Urban Registry Inc., based in New York City, is a startup company, which launched a free online service in mid-May 2006, for home-seekers looking to buy real estate, and for those searching rental apartments/houses in urban metros. This service is useful primarily for people who wish to research listings of available properties, before they contact the respective brokers. This type of service does not eliminate the need for broker services, which users should be cognisant of. Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... (1) Startup (or start-up, aka System startup) refers to the short period of time, or system state a computer is in, immediately after switching it on. ... Online means being connected to the Internet or another similar electronic network, like a bulletin board system. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... Renting is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good owned by another person or company. ... Look up urban in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This page refers to urban rail mass transit systems. ... In commerce, a broker is a party that mediates between a buyer and a seller. ...

Real estate and rental listings are available for New York City in the beta version of this service. Online home-seekers key in their requirements in a basic search box – to rent or buy, type of residential property preferred, number of beds/baths required, min-max price range ($). Users have options to select every amenity they desire. Based on these search criteria, and by selecting preferred neighborhoods, users can search hundreds and thousands of listings, which are displayed as "search results" for the specific criteria. A mashup with Google maps allows users to see the location of every property listing with a specific address. The source for the listing is linked to the specific listing details page on the brokerage company's website, where the user can see photos of the property, plus, get further description and details related to the listing; this also serves as a ready-reference for users who need not look elsewhere for phone numbers and other contact details of the broker. Thus, users can easily review several property listings and shortlist them before contacting respective brokers. Browsing through listings across the city is also feasible for narrowing or widening of search results. Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... Renting is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good owned by another person or company. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... For other uses, see Beta (disambiguation). ... Searching is the act of trying to find something or someone. ... Rent can refer to: Renting, a system of payment for the temporary use of something owned by someone else. ... Look up Trade in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Trade centers on the exchange of goods and/or services. ... A residential area is a type of land use where the predominant use is residential. ... // Use of the term In common usage, property means ones own thing and refers to the relationship between individuals and the objects which they see as being their own to dispense with as they see fit. ... it makes the world go round ... An amenity is a feature of the home, property, hotel or resort that serves as a benefit to the lessee, buyer, occupant or guest but that is not necessary to its use; may be natural (like proximity to the CBD, water, beach) or man-made (like a swimming pool, tennis... The term mashup refers to a general aesthetic / ethic of reduce, reuse, recycle + steal & pillage practically applied to an artform/trade/technology (or combination thereof). ... Screenshot of Google Maps showing a route from Toronto to Ottawa Penang island and Seberang Prai on the mainland as seen on Google Maps [1] Google Maps (for a time named Google Local) is a free, web map server application and technology provided by Google that powers many map based... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Website - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In commerce, a broker is a party that mediates between a buyer and a seller. ... In commerce, a broker is a party that mediates between a buyer and a seller. ... Browser can refer to: browser - a type of herbivore whose nutrition generally comes from high growing plants, like trees, rather than a grazer that eats from the ground. ... Night view of Taipei City. ...

The manifold advantages to using such a service are as follows:

·Home-seekers research & review the large choice of listings on a single source ·Home-sellers benefit from the exposure of their property to a wider audience ·Landlords see their "to rent" properties changing status faster ·Brokers benefit from additional marketing opportunity to promote their clients' realty ·Research prior to broker-contact saves time for all concerned since it helps in users realistically defining/redefining their needs in advance in view of the prevailing market environment ·Zero-cost service benefits different user groups i.e. students, people planning on relocation, individuals who find it difficult to take time off for house-hunting during working hours, and others. Ease of use is also key for wider acceptability of such a service. It has been suggested that Product marketing be merged into this article or section. ... Real property is a legal term encompassing real estate and ownership interests in real estate. ... Relocation is the process of replacing references to symbols with actual addresses during fragment preparation and it is typically done by the Linker. ...

While there are previous entrants such as Trulia, StreetEasy, Redfin, in this competitive space, for NYC, currently the Urban Registry service seems to offer by far the most comprehensive database of rental listings for Manhattan & Brooklyn. New York, New York redirects here. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... A map of New York City, highlighting Brooklyn. ...