Real estate agents now can use video iPods

The real estate market is getting into the video iPod business, if an announcement by The Real Estate Home Show is any indication. The Web site — a database of real estate listings from around the country — now offers MPEG-4 movies of certain properties that can be loaded on to a video-capable iPod.

Properties listed on the Web site that feature iPod-compatible videos now sport an iPod symbol next to their listing; realtors can then download the videos and sync them to the iPod using iTunes.

The videos display the listing realtor’s name, a written description of the property, then a video showing the property’s highlights, with information provided by a narrator.