2009 $8000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

$8000 Tax Credit to First Time Home Buyers. - Called The American Recovery Reinvestment Act. There are some interesting details to the plan. Available for purchases made from Jan. 1, 2009 to December 1, 2009. 10% of the cost of the home up to $8000. Buyers claim the credit on thier federal tax return to reduce their liability.  If the credit is more than their total tax liability that year, the buyer will get a refund check for the balance. A first time homebuyer is defined under the tax credit as an individual who has not owned a home in [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:33-07:00March 5th, 2009|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on 2009 $8000 First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit
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Rapattoni integrates Goomzee text messaging into Single Sign On Security Platform

SIMI VALLEY, Calif., February 26, 2009 - Rapattoni Corporation announced today that Goomzee Corporation, the text message marketing solution provider, has successfully completed their integration of the Single Sign-On (SSO) standard. With the SSO feature in place, MLS users can log on to the Rapattoni MLS system once and access Goomzee’s marketing and lead generation platform without requiring separate logons. Goomzee is the first mobile solutions provider to implement SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) with their system. SAML technology is the backbone upon which SSO is built. SSO and SAML allow the establishment of “trust” relationships between the Rapattoni MLS [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:34-07:00February 26th, 2009|Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on Rapattoni integrates Goomzee text messaging into Single Sign On Security Platform
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MLSs can learn from the State of California Legislature

Many of you may have seen glimpses of the issues that the State of California legislature faced in passing their budget.  They were faced with closing a $42 Billion budget deficit. The final budget recently agreed upon but some voter resolutions that will need to be passed in order for the budget to work. Funding levels will need to be cut that impact citizen benefits like education, health services, and other key areas. Furthermore, revenues will need to be increased in areas like vehicle registration fees and sales tax.  These changes will not be popular, as they will touch everyone [...]

By |2009-02-21T19:47:25-08:00February 21st, 2009|Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on MLSs can learn from the State of California Legislature
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WAV Group’s ComScore Portal Results show Yahoo! in the lead

There has been a lot of chatter of Trulia vs. Zillow this past week.  I did not see the results of the battle royal, but I think that brokers and agents should use both of them to have a comprehensive and effective online solution. The giant in the closet that seems to get lost in this discussion is realestate.yahoo.com - who passed REALTOR.com in traffic three months ago and continues to lead.  WAV Group also reported this in our Listhub Syndication study last fall.  Please note that REALTOR.com does hold a lead if you roll in MSN which is powered [...]

By |2009-02-20T19:37:53-08:00February 20th, 2009|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on WAV Group’s ComScore Portal Results show Yahoo! in the lead
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Good or Evil – Note to the Department of Justice – citizens are free to create their own MLS

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.” Recently I was given an opportunity to share a summary of the settlement between the United States Department of Justice and the National Association of REALTOR regarding Virtual Office Websites.  Before the meeting, we stood together with our right hand over our hearts and chanted the Pledge of Allegiance To the Flag of the United States of America. As I stood before the MLS Board, their shareholders, and broker [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:34-07:00February 18th, 2009|Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on Good or Evil – Note to the Department of Justice – citizens are free to create their own MLS
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Victor Lund delivers VOW Session to NNRMLS Leadership

Virtual Office Websites or VOWs will be going mainstream in 2009 as a result of the Department of Justice settlement with the National Association of REALTORS.  WAV Group has been delivering a series of talks to MLSs around the country to MLS Directors, Shareholders and Broker members to outline how VOWs.  Please contact Victor Lund if you need support communicating the impact that VOWs will have on real estate websites to your membership. VOW Overview   View more presentations from victorlund. (tags: virtual office)

By |2018-05-03T21:26:34-07:00February 13th, 2009|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on Victor Lund delivers VOW Session to NNRMLS Leadership
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MLS Alliance unites REALTORS with listings throughout California

MLSAlliance demonstrates MLS industry's ongoing efforts to help real estate professionals succeed during housing market downturn. Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) July 9, 2008 -- Many Californians looking for signs of stability in the turbulent real estate market are encouraged by the growth and increasing use of the state's largest MLS data sharing service, the California MLSAlliance. The system connects MLS databases throughout the state to provide agents and brokers with a single source of real estate information. Use of the California MLSAlliance reached an all-time record in May, with more than 50,000 unique agents and brokers using the system to [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:42-07:00August 3rd, 2008|MLS Insights|Comments Off on MLS Alliance unites REALTORS with listings throughout California
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Social Networks for building Real Estate Communities

Social Networks for Broker and Agent Websites. - create your own. Today real estate Brokers are struggling to understand how Web 2.0 applications like Online Social Networking can impact their business. Online Social Networking refers to online website communities of people who share interests and activities or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others.  Communications between members can be chat, instant messaging, email, video, file sharing, discussion groups, etc. For real estate brokers, online social networking can create online communities for agents to share information with each other, and with prospective buyers and sellers of real [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:45-07:00March 29th, 2008|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on Social Networks for building Real Estate Communities
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MLS Consumer Website Research Released

For many years there has been an on-going debate about whether MLS consumer websites were supportive of REALTORS® or competitive with them. A comprehensive study of using the Houston Association of REALTORS® consumer website was conducted to address this issue. This report will demonstrate conclusive evidence that an MLS consumer website is one of the most valuable tools an MLS can offer its members.  The MLS has technical expertise and advantages to support their members to compete collectively effectively for traffic against even the most well-funded listing portals on the Internet today. This report is unique in that it provides [...]

By |2018-12-13T06:22:41-08:00March 13th, 2008|Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on MLS Consumer Website Research Released
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