Upstream Fixes Many Problems, Not Just One

As a leading consulting firm, WAV Group operates deeply inside the complex technology stacks of MLSs, Brokerages, Franchises, REALTOR® Associations, and technology firms. From this experience, we recognize the pain that these groups face because of the lack of connection between the systems and applications that agents and consumers need. Upstream aims to deliver a better data management foundation for the data that brokers are entrusted for safe handling.

By |2020-01-27T15:05:03-08:00February 27th, 2018|Broker-Agent Information, Main category|7 Comments

Buyside Makes It Real

If you know anything about Hunt Real Estate Corporation, you know that they are a family owned and operated brokerage with high integrity and a fierce approach to competition. Since 1911 they have been a market leader in upstate New York, cities like Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, and the many Southern Tier communities that border Pennsylvania. They recently expanded into the Boston marketplace though a significant acquisition. We have known the Hunt family since Marlyn and I lived in Orchard Park, NY. We became friends though our interactions at The Buffalo Club and The Country Club of Buffalo. At the time, Marilyn ran marketing at Fisher-Price and I was spinning up my first start-up companies.

By |2018-02-20T07:30:27-08:00February 20th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Main category, Technology|Comments Off on Buyside Makes It Real

WAV Group Systems Audits and Integration

We are excited to have David Gumpper on the team here at WAV Group. Since joining our firm, he has been actively supporting our brokerage, MLS, and technology clients with a wide variety of systems audits and systems integrations.

By |2018-02-20T06:00:26-08:00February 20th, 2018|Main category, Our Company, Our Services|Comments Off on WAV Group Systems Audits and Integration

Meet Michael Gabriel: The “East Coast’s Craigslist” Is Now A Luxury Real Estate Leader

When I interviewed Craig Newmark for California Real Estate magazine a dozen years ago, it struck me how down to earth and unassuming he was. After all, he had created one of the most pervasive and influential internet sites in the world. But Craig remained remarkably modest, humble and approachable. I called him the “Reluctant Internet Mogul.” Last year, Forbes wrote how Craig has now become the reluctant internet billionaire.

By |2018-02-20T03:00:37-08:00February 20th, 2018|Main category|Comments Off on Meet Michael Gabriel: The “East Coast’s Craigslist” Is Now A Luxury Real Estate Leader

Elm Street Technology Announces Acquisition of Agentjet

February 12, 2018 – Greensboro, NC – Today, Elm Street Technology (EST) announced the acquisition of Agentjet, Inc., a digital marketing, lead generation and technology provider for top producing agents and teams. Today’s announcement marks the fourth transaction in the company’s two-year history and provides a scalable lead generation compliment to the company’s Elevate productivity suite of technology and client servicing platforms.

By |2018-02-12T10:00:08-08:00February 12th, 2018|Press Releases|Comments Off on Elm Street Technology Announces Acquisition of Agentjet

MoxiWorks to deliver LeadingRE Cloud Data Services Ahead of Big Franchises

In an announcement made to their membership, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE) have entered into a definitive agreement with MoxiWorks® to provide LeadingRE Cloud™ to their 565+ brokerage members. The solution is called LeadingRE Cloud. Franchises and networks like LeadingRE have been providing data services for their brokers over decades. No doubt, the most notorious version is the legacy CREST system at Realogy Holdings Corporation®. Keller Williams® CEO, Gary Keller has kicked off a Billion dollar investment in technology. RE/MAX® is in a process to buy a company or outsource to a vendor. Berkshire Hathaway Home Services® has [...]

By |2018-02-04T08:18:20-08:00February 4th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Main category, Marketing, Product Management, Technology, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on MoxiWorks to deliver LeadingRE Cloud Data Services Ahead of Big Franchises

Inside Real Estate Acquires Circlepix

Circlepix has sold everything. They operated an extensive network of photographers that they sold to VHT Studios in January. Now they have sold the rest of their company to Inside Real Estate. If you have not followed Inside Real Estate lately – pay attention. Inside Real Estate is the incredible company that recently landed Keyes – one of the largest firms in South East Florida among others. They are taking a piecemeal approach to purchasing world class software providers to complete their suite of an end-to-end solution for brokers, teams, and agents. At the heart of Inside Real Estate is [...]

