MA $180,000 -16.9%
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford ME $192,100 -17.9%
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton OR-WA $248,600 -13.3%
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River RI-MA $202,400 -23.0%
Raleigh-Cary NC $223,000 -2.2%
Reading PA $145,200 -2.2%
Reno-Sparks NV $209,800 -26.0%
Richmond VA N/A N/A
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA $172,500 -39.9%
Rochester NY $105,600 -2.7%
Rockford IL $100,000 -13.2%
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville CA $169,300 -34.5%
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North MI $30,300 -53.7%
Saint Louis MO-IL $100,900 -16.9%
Salem OR $200,000 -8.5%
Salt Lake City UT $230,100 1.9%
San Antonio TX $148,300 -1.0%
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos CA $323,200 -29.6%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont CA $402,000 -42.7%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA $450,000 -42.3%
Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice FL $155,200 -40.8%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA $315,200 -15.3%
Shreveport-Bossier City LA $136,000 3.4%
Sioux Falls SD $95,500 -29.8%
South Bend-Mishawaka IN $61,800 -23.6%
Spartanburg SC $109,100 -16.3%
Spokane WA $180,000 -2.7%
Springfield IL $111,400 3.9%
Springfield MA $170,100 -14.1%
Springfield MO $116,300 -3.8%
Syracuse NY $113,700 3.1%
Tallahassee FL $156,000 -10.0%
Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater FL $135,300 -26.7%
Toledo OH $65,500 -27.0%
Topeka KS $106,500 3.1%
Trenton-Ewing NJ $252,500 -12.4%
Tucson AZ $176,400 -20.2%
Tulsa OK N/A N/A
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News VA-NC $201,000 -8.2%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV $279,400 -25.0%
Waterloo/Cedar Falls IA $97,300 -6.4%
Wichita KS $108,700 -3.5%
Worcester MA $189,600 -23.6%
Yakima WA $143,500 -3.3%
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman OH-PA $51,200 -0.244
U.S. $169,000 -13.8%
NE $235,500 -15.9%
MW $132,400 -6.8%
SO $146,600 -10.8%
WE $237,600 -19.8%

15 Most Strange Buildings of the World

My sister sent this to me the other day so, I thought I would it with everyone.

1. The Crooked House ( Sopot , Poland )

2. Forest Spiral - Hundertwasser Building ( Darmstadt , Germany )

3. The Torre Galatea Figueres ( Spain )

4. Ferdinand Cheval Palace a.k.a Ideal Palace ( France )

5. The Basket Building ( Ohio , United States )

6. Kansas City Public Library ( Missouri , United States )

7. Wonderworks ( Orlando , Florida , United States )

8. Habitat 67 ( Montreal , Canada )

9. Cubic Houses ( Rotterdam , Netherlands )

10. Hang Nga Guesthouse a.k.a Crazy House ( Vietnam )

11. The UFO House ( Sanjhih , Taiwan )

12. Nakagin Capsule Tower ( Tokyo , Japan )

13. Erwin Wurm: House Attack ( Viena , Austria )

14. Wooden Gagster House ( Archangelsk , Russia )

15. Ripley's Building ( Ontario , Canada )