Maine Listings is looking for a new CEO

Maine Listings, based in South Portland, Maine, one of the oldest and most progressive statewide Multiple Listing Services in the country is seeking a new Chief Executive Officer to run its 6,800+ member association-owned MLS.

By |2022-06-29T10:46:00-07:00June 29th, 2022|Announcements, MLS|Comments Off on Maine Listings is looking for a new CEO

Announcing Mark A. McLaughlin Partnering with WAV Group

At WAV Group, we take great pride in selectively adding only seasoned and highly successful real estate veterans to our team to deepen the support and counsel we can provide. We consistently seek ways to enable our clients to achieve their dreams of highly differentiated brands that deliver relevance, growth, market share dominance and profitability. Mark A. McLaughlin delivers on all of those traits - and more.

By |2022-06-28T10:02:04-07:00June 28th, 2022|Announcements, News, Our Company, Press Releases|Comments Off on Announcing Mark A. McLaughlin Partnering with WAV Group

Broker Platform Innovation Pays Off for Inside Real Estate

The most innovative tech firms today are tapping into the perennial struggle of our industry – creating the tools to create and maintain customers for life. The results of driving innovation have been significant for Inside Real Estate. We expect platforms like kvCORE to play a more significant role in helping brokerages create efficiencies and helping agents grow their client relationships for maximum repeat and referral business.

By |2022-06-24T16:11:25-07:00June 27th, 2022|Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on Broker Platform Innovation Pays Off for Inside Real Estate

MLS Consumer-Facing Lead Generating Websites

What is the role of the MLS to run consumer facing, lead generating real estate websites?  This has been a question that the industry has struggled with since the beginning of the internet search era. For many years, many brokers were not in support of MLS consumer websites because they felt they were competitive with their own online efforts. The classic mantra was “don’t level the playing field.”  

By |2025-03-16T05:20:10-07:00June 24th, 2022|Associations, MLS, MLS Insights, Strategic Planning|Comments Off on MLS Consumer-Facing Lead Generating Websites

Realtor Associations and MLSs Need to Offer Agent Matching Service

MLSs and Associations have websites that display brokerage and agent rosters, but very few of them provide the kind of information that a potential consumer wants to see when selecting a professional. Brokers (and their technology vendors) would love to get a data feed of their agents. The utility of this data feed goes beyond display on the broker/agent website.

Despite layoffs in headlines, MooveGuru continues its expansion

At a time when the headlines are covered with job loss, it is great to see prop tech companies continue to expand. Today, MooveGuru announced a 20% increase in their head count. The company has seen remarkable growth in the new segment of real estate moving and homeownership services.

By |2022-06-21T11:39:17-07:00June 21st, 2022|Press Releases|Comments Off on Despite layoffs in headlines, MooveGuru continues its expansion

Raleigh Regional – Triangle MLS Partners with Rental Beast

More than 15,000 Triangle MLS participants will soon have access to Rental Beast across sixteen North Carolina counties. Rental Beast is considered by many to be the industry leader in exposure for rental properties, rental listing syndication, and qualifying rental customers.

By |2022-06-21T10:29:47-07:00June 21st, 2022|MLS Insights, Partnerships, Press Releases|Comments Off on Raleigh Regional – Triangle MLS Partners with Rental Beast

WAV Group’s George Slusser Led M&A Webinar hosted by RISMedia CEO John Featherston

WAV Group partner, George Slusser will lead a panel of industry experts discussing the state of Mergers & Acquisitions in the real estate industry. Topics covered will include where valuations are headed for 2022 and the current buyer and seller trends.

By |2022-06-24T14:43:46-07:00June 21st, 2022|Broker Information, M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Our Services, Webinars|Comments Off on WAV Group’s George Slusser Led M&A Webinar hosted by RISMedia CEO John Featherston

CoreLogic’s OneHome Client Portal Goes Live in Canada

CoreLogic has been incrementally developing the client portal in the MLS – called OneHome – and it is resonating with their clients. Many agents prefer to set up home buyers on automatic alerts in the MLS when a new listing matches their search criteria.

By |2022-06-16T21:52:28-07:00June 17th, 2022|Announcements, Broker Technology Research, MLS Insights, Press Releases, Real Estate Technology, Technology|Comments Off on CoreLogic’s OneHome Client Portal Goes Live in Canada

3 SEO Real Estate Website Strategies

Three SEO strategies to enhance real estate websites. If you're a real estate agent, broker, or technology company, you know that having a website is essential for your business. It gives you a place to showcase your listings and services and allows potential clients to learn more about you and get in touch with you quickly. You need to ensure that your site is optimized for search engines to attract more visitors. Yes, search engine optimization is still alive and continues to grow as it evolves in providing answers to people's questions.

By |2024-01-05T21:00:28-08:00June 13th, 2022|Real Estate Technology, SEO|Comments Off on 3 SEO Real Estate Website Strategies

How do you get your agents to fall in love with the technology you provide?

Just knowing how to use the technology is not enough to cement agent adoption of the tool. They need to understand the bottom line: How is this technology going to make me more money? If they don’t see and experience the benefits of the tool early on, then it really does not matter how easy it is to use or how efficiently they interact with it.

By |2025-03-16T05:19:14-07:00June 8th, 2022|MLS, MLS Insights|2 Comments