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LoopNet Lures a Crowd

Stock quotes in this article: LOOP , EBAY , MNST , CSGP  

While the housing market contracts, the office-space market is poised to grow. One of the biggest beneficiaries of that growth may be a tech company: LoopNet .

LoopNet appears to be growing the way eBay grew: Sellers list their properties on the online marketplace to lure buyers, who attract more sellers, who bring in more buyers, and so on.

This upward spiral of growth is called "network effects," and it happens when one company, such as eBay in auctions or Monster.com (MNST Quote) in job listings, wins a reputation as the go-to marketplace for transactions. ...

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