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Matt Goyer of Urbnlivn and Redfin.

"It should find the place that's for sale right here," Matt Goyer said, gesturing toward Trace Lofts as we stumbled blindly down 12th Avenue between Pike and Pine, both of us staring down at our iPhones as rush-hour traffic idled at the light. "So, it pulled out 1408 12th Avenue, number 407, so that's one of the two units for sale right now."

This was last Friday afternoon, and Goyer was giving me an on-the-spot demonstration of Redfin's iPhone app (click here to launch iTunes), along with some insights into a couple other apps that deal with real estate and neighborhoods. His day job is actually at Redfin, where he works in marketing, but in certain circles he's better known as the author of Urbnlivn, one of Seattle's best condo blogs.

Like Tim Ellis's Seattle Bubble, Urbnlivn was a product of Seattle's housing boom, but whereas most real estate and condo blogs were little more than marketing efforts by real estate agents, Goyer won his readers by offering thoughtful (and frequently...

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