MRED sets standard of excellence in MLS press communications

WAV Group tries to highlight Standards of Excellence by MLS service providers. This one caught our eye today. MRED is among the largest and most progressive MLS service providers in the nation - serving more than 40,000 subscribers and hosting a leading level of property records. In a press release today, they received national press coverage regarding the health of the real estate market in Chicago and surrounding marketplace they serve. Moreover, the press release highlights how vital the MLS service is to agents, brokers, appraisers and the consumers that they serve. Components of the press release that are newsworthy [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:25:53-07:00January 31st, 2011|Main category, MLS Insights|0 Comments
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Google is not out of the real estate listings business

The last few days have been full of Google noise in the real estate blogs and media. From our perspective, it has been a bit comedic. Google made a post on their blog about shutting down Google Base and everyone went into shock. Google Base was never a great idea. It was a project to aggregate real estate listing data because they could not get the listings by their standard methods - indexing. At the time that Google Base was created, Google Robots and Spiders were blocked from indexing real estate listings on nearly all property search websites. Realtor.com blocked [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:25:54-07:00January 29th, 2011|Broker-Agent Information, Main category|0 Comments
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Divided we get conquered!

Can’t we all just get along? Last week at Inman Connect in New York City, I was invited to share the Top 5 questions MLSs should address in the next year.  I reserved one of my five points to one of the key dysfunctions I have observed in our industry - Internal Squabbling.   As the market gets tighter and budgets gets strained, we see more and more examples of discord between real estate organizations supposedly all designed to serve the needs of real estate professionals.  In some regions we see local real estate associations engaging in predatory practices, trying [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:25:54-07:00January 22nd, 2011|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|0 Comments
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Real Estate Forms are falling apart

As a consulting firm, we see the best and the worst sides of our industry. We see cooperation among likeminded people moving the industry forward, and we see what happens when those same likeminded people begin to disagree. It is not our station to pick sides, but rather like an attorney or a doctor, we advise our clients on the best way to win or get well. On the issue of forms, WAV Group is not on either side - but a mess is a foot; and profit may come in the way of progress. There are a couple of [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:25:54-07:00January 21st, 2011|Main category, MLS Insights|0 Comments
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Walmart Realty

If you don’t think that Walmart is in the real estate business - guess again. Walmart owns and manages one of the largest commercial real estate portfolios in the United States, representing tens of millions of square feet. So far, they have been purposeful about buying property for current and future store locations related to the company’s current and future needs. Walmart understands a lot about managing their staff, and communicating to consumers. Although representatives for the company would not comment, running a residential real estate office is rumored to be on the radar. Visit their website.

By |2018-05-03T21:25:54-07:00January 19th, 2011|Broker-Agent Information, Main category|0 Comments
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Press Release: Kurt von Wasmuth Named President and CEO of RML

Kurt von Wasmuth FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 8, 2010 Kurt von Wasmuth Named President and CEO of RMLS™ RMLS™ Board of Directors promotes companys Senior Vice President   PORTLAND, Ore. RMLS™ (Regional Multiple Listing Service), the largest Realtor®-owned multiple listing service in the Northwest, announced the promotion of Kurt von Wasmuth to President and CEO today. Von Wasmuth joined RMLS™ in 1998 as a Help Desk Technician and most recently served as Senior Vice President. He has also held management positions in training, communications and information services within the company. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:25:54-07:00January 11th, 2011|Broker-Agent Information, Clients, Main category, MLS Insights, Our Company|0 Comments
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Keller Williams International to provide dotloop document management to all agents

Keller Williams has been very progressive at selecting products for mass adoption by their franchises, and more specifically - Keller Williams Agents. As an example, DotLoop has been providing an agent website and IDX to every agent through a partnership with Wolfnet. All of their franchise offices (called market centers) also receive an office website. In an effort to extend these core business services, Keller Williams has chosen the DotLoop document management platform as a standard product for all 80,000 of their agents. Press Release follows DotLoop Announces Nationwide Agreement With Keller Williams Realty 80,000 agents go online to increase efficiency [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:25:54-07:00January 10th, 2011|Broker-Agent Information, Main category|0 Comments
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The Realty Alliance Top 20

WAV Group Research launched WIN Reports in 2010. On a monthly subscription basis, we provide detailed market reports for MLSs and Brokers on consumer property search dynamics in their market, and contrast that with dynamics from markets around the country. Below you will find a few snapshots of The Realty Alliance Broker Traffic Report. Although we track all members of The Realty Alliance, what follows is a Top 20 summary. Of Particular note, Howard Hanna Real Estate has the most visited brokerage website in America. Congratulations to the team at Howard Hanna for overtaking the leading position formerly held by [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:25:55-07:00January 8th, 2011|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category|0 Comments
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WAV Group at Inman NYC

WAV Group partners, Mike Audet, Marilyn Wilson, and Victor Lund will be attending Real Estate Connect in New York City this week. Marilyn Wilson of the WAV Group will be supporting the conference by participating as a moderator and speaker on the MLS track. Be sure to check the schedule for details. If you would like to meet with us at the conference, please call us in advance to schedule some time, or stop by the RE Technology booth and ask Melissa McHone to track us down. As many of you know, WAV Group partners provided venture funding to RE Technology [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:25:55-07:00January 7th, 2011|Main category, MLS Insights|0 Comments
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Point2 Adds Nine New MLS/Association Partners

In the following press release Point2 reports they have added nine new partners: Vancouver, BC - Jan. 06, 2010 - Point2 (www.Point2.com) today announced that it has completed the implementation of its national property listing syndication program, with nine additional REALTOR® Associations and MLSs (Multiple Listing Service), operating in the states of Montana, South Dakota, Washington, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, Nevada and Pennsylvania.   Under the program, local real estate brokers and agents can now, with a single click of the mouse and at no added cost to them, expand home seller property listing exposure to cover millions of additional buyers, [...]

By |2011-01-06T18:28:18-08:00January 6th, 2011|Main category|0 Comments
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Technology Company Seeks New Product Manager

WAV Group has been retained to help Courthouse Retrieval System (CRS) recruit a new Product Manager, with knowledge of the real estate and/or banking industry, to work from the company’s Knoxville location, who will oversee development of the requirements and ongoing enhancements for each of the CRS products and also identify new areas for product development.   For more information or to apply for the position please contact Mike Audet at mike@wavgroup.com 716-839-4628, or Marilyn Wilson at 805-473-9119.  The full job description is listed below.         POSITION TITLE: Product Manager REPORTS TO: Chief Operating Officer CLASSIFICATION: Exempt [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:25:55-07:00January 6th, 2011|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights, Press Releases, Product Management|0 Comments
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Zillow jumps to new, record highs

December yielded incredible results for property search upstart Zillow.com. They proudly reported that their property engine is hitting on all cylinders. On the traffic front, they saw a burst of traffic. Thanks in part to their partnership with Yahoo! and hundreds of local newspapers, 13 million consumers visited their website during the month of December. These are not only huge numbers, but they represent an impressive 77% growth over last year. For a venture-funded start up, they are on the right track. Along those lines, like their cross-town industry rival Trulia, Zillow posted a profit in 2010. They have officially [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:25:55-07:00January 3rd, 2011|Broker-Agent Information, Main category|0 Comments
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