DAMIEN HUZE JOINS W&R STUDIOS’ LEADERSHIP TEAM AS CHIEF DESIGN OFFICER

Damien Huze, founder of Wake Interactive, has joined W&R Studios to focus on design of W&R Studios’ products and services. HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA (October 29, 2015) – Privately held software company, W&R Studios, announced today that Damien Huze will be joining their leadership team as the Chief Design Officer. Damien has been involved with the company since 2008. He designed W&R Studios’ corporate identity as well as consulted on the UI/UX and identity of their flagship product, Cloud CMA. Damien grew up in Paris, France. Both his parents were in creative fields. “It wasn’t until much later that I realized [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:31-07:00October 29th, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on DAMIEN HUZE JOINS W&R STUDIOS’ LEADERSHIP TEAM AS CHIEF DESIGN OFFICER

Larson Skinner founder named to industry hall of fame

Minneapolis, October 19, 2015: Brian N. Larson was inducted into the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) Hall of Fame at the CMLS Conference in Kansas City on October 8, 2015. According to CMLS, “The honor is a means of recognizing and acknowledging a lifetime of leadership, energy, and intellect that improves and elevates the real estate multiple listing service industry.” During its 58-year history, CMLS has been the trade association of the MLS industry in North America, now supporting 178 member organizations that serve more than one million subscribers. Larson is the fourth leader to be inducted into CMLS’s [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:32-07:00October 22nd, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on Larson Skinner founder named to industry hall of fame

Pacific Union acquires The Mark Company

Pacific Union is a company of proud heritage in the San Francisco bay area. They are among the premiere brokerages spanning from Napa, through San Francisco, around the East Bay, and down into Silicon Valley. They have about 600 sales associates and approach $7B in sales. Today, they made an announcement that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Mark Company. The Mark Company focuses on marketing and sales for new housing developments. The combined company expects to represent over 22,000 units and $12B in sales. WAV Group wishes to congratulate both of these extraordinary companies on [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:33-07:00October 19th, 2015|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on Pacific Union acquires The Mark Company

Industry Veteran, Rich Igou, Named Solutions Architect for the WOLFconnect Division of Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies

CAMBRIDGE, ON (OCTOBER 7, 2015) – Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies, the North American leader in real estate solutions and services, announces the appointment of Rich Igou as the Solutions Architect for their office productivity platform, WOLFconnect. WOLFconnect integrates listing data from associations and real estate boards into the front and back office components of nearly 10,000 real estate brokerages in North America. “Rich joining our technology team is part of our strategic growth plan and continued investment in the eco-system of technology, partners and real estate boards that integrate with the Complete Enterprise Solution,” says Rob Overman, Chief Technology [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:34-07:00October 8th, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on Industry Veteran, Rich Igou, Named Solutions Architect for the WOLFconnect Division of Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies

Partners Trust Joins The Enterprise Network

Recently, Partners Trust launched a new fully mobile responsive site designed to dynamically change for over 250 different screen sizes. Along with the “mobile first” web site, they launched new mobile apps for android and iOS. The design was done by 1000watt Consulting in collaboration with Partners Trust and the proprietary technology is provided by Booj.  Booj (Be Original or Jealous) is the platform that powers The Enterprise Network. Booj is an interesting technology provider because they deliver a very good and well-supported solution that is exclusive to a single brokerage in a market place. I got to meet the [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:35-07:00September 28th, 2015|Main category, Our Services, Press Releases|Comments Off on Partners Trust Joins The Enterprise Network

The Great Lakes Repository Expands Offers of Cooperation and Compensation Among 19 Participating Organizations Sharing Data

In the real estate industry, the collection and distribution of real estate listing data has been a hot issue for many years, and The Great Lakes Repository (GLR) has made tremendous headway toward solving those data issues. The GLR is comprised of a group of MLSs and REALTOR® Associations (participants) in Michigan that have agreed to share listing data with other participants using a repository method of sharing. Under this method of sharing data, all participants of the GLR run their own MLSs; enforce their own set of rules; manage their own membership; control their own MLS products, but cooperate [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:35-07:00September 21st, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on The Great Lakes Repository Expands Offers of Cooperation and Compensation Among 19 Participating Organizations Sharing Data

California Regional MLS Adds Black Knight’s Paragon Platform Allowing Brokers and Agents Front-End MLS System of Choice

