BOISE, Idaho, April 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zoliath.com Founder & CEO Tim Thornton announced today that his national directory for commercial real estate services and search-based, members-only website – Zoliath.com, is now actively reporting news and identifying emerging trends affecting multiple businesses within the commercial real estate industry.
Recent articles posted to zoliath.com cite the Urban Land Institute's Real Estate Consensus Forecast that by the end of 2014, transaction volume for commercial real estate properties could increase by 50% while vacancy rates would likely drop by 1.2% to 3.7% for office, industrial and retail properties.
Another recent story mentioned a Marcus & Millichap report that more investment-oriented commercial real estate companies are buying medical office buildings, while another article cited data from MultiHousingNews that commercial property managers are increasingly turning to technology to simplify and accelerate the process of renting apartment homes.
"I do not intend to compete with full time news agencies and commercial real estate trade media like GlobeSt.com or REBusinessOnline, and neither am I trying to be a news aggregator like CommercialPost.com; rather, this is a service to Zoliath.com members and users that allows them to keep tabs on what is happening in their respective industries while they are visiting our website searching for new business leads or service providers in other markets," said Thornton.
Zoliath Founder Thornton, who has become a search engine optimization and search engine marketing expert since founding Zoliath in October 2009, added that his clients get greater value from Zoliath.com the longer they stay on the site during each site visit.
"Service-oriented websites like Zoliath.com are much more effective and user-friendly if they are also a great resource, and the commercial real estate industry is very much an information-intensive business," said Thornton, a commercial real estate broker for more than two decades beginning in San Diego as a rookie with CBRE specializing in retail and office commercial brokerage. Readers can follow the news at www.zoliath.com/blog
The core categories by industry for commercial real estate advertising with Zoliath are: Aerial Photography Companies, Appraisal Companies, Architectural Firms, Banks, Building Inspection Companies, Commercial Real Estate Brokerages and Property Management Firms, General Contractors, Insurance Companies, Law Firms, Mortgage and Lending Companies and Signage Companies.
Zoliath.com is set to allow visitors to search for service providers at a city or regional level, and to filter these searches according to exacting specifications by using search technology that is similar, but more targeted, than major search engines (including Google, Yahoo and Bing). Zoliath membership and a basic site profile are free, though members go through a vetting process prior to membership acceptance to ensure specialization. Members can opt to enhance their profiles using pay-per-click campaigns with set monthly budgets, with each click only $1.99.
For more information, contact Tim Thornton, Founder & CEO of Zoliath.com at (208) 345.6550 or email mailto:info@zoliath.com">info@zoliath.com and visit http://www.zoliath.com/">www.zoliath.com
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