Clareity Security advances MLS security options

    This is great news for the data sharing among MLSs in Northern California.  Unlike the data share in Southern California called CARETS, which pulls all regional listings into your home MLS system – Northern California data share uses reciprocal linking – so any participant may click into another MLS system and have full access….and now, without logging in again! CLAREITY SECURITY LAUNCHES SCOUT FOR SAFEMLS AND SINGLE SIGN ON SOLUTION FOR cooperative MLS of Contra Costa, East Bay Region Data, Inc. and the Bay East Association of REALTORS Scottsdale, Arizona — April 14, 2010 — Clareity Security is [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:10-07:00April 14th, 2010|Main category, MLS Insights|0 Comments
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Flipping the switch on your new MLS system

Flipping the switch on your new MLS system There is perhaps no more daunting task that could face an MLS than switching MLS vendors.  Most MLSs opt for choosing consultants to work with staff to create communications and training programs to make the transition as sooth as possible,  and run systems in parallel until a cut over is complete - but not all MLSs can afford this. Recently we have seen a lot of feedback from some rather challenging CalRedd conversions - most notability in Fresno and subsequently in Lake County.  But perhaps it is best to look outside of [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:10-07:00April 14th, 2010|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|0 Comments
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Palm gives up and posts For Sale Sign – Lenovo suspected buyer

For sale: Slightly used, slightly abused, completely iconic mobile phone brand. Real fixer-upper, tons of potential. Yes, in a move that has been suspected by fans of the brand for some time now, Palm has put itself up for acquisition. The move comes after recent sales numbers for Palm’s Pixi and Pre units disappointed already low expectations, making the company’s independent survival all but impossible. Existing mobile brands HTC and Lenovo are rumored to be interested. Some question the wisdom of HTC buying the brand, as Palm’s operating system, WebOS, would clash with HTC’s Android system. But Lenovo? A purchase [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:10-07:00April 13th, 2010|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|0 Comments
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Who is your company’s CSO?

In real estate, we love our letters.  CSO is Chief Social Officer.  Hence the question begins; who is your company’s designee that owns your social media strategy? As we look back over the past few years, social media evolved slowly.  Most corporations started with the tactic of outlawing Social media by employees.  After all, like personal cell phone usage, it was viewed as a distraction from the work at hand.  Now things have evolved, and progressive organizations have learned that social networking by employees (if done correctly) enhances the company’s brand and strengthens relationships with customers. The challenge is to [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:10-07:00April 13th, 2010|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|0 Comments
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Alan Arora, C.A.R. exec moving to First Am

Alan Arora, formerly CEO of the California Association of REALTOR’s for profit division called Real Estate Business Services(REBS) has been hired as the Vice-President, Customer Facing Technology for the First American Corporation. This newly created position will be responsible for coordinating the evolution of the various technology interfaces First American uses to reach its customers, which today are primarily in the areas of order origination and communications. The goal is ’simple’…to be recognized as providing the industry’s best interactive technology experience for products and services across all platforms, from enterprise level to mobile device, and by all customer groups, from [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:10-07:00April 12th, 2010|Main category|0 Comments
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Smarter Agent to sue Zillow, Trulia and others

Smarter Agent, provider of mobile search services for the real estate industry filed a law suit on March 26, 2010 in Delaware District Court to sue the following companies for infringement of their patent 35:271. Boopsie Inc. Classified Ventures LLC Hotpads Inc. IDX Inc. Move Inc. RealSelect Inc. Primedia Inc. Consumer Source Inc. Trulia Inc. Zillow Inc. ZipRealty Inc. Multifamily Technology Solutions Inc. dba MyNewPlace TRSoft Inc. dba Planetre […]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:10-07:00April 8th, 2010|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|2 Comments
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Stewart renews esignature provider relationship with Silanis Corp

**Press Release** Silanis Technology Inc. today announced that Stewart Information Services Corp. will extend the use of Silanis’ ApproveIt electronic signature platform for its internal operational processes. The real estate information and transaction management company expects its internal processes to benefit from significant time and cost reductions, as has its settlement and title services since integrating Silanis’ solutions in 2004. “Early results from a cross-section of Stewart offices have demonstrated that a closing can be conducted in as few as 15 minutes when the consumer has had access to SureClose® and the eSignature solution,” said Travis Wright, president and director [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:10-07:00March 29th, 2010|Main category|0 Comments
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MLSs form Non-Profit to purchase top level internet domain

Some of the Nation’s leading MLS (Multiple Listing Services) have banded together to apply for a top level domain name.  They are proposing to purchase .mls as an alternative to .com, .net, or .org for organized real estate.  The .MLS offering will present opportunities for MLSs, Associations, Brokers and Agents to differentiate themselves from the abundance of third party websites on the internet today.  The company is a non-profit association founded by Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS), Austin Board of REALTORS (ACTRIS), Carolina Multiple Listing Services (CMLS), First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS), Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS), Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Multi [...]

By |2010-03-29T20:44:59-07:00March 29th, 2010|Main category|0 Comments
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CAR responds to criticism from Inman News

This week, Inman News Ran a story about the challenges that calREDD is facing with their new installation in Lake County California.  For those of you not familiar with the California, this is the county north of Sonoma County, about 1.5 hours north of San Francisco (depending on traffic).  The color chosen of the Inman news article did not paint calREDD in a very favorable light.  As some of you are aware, calREDD is not an MLS system, they are a new Statewide MLS - with their own rules, regulations and MLS system.  Conversions of this magnitude are never easy or [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:12-07:00March 29th, 2010|Main category|0 Comments
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Top 50 Most Powerful Players in Real Estate

Business Week announced their picks for the top 50 most powerful people and companies in Real Estate today. Dave Liniger from RE/MAX and Richard Smith CEO of Realogy andVicki Cox Golder, current president of the National Association of REALTORS are among the list for this year. They are in powerful company with Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Ted Turner and many other noteworthy government and private sector officials. I find it somewhat disappointing that there were only two residential brokerages mentioned while there were several homebuilders mentioned and countless others in sectors around the industry.  I would have loved to have seen at least [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:12-07:00March 28th, 2010|Main category|0 Comments
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Real Trends Launches Top 100 List for Canadian Brokerages

Real Trends, well known for their annual Top 500 Brokerages list for the United States market is launching a new program called the Top 100. For the first time, REAL Trends is now composing the rankings of the leading residential realty firms in Canada. This program can be used as a great marketing tool for brokerages in their local marketplace to demonstrate their leadership, vision and business success. […]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:12-07:00March 26th, 2010|Main category|0 Comments
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Second Porch raises $1 Million for Facebook App

Most of us in the Real Estate Technology space understand that building applications for Facebook is a pretty interesting strategy for real estate.  Roost just launched a Facebook application and a pile of IDX vendors have Facebook applications.  The Roost and IDX applications all serve to allow consumers to search for property from a Facebook page. Imagine my surprise when I learned that Second Porch recently closed on a round of $1 Million in Angel funding to promote rental houses on Facebook.  Take a look at this press release and let us know what you think. […]

By |2018-05-03T21:26:12-07:00March 19th, 2010|Main category|0 Comments
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