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Broker Public Portal License Agreement

WAV Group is providing consulting services to the Broker Public Portal project. This project seeks the collaboration of MLSs and Brokerages in developing a national MLS consumer-facing website that adheres to the Fair Display rules for property search. Since starting the project in January, the company has developed and filed its LLC governance, elected the board of managers, and is running three parallel projects. The first two projects include Brand development (work contracted out to 1000watt Consulting), and Request for Proposal (being done by a workgroup of the Board). The third project is the development of the data license agreement [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:37-07:00August 11th, 2015|Broker Technology Research, Main category, Our Services|Comments Off on Broker Public Portal License Agreement
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CoreLogic Purchases LandSafe Appraisal

I always thought that it was a bit incestuous for Bank of America to own LandSafe Appraisal. I could never understand how they could use their own appraisal company and insure an arms length loan transaction. Soon, LandSafe will be part of CoreLogic. LandSafe is an appraisal management company that employs about 500 appraisers and operates a Qualified Appraiser Network of independent appraisers. LandSafe was a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of America and providing services to Bank of America mortgage. CoreLogic will now be the vendor to Bank of America. The size of the transaction is reported to be [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:37-07:00August 10th, 2015|Main category|Comments Off on CoreLogic Purchases LandSafe Appraisal
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REDPLAN™ Announces New Board Members

Scottsdale, Ariz. (July 30, 2015) - REDPLAN™, Inc., the real estate information industry data protection association, announced today that two more industry leaders have joined its Board of Directors: Chris Galler, Chief Executive Officer of the Minnesota Association of REALTORS®, and Victor Lund, founding partner of WAV Group and CEO of RE Technology. REDPLAN’s Board of Directors is now comprised of: Gregg Larson, Clareity Security Claude Szyfer, Strook, Strook & Lavan John Mosey, Northstar MLS Merri Jo Cowen, My Florida Regional MLS John Leonardi, Buffalo Niagara Association of REALTORS® Martin Scrocchi, Instanet Solutions Ira Luntz, SolutionStar Brian Mushaney, RealtyTrac Victor [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:37-07:00July 30th, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on REDPLAN™ Announces New Board Members
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Is Zillow A Great Broker?

Zillow is not a broker. Well, technically they are registered as a brokerage in many states and hold brokerage licenses, but they do not market themselves as a brokerage. The point is that they provide a lot of broker-like support for agents that are noteworthy and remarkable. There are plenty of brokers who can take a page out of their book and improve their business. Specifically, brokers can learn from the way that Zillow provides technology tools and communicates and trains agents. Wth the acquisition of of a transaction management solution they complete a broker-like set that includes agent websites [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:38-07:00July 23rd, 2015|Broker-Agent Information, Main category, Our Services|3 Comments
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Broker Public Portal Selects 1000watt as Brand and Creative Agency

Partnership set to move historic project forward with strong identity and message Arroyo Grande, CA – July 23th, 2015 – The Broker Public Portal Project, a partnership between real estate brokerage firms and MLSs across the country aimed at creating a better, simpler digital home search for consumers, has selected 1000watt as the agency that will create the “BPP” brand identity and message. The BPP project has attracted widespread support from a nearly equal combination of 100 brokers and MLS representing about 750,000 agents. “We are genuinely excited to be moving forward with a strong and respected creative partner like [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:38-07:00July 22nd, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on Broker Public Portal Selects 1000watt as Brand and Creative Agency
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Homes.com and RE/MAX, LLC Expand Technology Agreement

Norfolk, Virginia (July 21, 2015) – Homes.com and RE/MAX, LLC (NYSE: RMAX) are renewing and expanding their long-standing technology and advertising agreement. RE/MAX has selected Homes.com to power the remax.com website and the RE/MAX suite of mobile applications through 2017, extending the relationship that began in 2005. “We’re thrilled that RE/MAX has once again selected Homes.com to power the most important elements of their online marketing efforts,” said David Mele, president of Homes.com. “We offer RE/MAX and its Affiliates a unique approach, combining our innovative technology services with our vast consumer reach. Together, we are leveraging the audiences of Homes.com [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:38-07:00July 21st, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on Homes.com and RE/MAX, LLC Expand Technology Agreement
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Staff Promotions Announced at NTREIS, Inc

