Maybe I was onto something with the title of this post (it has severely diverted since)…

BOSTON, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ — House hunters are now able to rate the houses they tour online. The property-listing website Fizber.com (http://www.fizber.com/) has launched a new “Review” feature to their website which allows users to rate properties for subjective “quality”.

After touring each home, home buyers (http://www.fizber.com/home-by-owner/index.html) can rate the properties they liked and didn’t like. Property rating is done on a 1 to 5 scale with 1 being the lowest and 5 the highest rating. Ratings from all users are combined to give a combined overall rating. The number of users who have rated a property is not displayed. According to Julia Foster, Fizber’s PR Manager, in the near future users will also be able to supply comments to accompany their rating of a property. These can be used to explain the ratings given, and they are currently working on that.

Property rating is a plus for buyers trying to search for their next home while juggling work and family. But it’s also good news for sellers: If their home listing (http://www.fizber.com/1435242) has a top rating, more potential buyers would like to view it.

Does a property rating make or break a real estate sale? Probably not. But combined with the wealth of neighborhood information provided by Fizber.com, it may just be the icing on the cake for buyers tired of waiting for other FSBO sites to give them what they want.