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Knight Financial Services (NYSE: BKFS) announced today the execution of an agreement with the California Regional MLS (CRMLS) to deliver its Paragon MLS system to CRMLS' more than 75,000 members. With the addition of Paragon MLS, CRMLS strengthens its position as a leader in the real estate industry and demonstrates its commitment to its professional members who rely on fast and easy access to MLS information. Offering intuitive and straightforward navigation, cross-browser compatibility and multi-tasking capabilities – all of which are mobile-optimized, Paragon MLS will enable CRMLS subscribers to increase productivity and grow [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:35-07:00September 21st, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on California Regional MLS Adds Black Knight’s Paragon Platform Allowing Brokers and Agents Front-End MLS System of Choice

REcolorado Joins Homes.com’s® MLS Partnership Program

Norfolk, Virginia (September 16, 2015) – Homes.com®, leading online real estate destination and provider of real estate marketing solutions, has announced the addition of REcolorado to its MLS Partnership Program. The new partnership will offer REcolorado’s 18,000 real estate professionals free exposure for their 9,500 active listings by gaining access to Homes.com’s audience of more than 13 million monthly transaction-ready consumers. REcolorado brokers can now offer their agents direct access to syndicate their listings on Homes.com, ensuring those listings are advertised accurately and updated regularly. Consumers visiting Homes.com will benefit from the improved quantity and quality of available listings in Colorado, [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:35-07:00September 17th, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on REcolorado Joins Homes.com’s® MLS Partnership Program

Tech Helpline Now Provides Support for One in Three REALTORS® in North America

Unless you are an agent who actually has Tech Helpline, you may not be aware of this agent-centric, genuinely friendly, U.S.-based tech support created by Realtors for Realtors. Here's a news release from the Florida Realtors® about their Tech Helpline services: “Friendly” U.S.-Based Staff Helps Agents Solve Computer, Software, and Smartphone Glitches Orlando, FL., (September 15, 2015) – During a hot real estate market, what happens when a real estate agent is printing a Purchase and Sale agreement and the printer freezes or the computer crashes? Today, nearly 400,000 Realtors throughout the U.S. and Canada now turn to Tech Helpline for [...]

Gurtej Sodhi Named Winner of the 2015 Chief Information Officer Award by Nashville Business Journal

Nashville, TN. – Crye-Leike Group of Companies congratulates Gurtej Sodhi on receiving the 2015 Chief Information Officer Award in Large Private Companies (501+ employees) category by the Nashville Business Journal. For Sodhi, who serves as Chief Information and Strategy Officer, Corporate Executive Vice President, this is his second consecutive year to win the award. The NBJ CIO Awards winners are the top technological executives in Middle Tennessee who are using IT in innovative ways to create a competitive advantage, optimize business procedures, enable company growth and impact the company's bottom line. Winners were selected by a panel of judges based [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:36-07:00September 4th, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|1 Comment

Rapattoni Makes Big Move in Association Management Software

Rapattoni has been the leader in Association Management Software (AMS) for decades. Historically an Association would host the Rapattoni solution, called Magic™, on hardware owned and maintained by the Association of REALTORS®. Associations did a pretty decent job of hosting, but managing hardware servers and security has become increasingly complex and expensive. Dallas based MetroTex Association of REALTORS® with 15,000 members was among the first group of five Associations to move to the new hosted solution. The new service maintains the name Rapattoni Magic, but adds the tag, Cloud AMS. Press Release Follows SIMI VALLEY, Calif., August 19, 2015 - [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:36-07:00August 19th, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on Rapattoni Makes Big Move in Association Management Software

IRES MLS and CREN MLS Partner For Public Listing Display on ColoProperty.com®

  Information and Real Estate Services, LLC (IRES Multiple Listing Service) is pleased to announce they are the new public listing display provider for the CREN MLS (Colorado Real Estate Network). Effective immediately, this new partnership merges the listing information from two of Colorado’s largest MLS’s onto one public site: ColoProperty.com®. “We are thrilled to assist brokers, buyers and sellers by displaying southwestern Colorado listings on our very popular public listing site, ColoProperty.com®”, said Lauren Hansen, IRES CEO. “As the number one lead generator for Northern Colorado listings, we will aim for similar success with the newly added Southwest Colorado [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:37-07:00August 13th, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|1 Comment