The Revitalist

Snapshot of Boston area, houses for sale on craigslist in the $300k-$500k range.

After falling down the rabbit hole of other people's blogrolls, I stumbled on a very cool new mashup of Google Maps and craigslist housing ads, called HousingMaps.com (via Grow-a-Brain). The site maps houses for sale, for rent, sublets, and rooms for rent on craigslist and maps them onto Google Maps. One cool feature is that when you click on a pin, a popup shows the craigslist ad heading, price and any photos included in the listing; you can then click through to the ad. You can filter the maps by types of listing and price ranges. This site would be super helpful if you're not overly familiar with an area and don't know the streets and neighborhoods mentioned in the ads.