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WAV Group WEBINAR – eCommerce 101: It’s Not As Easy As It Looks!
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WAV Group WEBINAR – eCommerce 101: It’s Not As Easy As It Looks!

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WAV Group WEBINAR – eCommerce 101: It’s Not As Easy As It Looks!

Come join the partners of the WAV Group as they draw on their experiences in eCommerce to talk about ways to create new revenues for your organization. While I was at Fisher-Price, I launched the company’s first ever eCommerce program. Since then I have worked with several companies in many business sectors launching their own eCommerce programs. While the Fisher-Price is now one of the most profitable divisions of the company, it did not come without gaining a few bumps and bruises along the way. Bottomline – eCommerce is a LOT harder than it looks. WAV Group would like to [...]

By Marilyn Wilson|2018-05-03T21:24:50-07:00October 5th, 2012|Main category, MLS Insights, Sales Advisory, Strategic Planning|0 Comments

WAV Group Publishes Study Showing that Local Real Estate Brokerage Websites Offer the Most Complete, Accurate and Timely Information About Homes for Sale

October 3, 2012—The WAV Group today published the results of an independent study of 11 major markets that found local real estate brokerage websites give consumers the most complete, accurate and timely information about homes for sale. The study evaluated sites from three local brokerages with real estate agents who help consumers buy and sell homes, comparing listing search results to those found on two national portals, Trulia and Zillow, which operate almost exclusively online. In the markets analyzed, the study concluded: Local real estate brokerage sites display 100% of the agent-listed homes for sale compared to about 80% for [...]

By Victor Lund|2018-05-03T21:24:51-07:00October 3rd, 2012|Broker Technology Research, Main category, MLS Insights, Press Releases, Reports|25 Comments

Update on Dot MLS Domains Association

There is some interesting news on the effort of a bundle of MLSs to procure the Internet Top Level Domain of MLS. But first, let me begin with a sidebar about Canada and trademark. In Canada, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) filed a trademark on the brand, MLS®. To avert a long winded discussion of the implications – think of it as a trademark that provides CREA with all of the rights that the REALTOR® trademark provides to the National Association of REALTORS®. It was a brilliant move that prohibits anyone from using the term MLS® in Canada. In [...]

By Victor Lund|2018-05-03T21:24:51-07:00October 2nd, 2012|Main category, MLS Insights|6 Comments

Leveraging Business Intelligence and Predictive Analytics

I am a big fan of client servicing portals that leverage full MLS data rather than IDX data. The key here is that the consumer can see the full compliment of business intelligence powered by the MLS. Clearly, days on market, price changes over time, and recent sales history in the area are the fundamental elements of understanding listing price. Market Analytics are really helpful in informing predictions on what will happen in the near term for hyper local markets and hyper refined property attributes. If days on market for a 2 bedroom condominium in a building in San Francisco [...]

By Victor Lund|2018-05-03T21:24:51-07:00October 1st, 2012|Broker Technology Research, Main category, MLS Insights|5 Comments

MLS Mobile 2012 – White Paper – What You Need To Know
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MLS Mobile 2012 – White Paper – What You Need To Know

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MLS Mobile 2012 – White Paper – What You Need To Know

Mobile access to real estate information by both professional real estate agents and consumers is critical, but with few exceptions the real estate technology industry serving our professionals has been slow to react to these mobile needs. We still have MLS products that require you to use Microsoft Internet Explorer to access them and there are still MLSs that don’t have great solutions for using an iPad on the MLS. - Download White Paper Here This white paper looks at where we are today with mobile technology in our MLS industry and hopefully sheds some light on where things are [...]

By THE WAV GROUP|2018-05-03T21:24:51-07:00September 21st, 2012|Main category, Reports|2 Comments

Mitch Skinner Now Partner at Larson Sobodka

WAV Group is please to extend congratulations to Attorney Mitchell Skinner who has become a member of the legal firm Larson Sobodka. Mitch as been working with the firm's founder Brian Larson and first member, Elizabeth Sobodka for about two years. Clients of Larson Sobodka have undoubtedly had a solid experience working with Mr. Skinner. Skinner has been helping the firm with their core speciality: data licensing and vendor contracts. It is an area of expertise that has made the firm renowned throughout the industry. Vendor contracts has long been a speciality of the firm - and they have foraged new paths over the past [...]

