MRED Launches new brand image How strong is YOUR brand image?

It’s very exciting to see MRED, the second largest MLS in the United States launch a new brand image for their company.  Their tagline “reinventing MLS” may give all of us a clue about where Russ Bergeron, their new CEO and the rest of his staff are going.  It looks like they are going to “shake things up” a bit. I am heartened by a leader in the MLS industry that is taking their brand seriously. They have launched a whole new marketing campaign to help build awareness of their brand to their subscribers.   By using such an inspirational mark, [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:01-07:00September 25th, 2010|Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on MRED Launches new brand image How strong is YOUR brand image?
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The RPR – Data Seeker Update

The RPR Data Seeker Update It has been almost twelve months since the San Diego NAR conference when RPR had their coming out party and began the data wars our industry finds itself in.  Maybe it didn’t actually start the whole issue of using MLS data for non-traditional purposes, but it certainly put it in our mainstream discussions.  It also made the whole concept of using MLS data for purposes other than selling properties a concept that the industry was willing to consider.  This was a big shift and one that hadn’t had much energy since REGIB (Real Estate Business [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:02-07:00September 21st, 2010|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights, Our Company|Comments Off on The RPR – Data Seeker Update
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Discover MLS Takes MLS System Designed for CAR/CALREDD Product National

Bret Wiener, one of the former founders of Concentric MLS, announced today in the following press release that the software originally built for the CAR/CALREDD initiative is now being offered on a national basis through his new company, Discover MLS.  Discover MLS has already made a significant impact on the MLS industry with its introduction of a Web 2.0 solution, designed on Adobe Flash®.  Other major vendors obviously took notice as they are in the process of developing new MLS versions that allow them to offer similar features such as the multi-tasking session features offered by Discover MLS. Read full Press [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:03-07:00September 1st, 2010|Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on Discover MLS Takes MLS System Designed for CAR/CALREDD Product National
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Top 10 REALTOR® Associations and Total REALTORS® by State

NAR just released its July 31, 2010 National Association of REALTORS® Monthly Membership Report. Below are some interesting findings: NAR reports that the total number of REALTORS® in America at the end of July, 2009 was 1,112,645. At the end of July 2010, NAR reported the number of REALTORS® in America was down 3.85%, making the current total 1,088,703. In this same national report, it is not surprising given the economy that every state’s total number of REALTORS® has dropped several percentage points. Currently, the top 10 states with the highest number of REALTORS® include: 1.) California- a. Last July [...]

By |2010-08-25T17:59:10-07:00August 25th, 2010|Main category, MLS Insights|2 Comments
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How To Set-Up A Facebook Fan Page

Due to a high level of interest in learning more about Facebook Fan Pages, we have researched and provided the following step-by-step approach to setting up a Facebook Fan Page. We hope you enjoy! Without a doubt it can be tricky to locate the “Add a Facebook Page.” To jump straight to this page, and avoid the multi-step navigation process outlined below, here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php If you cannot access the “Create a Page” link above, follow the below steps. 1.) Go to the home page of your personal Facebook page, and click the Account button 2.) Click “Account” and [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:03-07:00August 18th, 2010|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on How To Set-Up A Facebook Fan Page
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Listing Book LLC to Acquire Cyberhomes.com

Press Release Listingbook LLC Enters into a Definitive Agreement with LPS Real Estate Group to Acquire Cyberhomes.com Listingbook will continue to operate the website as a ‘best-in-class online real estate destination powered by LPS premier data aggregation services   JACKSONVILLE, Fla. and GREENSBORO, N.C. Aug. 3, 2010 Lender Processing Services, Inc. (NYSE: LPS), a leading provider of integrated technology and services to the mortgage and real estate industries, announced today that its subsidiary, LPS Real Estate Group, Inc., and Listingbook LLC, a leading provider of broker and agent client servicing applications, have signed an agreement for Listingbook to take over [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:03-07:00August 3rd, 2010|Main category, MLS Insights|1 Comment
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CoreLogic Extends Data Licensing Agreement with the Houston Association of REALTORS® (HAR)