By |2018-02-01T07:17:20-08:00February 1st, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Main category, Marketing, Press Releases, Technology, Technology Evaluation, Virtual Office Website Series|Comments Off on Inside Real Estate Acquires Circlepix

CoreLogic Converts 46 Central Texas Data Recipients to Trestle

IRVINE, Calif., October 30, 2017—CoreLogic®(NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today announced it has successfully converted 46 data recipients of the Central Texas Multiple Listing Service (CTXMLS) to Trestle™.  CTXMLS is a regional service provider operated by five REALTOR® associations with approximately 3,600 members. Trestle by CoreLogic is a leading real estate data management and distribution platform that offers RESO Platinum-certified data access to real estate brokers and technology providers. “Customers are seeing the benefit of moving their data feeds to Trestle as they are able to offer RESO compliant feeds, managed with sophisticated digital license agreements and [...]

By |2018-08-12T08:50:19-07:00October 30th, 2017|Main category, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on CoreLogic Converts 46 Central Texas Data Recipients to Trestle

CoreLogic Innovation Grows User Base To More Than a Million Real Estate Agents

IRVINE, Calif., September 11, 2017—CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, announced today that its focus on innovation in real estate solutions is helping drive its market penetration to record heights. Across all its solutions for residential real estate—which include listing, property information, and brokerage management platforms—CoreLogic now serves more than one million real estate agents throughout the United States and Canada. The most widely used CoreLogic solutions are Matrix™, North America’s leading multiple listing platform with approximately 750,000 users, and Realist®, the real estate industry’s most popular property information and advanced mapping system with more [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:40-07:00September 11th, 2017|Main category, Marketing, MLS Insights, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on CoreLogic Innovation Grows User Base To More Than a Million Real Estate Agents

Big Data Can Drive Bigger Broker Margins

WAV Group spends a lot of time consulting with brokers on how to re-margin their business. We published a paper in 2013 called Harvesting Business From Broker Data.  That paper characterized the methods that we developed with a number of brokers to harvest business from across the enterprise of title, mortgage, residential, relocation, insurance, commercial, and property management businesses. It has worked very well for many brokers to recapture repeat transactions and new business though cross sell. In many ways, the rethinking that went into the thesis around harvesting business across the enterprise was the first intellectual break from the [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:46-07:00June 9th, 2017|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Strategic Planning|Comments Off on Big Data Can Drive Bigger Broker Margins

Hacker Connect Agenda Released

WAV Group is excited to sponsor Hacker Connect. If you want to get the most out of Inman and you are in the technology side of the real estate industry. You want to attend this one day event on Monday before the full conference. Note: You can attend this for one day, or send your technical staff for one day without doing the entire conference. Connect is one of my favorite conferences in the industry for scheduling meetings with clients and leaders in our industry. It’s a conversation that is stimulated by counterpoint. Inman Connect breads thesis and antithesis in [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:59-07:00December 29th, 2016|Broker Technology Research|Comments Off on Hacker Connect Agenda Released

Send Your Techies to Inman Hacker Connect

WAV Group is sponsoring Inman Hacker Connect. It is a one day conference for your product managers and technology staff. For this group of constituents, this may be the best one day event of the year. Our sponsorship does not pay the whole fee, but we are paying for a lot of it. Please take advantage. Reasons to Send Them Technology is always changing, but real estate technology is going to have a revolution in 2017 with the widespread availability of the RESO Web API and other APIs. Today, there are only a handful of technology firms developing around our [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:22:59-07:00December 20th, 2016|Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on Send Your Techies to Inman Hacker Connect