Homesnap Now Available To Over 500,000 Agents

ROCKVILLE, MD, April 11, 2017 — Homesnap, which is the public face of the Broker Public Portal (BPP), has surged past the 500,000 agent mark and is now available to agents and their clients in over 50 large and small markets across the country. Since the BPP became operational at the beginning of 2017, many MLSs have signed up to participate in the portal, accelerating the growth of the platform through the first quarter of the year. Already, agents using the app have invited more than 13 million clients to connect with them in Homesnap. Homesnap provides a mobile app [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:53-07:00April 11th, 2017|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Press Releases|Comments Off on Homesnap Now Available To Over 500,000 Agents

NAREE Real Estate Journalism Conference to Draw Journalists and Industry Experts to Denver in June

DENVER–The National Association of Real Estate Editors has opened registration for its 51st Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference in Denver, June 14-17, 2017. NAREE’s conference, which begins Wednesday morning June 14 at the Brown Palace Hotel, will attract scores of journalists from major newspapers and prestigious publications from around the nation and Europe. The conference features newsworthy speakers covering commercial and residential real estate topics, green building, architecture, hotels, mortgage lending, mixed-use development, single-family investing and vacation properties. Insightful speakers will include Douglas Yearley, chief executive officer of Toll Brothers; Marilyn Wilson of the WAV Group; Rohit Anand of KTGY [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:53-07:00April 6th, 2017|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on NAREE Real Estate Journalism Conference to Draw Journalists and Industry Experts to Denver in June

Imprev and Moxi Works Integrate to Power BHGRE Rand Realty New Agent Platform

What happens when three highly respected real estate brands – one that excels in automated marketing services, another that is on fire in providing brokerage services with increased productivity and profitability solutions, and a real estate brokerage that is one of the most admired multi-billion dollar sales operations that operates in some of the most competitive markets on the East Coast – come together?  The egos get checked at the door and the results are innovation and integration, exactly what’s needed to advance a better real estate experience for everyone today. This morning Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty announced it’s [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:53-07:00April 4th, 2017|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Press Releases|Comments Off on Imprev and Moxi Works Integrate to Power BHGRE Rand Realty New Agent Platform

CoreLogic Upgrades Trestle

Close to 100 multiple listing organizations representing approximately 500,000 subscribers have signed up for Trestle IRVINE, Calif., March 22, 2017— CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today announced the launch and immediate availability of an upgraded version of Trestle™, the national data marketplace created by CoreLogic to address the fundamental data access problems that real estate brokers, technology providers and multiple listing organizations struggle with every day. The upgrades support core contracting and data distribution via the Trestle platform. The endto-end workflow makes it easier for technology providers to establish business relationships with [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:54-07:00March 22nd, 2017|Press Releases|Comments Off on CoreLogic Upgrades Trestle

Bright MLS Launches Government Affairs Support for REALTOR® Associations

Associations gave birth to the MLS, and have maintained a colorful relationship with their technology progeny. Types of MLSs in America include Association owned and member governed; Association owned and broker governed; and of course, broker owned with no Association involvement. The relationship generally couples the non-for profit trade Association with the for-profit MLS technology company. The MLS pays dividends to their Association parent that stimulates non-dues revenue for the Association. One of the keystones of the incredible consolidation that created Bright MLS is the diversity of the 43 Association stakeholders. Mindful and respectful of the Association heritage of Bright [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:54-07:00March 16th, 2017|MLS Insights, Press Releases|Comments Off on Bright MLS Launches Government Affairs Support for REALTOR® Associations

Smart MLS is Born with Merger of Connecticut’s Largest MLSs

It is a new day in Connecticut, the Constitution State. The Connecticut Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (CTMLS), and the Greater Fairfield County CMLS (GFC CMLS) together representing over 17,000 real estate professionals in Connecticut, will merge to form one MLS that will be called SmartMLS. Connecticut is the third smallest state in America by landmass, but at over 3.5 million people, the state is the 29th in population. It boasts the highest per capita income in America. The combined MLS will be among the 20 largest in the nation and perhaps in the top 10 in terms of dollar value [...]