CORELOGIC AND HOUSTON ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® EXTEND DATA LICENSING AGREEMENT SANTA ANA, Calif., Aug. 2, 2010 CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, today announced that it has renewed and expanded its longstanding data licensing agreement with the Houston Association of REALTORS® (HAR). The agreement extends the permitted uses of HARs listing data beyond automated valuation models (AVMs) to other risk management solutions.  Under the agreement, HAR will also join the CoreLogic MarketLinx Data Co-op, which facilitates the sharing of real estate listings with other multiple listing services (MLSs) around the country, and will provide [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:04-07:00August 2nd, 2010|Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on CoreLogic Extends Data Licensing Agreement with the Houston Association of REALTORS® (HAR)
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A lesson from a departed friend – Chris Warner

We write so much in our industry about stuff.  Stuff like technology, politics, data and other topics dominate our blogs and daily reading but today I want to share a few thoughts about a person that many of you may not know, Chris Warner, who was very important to me, and others, in our early days in our industry.  Chris recently passed away.  Chris and I, like many of our cohorts in our industry, worked together at PRC Realty Systems in the 80’s when the whole MLS industry was in the process of becoming computerized.  I actually learned of Chris’s [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:04-07:00July 7th, 2010|Clients, Main category, MLS Insights, Our Company|Comments Off on A lesson from a departed friend – Chris Warner
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Electronic Faxing becoming a “core” service offering for MLSs

Core service offerings for MLSs continues to evolve and expand as MLSs look for ways to help their subscribers save money while serving the needs of their clients better. According to the 2009 CMLS MLS Operations Benchmarking Survey, nearly 60% of MLSs now provide Electronic faxing and Document Management as a core service offering. As noted in the 2009 WAV Group Transaction Management Adoption Study, usage of methods for processing transactions online continue to grow.  Agents first become comfortable with processing forms online. That process worked so well that they are now quickly adopting other online tools to make the process of [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:04-07:00June 30th, 2010|Broker-Agent Information, MLS Insights|Comments Off on Electronic Faxing becoming a “core” service offering for MLSs
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CARETS partners with NAR to offer competition to Loopnet

LoopNet™ has 4 Million members and they are the dominate player in offering MLS like services to the commercial real estate industry.  Their business model is different.  Commercial Sales agents and consumers all pay for subscriptions.  Some would say that LoopNet is highly successful, others would say that they are holding the commercial real estate industry hostage. As we have seen in the past, the National Association of REALTORS® has done plenty to intercept these types of trade concerns in real estate.  Perhaps the best example is the formation of Sentrilock™ as a competitor to GE Supra’s lock box domination. [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:05-07:00June 22nd, 2010|Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on CARETS partners with NAR to offer competition to Loopnet
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RBI – Real Estate Business Intelligence Launches

MRIS and RBI are pleased to announce the launch of the data analytics company, RealEstate Business Intelligence, and its new website, www.rbintel.com.  RBI is a wholly owned subsidiary of MRIS, the nation’s largest MLS provider to agents and brokers. Agents, brokers, appraisers and other real estate professionals can now receive the most reliable housing market data in the Mid-Atlantic region via www.rbintel.com - empowering them to make more educated decisions for their clients. RBI provides an in-depth understanding of real estate activity at the regional, county and local levels in the Mid-Atlantic housing market that has not previously been available. Based upon data [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:05-07:00June 17th, 2010|Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on RBI – Real Estate Business Intelligence Launches
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Is an MLS Like a bank?

I have been rather absorbed with the problems with Intuit the past couple of days.  They went down tuesday night and we had to switch our payment processing over to paypal during the outage.  Thankfully, we had a backup plan. Our back up plan gets simulated monthly across all systems.  Thankfully it worked when it needed to, but not without the full on efforts of the development team. I was able to sit down with David Charon of Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS) last week.  I am not sure how it came up, but he mentioned that his MLS system produces around [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:05-07:00June 17th, 2010|Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on Is an MLS Like a bank?
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