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CoreLogic Expands Access to Natural Hazard Reports in California

IRVINE, Calif., February 7, 2018—CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today announced it is adding DisclosureSave to the Clareity® SSO Dashboard to enable nearly twenty-thousand California agents simpler access to natural hazard disclosure reports required to close each transaction. Three multiple listing organizations throughout the state now display DisclosureSave as an option for their members—allowing them to conveniently select and order reports directly from the Discover Network panel within the Clareity SSO Dashboard. “We brought DisclosureSave into the CoreLogic family to offer real estate professionals in California a high quality, data-powered product and [...]

By |2018-02-07T05:00:07-08:00February 7th, 2018|Clients, Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on CoreLogic Expands Access to Natural Hazard Reports in California

MoxiWorks to deliver LeadingRE Cloud Data Services Ahead of Big Franchises

In an announcement made to their membership, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE) have entered into a definitive agreement with MoxiWorks® to provide LeadingRE Cloud™ to their 565+ brokerage members. The solution is called LeadingRE Cloud. Franchises and networks like LeadingRE have been providing data services for their brokers over decades. No doubt, the most notorious version is the legacy CREST system at Realogy Holdings Corporation®. Keller Williams® CEO, Gary Keller has kicked off a Billion dollar investment in technology. RE/MAX® is in a process to buy a company or outsource to a vendor. Berkshire Hathaway Home Services® has [...]

By |2018-02-04T08:18:20-08:00February 4th, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Main category, Marketing, Product Management, Technology, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on MoxiWorks to deliver LeadingRE Cloud Data Services Ahead of Big Franchises

NAR’s Goldberg Kills Amp and Powers Up Upstream

We’re starting to see the impact of a new leadership team at the National Association of REALTORS® led by Bob Goldberg, a strategic, yet practical leader that is SERIOUS about making the industry function more effectively.  He also seems to be critically evaluating every investment in technology and making some bold moves to re-focus efforts. NAR announced yesterday that is shutting down development on its Advanced Multilist Platform, or AMP. AMP was under development for a few years at a burn rate of $6 Million per year. The concept behind AMP was solid – consolidate MLS data into a single [...]

By |2018-02-02T09:43:31-08:00February 2nd, 2018|Broker Technology Research, How to Make Strategic Planning Really Work in your MLS, Main category, MLS Insights, Technology|Comments Off on NAR’s Goldberg Kills Amp and Powers Up Upstream

Inside Real Estate Acquires Circlepix

Circlepix has sold everything. They operated an extensive network of photographers that they sold to VHT Studios in January. Now they have sold the rest of their company to Inside Real Estate. If you have not followed Inside Real Estate lately – pay attention. Inside Real Estate is the incredible company that recently landed Keyes – one of the largest firms in South East Florida among others. They are taking a piecemeal approach to purchasing world class software providers to complete their suite of an end-to-end solution for brokers, teams, and agents. At the heart of Inside Real Estate is [...]

By |2018-02-01T07:17:20-08:00February 1st, 2018|Broker Technology Research, Main category, Marketing, Press Releases, Technology, Technology Evaluation, Virtual Office Website Series|Comments Off on Inside Real Estate Acquires Circlepix

Welles Bowen Realtors Joins Forces with Howard Hanna Real Estate

Cleveland, Ohio (January 30, 2018) – Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, the third largest real estate company in the United States, is pleased to welcome Welles Bowen Realtors to the Hanna family of companies. For over 100 years, Welles Bowen Realtors has been serving Northwest Ohio with the latest in marketing and technology. A reputable local real estate broker, Welles Bowen Realtors will now be able to provide the over 150 professionals in their 10 offices with Howard Hanna’s programs, services, and business resources. “Two years ago, we opened up our new Howard Hanna Toledo/Maumee office with a commitment to the region,” said [...]

By |2018-01-31T08:26:25-08:00January 31st, 2018|Main category|Comments Off on Welles Bowen Realtors Joins Forces with Howard Hanna Real Estate

WAV Group Announces New Technology Consulting Division

WAV Group is pleased to announce David Gumpper as the latest addition to its growing suite of executive leaders.  David Gumpper, former Chief Technology Officer for Michael Saunders & Company and Founder of the Gumpper Group, a strong industry advocate will be leading the company’s Technology Consulting division. David’s depth of experience helping brokerages increase market share uniquely qualifies him to help technology companies, brokerages and MLSs  drive success by delivering technology and marketing programs. David is expert at o leading the development of sound technology strategies that position a company well for success and then develop workable and practical [...]

