and they often use sites like Redfin and Zillow to screen out homes even before they call a broker. Redfin doesn't rate schools itself but posts data from the nonprofit school-rating group ...

"A school rating map mirrors a racial dot map," showing ... Realty search engines like Zillow, Homes.com and Redfin link to local school ratings prominently on every listing.

If this all sounds familiar, you may recall that Seattle online real estate startup Estately launched a school zone search feature 15 months ago. Like Redfin’s new service, Estately CEO Galen ...