Build Your Own Foreclosure Heat Maps

By Alice Hill
RealTechNews

I am sure when the founders of HotPads came up with their website business, the idea was to tap into the red-hot housing market. Sadly, things have changed and now the word “hot” has a whole new meaning.

Hotpads is a free service that lets you compare rentals and homes for sale in many top US cities. Even more interesting is the site’s heatmap feature. As shown here, foreclosures in the San Francisco Bay Area are indeed heating up.

We Say: Why not throw in a gasoline price tracker heat map and we an all just drown ourselves right now.

Alice Adds: If you truly want to depress yourself, check out Gas Buddy. San Francisco has hit $4.11 a gallon. sigh…