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LPS Real Estate Group Powers Consumer-Facing Website for the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY)

Press Release LPS Real Estate Group Powers Consumer-Facing Website for the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - July 18, 2011 - LPS Real Estate Group, a division of Lender Processing Services (LPS), announced today that its MLS Portal was chosen by the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) to serve as the platform for its newly launched consumer-facing website, NY1Residential.com, a re-launch of REBNY's existing New York City real estate listing website.  LPS Real Estate Group's MLS Portal provides multiple listing services with a branded website that offers consumers direct access to comprehensive property listing content. [...]

By THE WAV GROUP|2018-05-03T21:25:34-07:00July 19th, 2011|Main category, MLS Insights, Press Releases|0 Comments

My Florida MLS (MFRMLS) Signs Exclusive Agreement With CoreLogic Partner InfoNet Program

My Florida Regional MLS Joins CoreLogic® Partner InfoNet —Largest MLS in Florida Signs Exclusive Agreement— SANTA ANA, Calif., July 19, 2011—CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, today announced that My Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) has signed an exclusive agreement with CoreLogic to participate in Partner InfoNet. Partner InfoNet is a revenue sharing program in which multiple listing services (MLSs) license their listing data to CoreLogic for use in risk management products for mortgage lenders, servicers and the capital markets. “Partner InfoNet gives us a controlled way to license our data and deliver that value [...]

By THE WAV GROUP|2018-05-03T21:25:34-07:00July 19th, 2011|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, MLS Insights, Press Releases|0 Comments

CoreLogic Data Co-op Product Gaining Traction

CoreLogic announced today the addition of two more MLSs to their InfoNet™ program. We received confirmation from CoreLogic that they currently have a total of 49 accounts in the program, representing 260,000 agents and 860,000 listings. An interesting side note of their Partner InfoNet™ program is the fact that their DataCoop products seems to be getting some serious consideration and use. A number of MLSs are receiving their DataCoop product for free if they are an exclusive InfoNet™ partner and others are paying for it, but they note the price is not high. According to CoreLogic, they are seeing MLSs beginning to share [...]

By THE WAV GROUP|2018-05-03T21:25:34-07:00July 12th, 2011|Main category|0 Comments

Director of Product Management Position Available

WAV Group has been commissioned by LPS Real Estate Group to hire a newly created Director of Product Management position located in Orange County, California for their rDesk platform. The ideal candidate for this position will be an enthusiastic individual that possesses that rare but valuable mixture of intellectual curiosity, business acumen, marketing savvy, technical proficiencies, strong communication skills, and attention to detail. They will be able to drive a team to rally around a vision of a platform that uniquely meets the needs of real estate consumers and real estate practitioners better than its competitors. […]

By Marilyn Wilson|2018-05-03T21:25:34-07:00July 12th, 2011|Main category, Our Services, Product Management|0 Comments

Good Sales People Like Tension!

Want to Lose a Sale? Be a Therapist! If you are a sales person, selling anything from property to technology, have you ever made this classic mistake? Your customer has entered the buying process, for whatever the product is, a house, a new MLS system, a new website, whatever, and you have a chance to sell them your product. They have reached what I will call the “threshold of activation” meaning simply that enough energy exists around an event for them to take action on it. They have experienced a business pain or recognized some lack in how they are [...]

By THE WAV GROUP|2018-05-03T21:25:35-07:00July 11th, 2011|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, Marketing, Our Services|0 Comments

LPS Applied Analytics Introduces LPS Home Price Index

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – July 7, 2011 – Lender Processing Services, Inc. (NYSE: LPS), a leading provider of mortgage and real estate technology, data and analytics, today announced that its LPS Applied Analytics division has introduced the LPS Home Price Index (HPI). The LPS HPI shows historical price trends for residential properties in the United States, offering cost-effective estimates of property values that underlie residential mortgage portfolios and securities. […]

By Marilyn Wilson|2018-05-03T21:25:35-07:00July 11th, 2011|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, Press Releases|0 Comments

RE Technology Announces New ‘Follow the Leader’ Column, Seeks Nominations

RE Technology (www.retechnology.com), the leading media site for the real estate technology industry, has become a daily resource for many MLS professionals, brokers, and agents. Their already-rich array of content is now being augmented with an exciting new column: “Follow the Leader.” […]

By Marilyn Wilson|2018-05-03T21:25:35-07:00July 7th, 2011|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|1 Comment

Shelley Specchio from NNRMLS honored

RE Technology is publishing a new series called Follow the Leader. The Leader to follow this week is Shelley Specchio, CEO of Northern Nevada Regional MLS. Shelley impressed us with her out-of-the-box thinking, tech-savviness, and commitment to serving real estate professionals in the Reno and Northern Nevada MLS. […]

By Victor Lund|2018-05-03T21:25:37-07:00July 5th, 2011|Main category, MLS Insights|1 Comment

Bob Hale honored as CEO Communicator of the Year

WAV Group would like to congratulate Bob Hale of the Houston Association of REALTORS® for being selected as the 2011 CEO Communicator of the Year. Hale was presented with this honor by the Public Relations Society of America through its Houston Chapter. As CEO of the Houston Association of REALTORS®, Bob Hale exhibited communications excellence by combining public relations, social media, a website, print, and outdoor advertising to successfully communicate the value of REALTORS® as the trusted resource for real estate consumers, and HAR as the trusted partner to broker and agent membership. Hale has been leading the Houston Association [...]

By Victor Lund|2018-05-03T21:25:37-07:00June 30th, 2011|Main category, Marketing, MLS Insights, Press Releases|0 Comments

If you’re not promoting rentals, you’re missing the boat!

The world has changed. Many consumers that used to want to live the “American Dream” of homeownership have given up on that dream – at least for now – and have turned to renting, instead of buying. They may have lost their home, or simply don’t believe that buying a home is a good investment anymore. Still others simply cannot afford to buy a home because they have lost their job or they have been forced to take a lower paying job just to keep food on the table. Are we just going to abandon these folks because they aren’t [...]

By Marilyn Wilson|2018-05-03T21:25:37-07:00June 29th, 2011|Broker Technology Research, Main category, MLS Insights, Suveys and Research|0 Comments

Case-Shiller Trashed by, Zillow, and RBI

If you add up the comments across the real estate technology space during the past few days, you will find a resounding thunder of criticism over the quality of the S&P Case-Shiller index, powered by Fiserv data. Companies like, Zillow, and RBI were the most vocal on their blogs. LPS and CoreLogic probably have opinions similar to Zillow and RBI. They have observed the weaknesses of the Case-Shiller index for years. I think that they are just a little less apt to douse Case-Shiller publically. Talk to any of the data specialists at either LPS [...]

By Victor Lund|2018-05-03T21:25:37-07:00June 29th, 2011|Broker Technology Research, Main category, MLS Insights|1 Comment

CEO Opening for Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS

WAV Group has been retained to hire a new Chief Executive Officer for the Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS®. The job description is listed here. If you have any questions about the position, feel free to drop me a line at marilyn@wavgroup.com. ORGANIZATIONAL DESCRIPTION: The Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS® is the 6th largest real estate association in the United States serving over 11,000 members with a strong breadth of MLS services and Association benefits. […]

By Marilyn Wilson|2018-05-03T21:25:37-07:00June 28th, 2011|Main category, MLS Insights|0 Comments