August 2009

Go Green and Be Safer too!

The EPA has just released a study that confirms it is safer, not to mention cheaper to drink tap water than bottled water. There is less scrutiny placed on health standards and reporting for bottled water than tap water. Now here’s a great way to be safer, save money and Be Green in your real estate office all at the same time. Instead of buying cases of bottled water for your office, why not buy a Camelbak water bottle for all of your agents and encourage them to be healthy and hydrated with their very own branded water bottle. You can purchase [...]

By THE WAV GROUP|2018-05-03T21:26:21-07:00August 13th, 2009|Main category|0 Comments

MRIS and MRED to launch RE Technology product portal
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MRIS and MRED to launch RE Technology product portal

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MRIS and MRED to launch RE Technology product portal

In a move to facilitate quality product information about real estate software and services to thier subscribers, MRIS and MRED have selected the portal solution from RE Technology. By offering the RE Technology portal to thier subscribers, MRIS and MRED will allow thier members to gain access to product vendors by category, product reviews, user product ratings and product comparisons all in one location. Technology vendors are invited to submit thier products for display in the portal by visitingretechnology.com installed into MLS systems allowing agents and brokers to gain access to information, reviews and product ratings of real estate [...]

By THE WAV GROUP|2018-05-03T21:26:23-07:00August 13th, 2009|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|0 Comments

Big turn around at Move
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Big turn around at Move

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Big turn around at Move

In 2008, Move, Inc reported $61.4 Million in sales and reported a net loss of $2.1 Million. This year, under the strong leadership of former Ask.com CEO Steve Berkowitz - Move, Inc is now posting $3.2 Million in profit in the second quarter of 2009 against lower revenues of $54.6 Million. Sales are down, but profits are up! “During the quarter, we continued to make solid progress toward both our short term business objectives and our long term growth strategy,” said Steve Berkowitz, Move’s CEO. “While we remain focused on improving the financial and operational performance across our product lines [...]

By THE WAV GROUP|2018-05-03T21:26:23-07:00August 10th, 2009|Main category, MLS Insights|0 Comments

Google launches real estate search portal

Google has expanded their search strategy by adding in a new search option: Real Estate. As you may recall, Google first launched their property search solution by placing a quick search bar above the search results for key words like 'san francisco real estate.' That search functionality was always demarked with the term 'beta' and now seems to have gone away. We suspect that it may have deminished advertising revenues. Here is a video demonstrating Google's new strategy. Map based search and natural language search seem to be providing better results than typical form based searches - something to keep [...]

By THE WAV GROUP|2009-08-10T16:42:11-07:00August 10th, 2009|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|0 Comments

California Association of REALTORS launches Mobile Products Company

At noon today, Real Estate Business Solutions (REBS) announced a partnership with Seek Mobile to form a new company called Real Estate Mobile Technologies. The new company will develop consumer and REALTOR mobile applications. REBS, a subsidary of the California Association of REALTORS will be the majority shareholder of the new corporation, and the current applications like MyCAR will be rolled into the new company according to CEO, Alan Arora.

By THE WAV GROUP|2009-08-04T16:37:54-07:00August 4th, 2009|Main category, MLS Insights|0 Comments