By |2018-08-14T04:06:39-07:00March 14th, 2017|MLS Insights, Press Releases|Comments Off on Smart MLS is Born with Merger of Connecticut’s Largest MLSs

CoreLogic Announces Integration with Centralized Showing Service

CoreLogic just announced a significant agreement that will integrate its Matrix MLS platform with Centralized Showing Service (CSS). The scope is huge as Matrix is North America’s most popular multiple listing platform and today serves 650,000 real estate professionals. Under the agreement, CoreLogic will integrate and offer CSS appointment scheduling services to clients of Matrix and other CoreLogic real estate solutions. This is a big win for CSS too, which before this announcement, reached 170,000 agents. The CoreLogic connection will deliver to CSS a much bigger footprint with the Matrix integration. Here is the news release:  CORELOGIC TO INTEGRATE CENTRALIZED SHOWING [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:54-07:00March 2nd, 2017|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Press Releases|Comments Off on CoreLogic Announces Integration with Centralized Showing Service

Independent Brokers Find Their Secret Sauce

Real Estate is among the most competitive industries in America. On Main Street in America, only clothing stores and restaurants have as many offerings. Although Leading Real Estate Companies of the World is the clear leader in the independent broker category; they focus primarily on the largest independent brokerage in a given community. Franchise Organizations have set their eyes on the Independent Broker for many years, offering their brand, technology services, and business guidance as reasons to give up independence and join their flock. For too many years now, the independent broker has been isolated, alone, without a family to [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:55-07:00February 27th, 2017|Broker-Agent Information, Press Releases|Comments Off on Independent Brokers Find Their Secret Sauce

MLSListings Inc. Becomes the First Real Estate Platform to Offer Chinese Translation

Sunnyvale, CA. – February 23, 2017 – Taking the concept of local real estate to new heights, MLSListings now offers the translation of listing information into Simplified Chinese for agents and their clients. This new program is the first step in removing potential language barriers from the real estate process. “We have one of the most culturally-diverse markets in the country. For many buyers and sellers, English is not their first language. To support our agents and brokers even better, we are integratin g translation into other languages, where we can, in the tools we offer, to help them provide listing information in the [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:55-07:00February 27th, 2017|Broker Technology Research, MLS Insights, Press Releases|Comments Off on MLSListings Inc. Becomes the First Real Estate Platform to Offer Chinese Translation

Brokers and MLSs Get Paid To Display This Old House Content

In a press release today, Prem Luthra of Elm Street Technology unveiled his latest venture, a partnership with This Old House. You may know Prem from his work in marketing at MOVE, Cyberhomes, Real Estate Digital, Xome, and the like. One of his primary and lasting impacts to the real estate industry was the innovation around helping brokers and MLSs monetize the consumer traffic on their website. Real Estate content around listings has been pretty lack luster from the perspective of the consumer on most broker, agent, and MLS consumer facing websites. Simply stated, firms have lacked the internal resources [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:56-07:00February 2nd, 2017|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, MLS Insights, Press Releases|Comments Off on Brokers and MLSs Get Paid To Display This Old House Content

Industry First from ABoR, RESO and CoreLogic Trestle Platform

Tim Dain, MLS Director at the Austin Board of REALTORS (ABoR) is known for being a tech innovator. He can now add creating an industry first to his resume, thanks to the vital support of his forward-thinking Board at ABoR, plus a big assist from Jeremy Crawford, CEO of the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO). What ABoR announced today busts open a door for real estate tech developers that has locked out the "kid in the garage" trying to develop better real estate software, as well as major franchises developing their own software as they don't have the access to MLS data [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:56-07:00January 26th, 2017|Broker Technology Research, Press Releases|Comments Off on Industry First from ABoR, RESO and CoreLogic Trestle Platform

Broker Public Portal Inks Deal to Become Homesnap

●     Homesnap will be a national MLS consumer search portal ●     Portal will adhere to Fair Display Guidelines   ROCKVILLE, MD, January 19, 2017 -- Broker Public Portal, LLC and Homesnap, Inc. have executed final agreements to create the National Broker Portal, LLC, a joint venture that is equally owned by the two companies. The parties agreed that the best path to success would be served by forming a mutual partnership with Homesnap providing technology, brand and operational expertise to the new company, rather than composing a vendor agreement. The National Association of REALTORS modified their model MLS policy [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:57-07:00January 19th, 2017|Broker Technology Research, MLS Insights, Press Releases|Comments Off on Broker Public Portal Inks Deal to Become Homesnap