By Victor Lund|2018-05-03T21:24:51-07:00September 20th, 2012|Main category, Press Releases|0 Comments

Do you really think IE is the only browser out there?

A few weeks ago I gave the state of California gave credit for their proactivity in measuring consumer perspectives on the DMV. They are definitely focused on making the experience of renewing your license more pleasant. Today, I’m going to have to give them a gig them for an issue I found on their website today….sorry guys. I just went online to download some paperwork for a permit I was applying for and I got this screen while using Safari as my browser - ARGGGGHHHHHH! My first thought was “What organization that is designed to service of the needs of [...]

By Marilyn Wilson|2018-05-03T21:24:51-07:00September 20th, 2012|Main category|4 Comments

RVM helping bridge the gap between REALTORS and the Mortgage Industry

While the real estate industry is intimately involved with the mortgage industry, I do believe that sometimes we(or at least I) do not understand the way the mortgage industry works as much as I would like to. Furthermore, I didn't understand (until I read this article) how individual real estate agents working together through their MLS can impact the valuation of bank property portfolios. Through this well-written article below from the RPR blog, I think it may help all of us understand why the RVM, RPR's version of an AVM is working to help improve the overall value of [...]

By Marilyn Wilson|2018-05-03T21:24:51-07:00September 19th, 2012|Main category|0 Comments

Microsoft Explorer Threat Alert to MLS
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Microsoft Explorer Threat Alert to MLS

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Microsoft Explorer Threat Alert to MLS

Many of the nation’s leading MLS systems require agents to use the Microsoft browser in order to access the MLS. Although there are plenty of MLS systems that support cross browser capability, not all do – which is where the problem crops up. This issue is an example of the importance of cross browser compatibility in an MLS system. PC World released an article today indicating the following: “If you use Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, or 9 as your default browser, security experts are advising you to use a different web browser until Microsoft patches a critical vulnerability in [...]

By Victor Lund|2018-05-03T21:24:52-07:00September 18th, 2012|Main category|3 Comments

Your company is a mess and that’s ok
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Your company is a mess and that’s ok

Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, How to Make Strategic Planning Really Work in your MLS, Main category, Product Management, Strategic Planning

Your company is a mess and that’s ok

If you look around your business and recognize a mess, everything is probably working a lot more smoothly than you imagine. It sounds counter intuitive, but companies that are progressive and evolutionary are likely to have many things left undone. Here are three things that you are likely to recognize in your company that are unseemly, but good. Wrong People There is no such thing as a perfect business team. When you evaluate your team, you will recognize that they all have strengths and weaknesses. Everyone is always working on improvement in some area of their professional responsibility. In today’s [...]

By Victor Lund|2018-05-03T21:24:52-07:00September 17th, 2012|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, How to Make Strategic Planning Really Work in your MLS, Main category, Product Management, Strategic Planning|0 Comments

Matt Consalvo named as ARMLS CEO

WAV Group is pleased to congratulate Matt Consalvo for his newly appointed role as the Chief Executive Officer of ARMLS in Phoenix, Arizona. Matt was named Chief Operating Officer in May, 2011 and then stepped in as Interim CEO in February, 2012. Matt is a second generation Supra employee He interned for Supra keybox systems in the 1980’s. Later he sharpened his customer service skills in variety of opportunities, including owning his own retail business. In 2003 he returned to GE Security/Supra to administer the Supra Field Offices, joining ARMLS in 2009 when ARMLS took over keybox administration. His passion [...]

By Marilyn Wilson|2018-05-03T21:24:52-07:00September 12th, 2012|Main category|0 Comments

RPR Working to Bridge the Gap with the Mortgage Industry

Dale Ross, head of RPR published a very interesting article today that I thought would share with you about the company's efforts to have a positive impact on the mortgage industry. One of the key goals of RPR is to help improve the accuracy of the valuations of properties by providing more comprehensive, accurate and up to date information. Here it is: Today, RPR is available to the majority of NAR’s REALTOR® members. In 2011, RPR began to place greater focus on the communications and relationships needed to engage the entities responsible for mortgage liquidity. With the support of NAR’s [...]

By Marilyn Wilson|2018-05-03T21:24:52-07:00September 12th, 2012|Main category|0 Comments