July 17, 2015 - NTREIS, Inc., the multiple listing service for over 27,000 licensees serving the North Texas Real Estate community, recently announced two internal staff promotions. David Blake has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer and Cindy Miller now serves as Chief Operations Officer for the corporation. As CTO, David is responsible for developing the overall technology vision for the company as well as maintaining systems. David brings 20 years of networking, hardware and application development and has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. David has served the last 8 years as NTREIS Senior Network Administrator and has been [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:38-07:00July 20th, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on Staff Promotions Announced at NTREIS, Inc
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Patrick Arkeveld Appointed New Company President at Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies

CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO (JULY 16, 2015) - Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies Inc. (“Lone Wolf”), the North American leader in residential real estate software, has appointed Patrick Arkeveld to the position of President, effective July 13, 2015. “I’m excited to welcome Patrick to the Lone Wolf family,” says Lorne C. Wallace, CEO of Lone Wolf. “We’ve experienced a significant amount of growth over the past several years and we’re looking forward to continuing that momentum with the guidance and support of our new President. Patrick’s experience and knowledge of operational growth for mid-sized technology companies is a huge asset to Lone [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:39-07:00July 16th, 2015|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off on Patrick Arkeveld Appointed New Company President at Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies
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Who Will Install The Giant Rats of Real Estate?

If you visit New York City regularly, you will sometimes encounter a giant inflatable rat on the sidewalk outside businesses experiencing union disputes. Organized labor has also joined in the fight against companies like Airbnb and Uber. Ken Jenny of Trancen often remarks that: “with Airbnb, you have one of the largest hotel companies in the world who does not own a single hotel room. With Uber, you have the largest taxi cab company in the world who does not own a single taxi.” I would add that Facebook has become the largest publisher in the world and they do [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:39-07:00July 10th, 2015|Main category|1 Comment
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CoreLogic to Launch Trestle for RESO Compliance and Data Distribution

MLSs and their vendors are staring down the barrel of the NAR requirement to become compliant with the RESO RETS Standard. Only 4 MLSs are currently certified, 764 to go. It’s really a double barrel, as MLSs are also adjusting to Listhub’s loss of syndication service to some leading portals. MLS vendors like Corelogic, FlexMLS, Rapattoni, Black Knight Financial, and the others are head-down developing solutions and launch plans to help their clients meet the December 31st, 2015 deadline - looming a short 6 months away. The deadline has created an eerie silence that makes me wonder how many MLSs [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:39-07:00July 8th, 2015|Main category|1 Comment
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Departing Trulia Executive Joins Broker Public Portal Board of Managers

Arroyo Grande, CA – June 30th, 2015 – In the wake of the Broker Public Portal’s first board meeting comes the announcement that Alon Chaver, former Vice President of Industry Services at Trulia, has agreed to join the company’s Board of Managers. The governance of the LLC allows the Board to nominate two outside directors. Mr. Chaver is the first of those two. Mr. Chaver has deep roots in the real estate industry as the co-founder and CEO of iHomefinder, a pioneering technology firm that helped shape innovative applications for MLSs, brokers and their agents. Chaver stepped down from that [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:40-07:00July 1st, 2015|Main category|1 Comment
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Trulia in the Zillow Era

As an analyst for many brokerages, franchises, and MLSs, WAV Group looks carefully at reports from publishers to understand dynamics that can be leveraged to enhance performance. Sometimes, we encourage firms to keep their strategy the same. At other times we encourage trying something new or redeploying investment. I like Trulia’s reporting. It is something that other publishers (including their parent company) could benefit from. Below I will provide a discussion about each. Leads – in their purest form, leads count. Even bad leads. If you are a broker and you are not producing leads for your agents, you may [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:23:40-07:00June 25th, 2015|Main category|Comments Off on Trulia in the Zillow Era
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