C.A.R. launches Spanish-language property search website

LOS ANGELES, CA – December 5, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — In an effort to meet the needs of Spanish-speaking home buyers in California, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) today launched Sucasa.net (http://www.sucasa.net), a brand-new Spanish-language property search website.

Sucasa.net shares the same multiple listing service data as its sister website, California Living Network®, powered by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ REALTOR.com (http://ca.realtor.com). However, Sucasa.net offers Spanish-speaking home buyers an opportunity to search for homes using common sorting characteristics such as city, price range, and number of bedrooms and bathrooms. Results appear in a list or on a map, with driving directions available in Spanish.  Additionally, REALTORS® can forward property links to their clients in Spanish.  The Sucasa.net property search is available for the entire state of California.

“C.A.R. is pleased to introduce one of the most robust Spanish-language property search websites for Spanish-speaking home buyers in California,” said C.A.R. President LeFrancis Arnold.  “With Spanish ranking as the second most widely spoken language in the U.S. and Spanish speakers making up nearly 35 percent of California’s population, we recognize the market potential for this home buyer population.”

Other Sucasa.net features:

• Predictive text appears in the “city” field when three characters are entered.
• Property search results show how many listings are available for each bedroom (available listings are shown in parenthesis after the number of bedrooms).
• A brief property description (in Spanish) can be seen if searching for properties on the map view.

Leading the way…® in California real estate for more than 100 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States, with nearly 160,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.