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Rhode Island State Wide Multiple Listing Selects Bridge RETS IQ Contact Server

Rhode Island State-Wide MLS announced this week that they have chosen to work with the Bridge Interactive Group to manage their RETS data process. Mike Letendre, Chief Information Officer at State-Wide MLS, noted they chose Bridge Interactive for “…its advanced reporting tools, ability to control access to our listing database, ease of use, and affordability”. Bridge offers solutions for listing syndication control, RETS data usage and monitoring, account management and billing, and add/edit functionality via its RETS IQ product suite. Bridge technologies are used by MLS System Vendors, MLSs, Brokers, and more than 280,000 agents. Press Release [...]

By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:25:25-07:00October 26th, 2011|Main category|Comments Off

Keys to Technology Adoption in 2011 – New White Paper
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Keys to Technology Adoption in 2011 – New White Paper

Keys to Technology Adoption in 2011 Anybody that understands our industry knows the average broker and agent hate to change the way they do things. The idea of change creates questions and insecurity. We all get comfortable with our old familiar ways. The idea of having to learn something new, like a new technology, is not very attractive. “If it ain’t broke why fix it”, as the saying goes. But what if it is broke? Or, what if there are just really much better ways to do things or technologies that really do improve our business? How do we get [...]

By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:25:27-07:00September 28th, 2011|Main category|2 Comments

Shift in Real Estate Technology Webinar Slides and Recording

Missed our webinar? Slides are now available. WAV Group recently hosted a webinar on the topic of the “Shift in Real Estate Technology” . Hosted by Victor Lund co-founder of the WAV Group, three panelists, Mike Audet, co-founder of the WAV Group, Harper Thorpe, VP of broker services for CoreLogic and Alan Scearce, COO and Executive Vice President of Prudential California Realty shared their thoughts on the changes we are seeing in real estate technology and the implications it has for both vendors and real estate professionals. […]

By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:25:27-07:00September 27th, 2011|Main category|Comments Off

Trulia announces new chief economist

Press Release TRULIA NAMES JED KOLKO AS CHIEF ECONOMIST Leading Housing Expert to Translate Economic Trends, Real Estate Data and Public Policies, Enabling Trulia to Provide Even More Vital Insights to Homebuyers, Sellers and Renters SAN FRANCISCO, September 20, 2011 – Trulia today announced the appointment of Dr. Jed Kolko as chief economist. As the chief economist of Trulia, Jed will lead the company’s housing research and provide insight on market trends and public policy. He will also advise the development of Trulia Estimates and create new derivatives of Trulia’s data to help more consumers make smarter decisions about where they want [...]

By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:25:28-07:00September 20th, 2011|Main category, Press Releases|Comments Off

RPR Solution Is Not Difficult
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RPR Solution Is Not Difficult

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RPR Solution Is Not Difficult

Having read Dale Ross’s recent post that noted RPR was “hitting a wall of entrenched attitudes…” etc., that was keeping them from meeting their goals I was a bit surprised. I was surprised because in many ways I thought RPR had a pretty good year with the addition of some of the big boy MLSs that had been standing on the sidelines, while this post seemed to highlight what isn’t working. My take on RPR, before the post, was that now was the time for RPR to ride their recent signings and begin […]

By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:25:31-07:00August 22nd, 2011|Main category|Comments Off

New Face at WAV Group – Sean Heidinger

WAV Group is pleased to introduce Sean Heidinger as the newest member of the WAV Group team. Sean brings a wealth of entrepreneurial and business experience to WAV Group and has joined the company as Executive Assistant to Mike Audet in our east coast office. […]

By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:25:33-07:00August 2nd, 2011|Main category|Comments Off

Data for Money – What Have We Learned Since NAR – San Diego in 2009

If you want something to remind you how fast things are going in our world today just think back to where things were in San Diego at the NAR Conference in 2009, when RPR was announced for real! Things have moved pretty dramatically since that first sales pitch, not just for RPR, but also for real estate data in general. In that 20 months we have seen RPR grow to have agreements with 274 MLSs and over 500,000 Realtors. RPR reports they are launched in 80 MLSs serving about 224,000 Realtors and recent months have seen some of the big [...]

By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:25:34-07:00July 20th, 2011|Main category|Comments Off

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

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

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 WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:25:34-07:00July 12th, 2011|Main category|Comments Off

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

The Shift in Real Estate Technology – New white paper
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The Shift in Real Estate Technology – New white paper

Real Estate Technology is Shifting We are seeing a significant shift occurring in real estate technology that will impact our industry dramatically in the years to come. Like most shifts, it didn’t happen all at once but if you look carefully you can see the seeds of this shift many years back. Pressure builds slowly but when it reaches a critical point changes occur quickly and we believe for a number of reasons that is what we are seeing today. (Download new white paper) What’s Driving this Shift? […]

By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:25:38-07:00June 27th, 2011|Main category|Comments Off

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