Real estate news and views from around the globe that make you go, “Really?”

The Associated Press has a grand story (CLICK HERE) on some of the cellphone tools you can use to follow the real estate market. Here’s some of the sites/apps they highlighted:

• Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate: http://www.bhgrealestate.com/iphone lets users can jot down notes on a house they’re viewing and take photos, which can be uploaded through the app to Facebook.
• KB Home: http://www.kbhome.com was redesigned to work better on mobile Web browsers.
• Smarter Agent: http://www.smarteragent.com helps buyers find information on recently sold homes and lets users search for properties for rent.
• Trulia Mobile: http://www.trulia.com/mobile lets users can search for homes for sale with an iPhone app or via their mobile Web browser.
• Zillow Mobile: http://mobile.zillow.com/ gives users an estimated value of all homes in its database, not just ones for sale. Users also can filter results, save searches, and get alerts when a new listing they might be interested in pops up.