By Scott Duke Harris, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Jul. 13--The housing market may be hurting, but times are good at Trulia, a San Francisco Web company that is regarded among the "vertical search" leaders for real estate.

By Sue McAllister, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Aug. 5--For many home buyers, a remodeled kitchen or a big back yard are irrelevant to the house hunt -- they care most about the neighborhood schools. Now those buyers can search online for homes in a specific school district.