Google has integrated it's Google Base database with Google Maps in a way that will be of interest to real estate agencies, and may hurt existing sites like craigslist.com and realtor.com, and even compete with newspaper classified ads. Google Real Estate, one of many Google "products" said to be in "beta test" mode, provides a display of homes for sale in a specified region next to a map with pointers to those homes. Clicking on a pointer displays a photo and further information about the particular home.

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