By |2018-01-30T08:17:54-08:00January 30th, 2018|Main category, Our Company, Our Services, Technology|Comments Off on WAV Group Announces New Technology Consulting Division

Case Study – Showing Service Delivers Key Ingredient in Broker Success

Showing Service Delivers Key Ingredient In Broker Success WAV Group has just published a case study examining specialized showing software. WAV Group works with real estate brokerages to assess back end technology solutions. Real estate brokers have been working with specialized back-end showing software like Centralized Showing Service. This paper examines two very different customers of CSS. First, we examined a long-time customer of CSS, Ebby Halliday, Realtors®. In the case of Ebby Halliday, we wanted to understand the reasoning with why they’ve stuck with Centralized Showing Service for such a long time, and what the strategic value is to [...]

By |2018-01-23T11:00:48-08:00January 23rd, 2018|Main category|Comments Off on Case Study – Showing Service Delivers Key Ingredient in Broker Success

All Computers and Servers At Risk from Spectre and Meltdown

Every computer device – server, laptop, desktop, every router, every wireless router, every network printer, every network fax machine, and every phone is impacted. Don’t freak out. Being impacted and being attacked are two different things. We are going to explain what is happening in layman terms and help you get through it. Right before Christmas, researchers discovered that there is a security vulnerability (like an open door) that exposes computers built after 1995 to risk. Google found it (nod in reverence to Jann Horn of Google who was a key researcher who found both vulnerabilities – Meltdown and Spectre. [...]

By |2018-01-18T12:00:05-08:00January 18th, 2018|Main category|Comments Off on All Computers and Servers At Risk from Spectre and Meltdown

ShowingTimes’ MarketView Broker to Compete with BrokerMetrics™, TrendGraphix®, and Collateral Analytics®

A number of years ago, ShowingTime purchased a number of companies that focus on market stats. Those products were listing centric, providing brokers with the capability to look at the market activity around a single property, neighborhood, city/town, zip code, etc. The charts are beautiful, and easily embedded into a broker’s website. Track Competition and MarketShare With this new product, they are developing market charts that change the focus from listings to the brokers and agents that sell them. You can look at the trend of an agent or broker’s production either on the buy side or the sell side, [...]

By |2018-01-18T09:29:17-08:00January 18th, 2018|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on ShowingTimes’ MarketView Broker to Compete with BrokerMetrics™, TrendGraphix®, and Collateral Analytics®

Brokers Need to Know that Bitcoin has an Economic Flaw

But the biggest gains may be ahead. If you took economics class in college, you understand that currencies of any type have a relationship between four very important metrics: MV=PQ. M is the total amount of money supply in circulation. V is the velocity of money and the frequency that it is being circulated. P is the price level Q is the inflation adjusted index of goods and services. The economic flaw with Bitcoin is that you cannot buy much with it. Sure – we hear these isolated discussions about people buying houses with Bitcoin, but those are isolated one-offs. [...]

By |2018-01-10T10:00:53-08:00January 10th, 2018|Cyber, Main category|Comments Off on Brokers Need to Know that Bitcoin has an Economic Flaw

Collateral Analytics Sues Nationstar and Xome for Stealing IP

Real Estate brokers and MLSs are pretty familiar with Collateral Analytics®. Collateral Analytics provides real estate brokers with a variety of tools including market trends, market share, and AVMs. Collateral Analytics is particularly interesting to real estate brokers because of the unique blend of MLS data and Public Record data. Brokers believe that MLS data introduces a level of accuracy and timeliness to analytics products, making them profoundly more accurate than Zillow Group’s® Zestimates®. Many of America’s top real estate firms also participate in the Collateral Analytics network of firms that provide Broker Price Opinion(BPO) services to the capital markets.  [...]

By |2018-01-08T12:45:02-08:00January 8th, 2018|Main category|Comments Off on Collateral Analytics Sues Nationstar and Xome for Stealing IP

What Real Estate Needs To Know About Cryptocurrency Like Bitcoin

As a real estate broker or MLS executive who is reading headlines like “Man Buys Texas Estate with Bitcoin,” you may be scratching your head to understand what this stuff is all about. Here is a primer that may help you to understand it. First of all, a cryptocurrency is a digital currency. It is not a coin or a bill. It is not backed by any nation’s treasury. It has a theoretical value that can be used for the exchange of goods and services. Bitcoin is only one of the digital currencies. There are many. In fact, anyone can [...]

By |2018-01-08T11:35:48-08:00January 8th, 2018|Cyber, Main category|4 Comments