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jumped four topographic points in the commanding of most-visited existent estate Web land sites since December to figure three on the listing in January, behind second-place and consistent leader , according to a study released today by Web metrics company Hitwise.

Realtor.com opposite number slid from 2nd in December to 8th in January. Both land sites are operated by Travel Inc. dropped from 13th in the rankings in December to 18th in January.

Real estate foreclosure land land site , which had dropped from the second-most-visited site in October to 17th on the listing in December, moved up to 13th in the rankings in January. And , another land site that paths existent estate foreclosure properties, joined the Hitwise existent estate top-20 listing in the 20th position. That land site ranked 23rd in December.

Realtor.com dominated marketplace share in the existent estate category, drawing 9.08 percentage of entire visitants to existent estate class Web sites, Hitwise reported. Second-place HomeGain had a 2.44 percentage marketplace share in January.

The 10 most-visited existent estate Web land land land land sites drew 27.43 percentage of all visits to existent estate class Web sites in January, with 38.89 percentage of visits going to the top 20 sites and 68.09 percentage going to the top 100 sites. The January marketplace share statistics are comparable to December, when 68.12 percentage of visitants to existent estate class land land sites went to the top 100 sites.

Eight existent estate Web land land sites were new to the Hitwise top 100 listing of existent estate sites in January, including , which bumped up from 103rd in December to 79th in January; , from 260th to 88th; , from 105th to 90th; , from 106th to 91st; , from 107th to 93rd; , from 102nd to 95th; Crye-Leike.com, from 11th to 98th; and , from 128th to 99th.

Sites leaving the top 100 listing in January include Rentors.org, which drop from 50th in December to 850th in January; , from 64th to 152nd; Frontier.Cincinnati.com, from 76th to 110th; , from 84th to 130th; , from 97th to 128th; , from 98th to 104th; , from 99th to 105th; and , from 100th to 200th.

"Realtor.com" ranked as the top hunt term that generated traffic at existent estate Web sites, followed by "remax," "homes for sale," "apartments," "real estate," "century21," "apartments for rent," "zillow," "zillow.com," and "coldwell banker."

Century21OldRichmond.com jetted up 1,117 topographic points in the existent estate class rankings, to 1,496th place; Pirates-Cove.com moved up 618 topographic points to 1,062nd; moved up 542 topographic points to 400th; CoastalVacationResorts.com moved up 307 topographic points to 644th; moved up 263 topographic points to 478th; moved up 204 topographic points to 430th.

Hitwise Top 20 Most Visited Real Estate Web Sites, January 2008

Rank

Web sites

Market share

1

9.08%

2

2.44%

3

2.25%

4

2.21%

5

2.19%

6

2.06%

7

2.00%

8

1.91%

9

1.86%

10

1.42%

11

1.39%

12

1.38%

13

1.35%

14

1.25%

15

1.21%

16

1.17%

17

1.06%

18

0.95%

19

0.88%

20

0.82%

Source: Hitwise.