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22 03, 2013

RBI Goes Nationwide With CoreLogic

By |2018-05-03T21:24:39-07:00March 22nd, 2013|Broker Technology Research, Main category, Marketing, MLS Insights, Press Releases|Comments Off on RBI Goes Nationwide With CoreLogic

rbiEXPERT is now being launched nationwide through a partnership with CoreLogic. MLSs interested in this service should contact RBI or CoreLogic to reserve placement in the integration schedule. RealEstate Business Intelligence, or RBI is a subsidiary of Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, or MRIS. The company was formed to meet the market analytic needs of roughly 40,000 subscribers to the MLS system in the Mid-Atlantic States – Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, parts of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia. Their premium product, rbiEXPERT allows professionals to slice, dice, visualize, and share real estate market trends with their buyers and sellers in the [...]

5 03, 2013

Move releases the new Realtor.com Brand

By |2018-05-03T21:24:40-07:00March 5th, 2013|Main category, MLS Insights|2 Comments

We have seen some re-branding released recently from leading real estate consumer brands. Today we see the release of the new Realtor.com – where home happens. Last year saw the rebirth of Century 21 – Stronger, Bolder, Faster. These are very well recognized consumer brands. MOVE EVP Marketing, Barbara O’Connor and her team took a close look at the Realtor.com brand within a year of her arrival at the company. I am excited to see how this new treatment works out. I can assure you that they have likely exhausted focus groups to predictably make a selection that reaches their [...]

14 01, 2013

For CoreLogic, Customer Focus Starts At The Top

By |2018-05-03T21:24:43-07:00January 14th, 2013|Main category, Press Releases|1 Comment

CoreLogic is a solid company with solid earnings, low debt, and large cash reserves. As of late, their stock has performed very well. Much of their favor in the markets has been driven by the company’s focus on becoming more customer-centric in their approach to business. In a press release today, the media was provided with a taste of the new CoreLogic business strategy under the leadership of senior company executive, George Livermore. Livermore’s title was previously group executive and executive vice president for the Data & Analytics segment of CoreLogic. Today, George Livermore was named Group Executive, Global Sales [...]

11 01, 2013

TheMLS/CLAW seeking Systems/Network Administrator

By |2018-05-03T21:24:43-07:00January 11th, 2013|Main category|Comments Off on TheMLS/CLAW seeking Systems/Network Administrator

  POSITION TITLE:   Systems/Network Administrator REPORTS TO: Director of Product Development and IT    CLASSIFICATION:   Exempt   Opportunity TheMLS.com is seeking to hire a seasoned systems and network professional for the position of Systems/Network Administrator.   This position will be responsible for maintaining a reliable and robust environment to host the company’s multiple listing service technologies and infrastructure. The Systems/Network Administrator will be monitor, manage and maintain the network infrastructure and the production server environments of two datacenter colocation facilities.  The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, highly independent and proactive to help the company provide an industry-leading customer experience. ORGANIZATIONAL DESCRIPTION: TheMLS is [...]

8 01, 2013

TheMLS.com Senior .Net Developer Position Available

By |2018-05-03T21:24:44-07:00January 8th, 2013|Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on TheMLS.com Senior .Net Developer Position Available

Opportunity TheMLS.com is seekng to hire a seasoned developer for the position of Senior .NET Developer . They are looking for a full time programmer with solid ASP/.NET/C# experience to design, develop, test and modify web based applications to join our Los Angeles based company.  This position is looking for someone with excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and writing skills. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, highly independent and proactive to help the company provide an industry-leading customer experience. ORGANIZATIONAL DESCRIPTION: TheMLS is one of the leading multiple listing service organizations in the country, serving approximately 11,000 real estate professionals in the Greater Los Angeles [...]

28 11, 2012

WAV Group 2012 MLS Technology Survey Report – Released!

By |2018-05-03T21:24:47-07:00November 28th, 2012|Main category, MLS Insights, Our Services, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on WAV Group 2012 MLS Technology Survey Report – Released!

We are pleased to present the results from the WAV Group 2012 MLS Technology Survey for your review and ongoing technology evaluation.  From September 29, 2012 to November 4, 2012 WAV Group fielded the WAV Group 2012 MLS Technology Survey to participating MLSs.  72 MLSs, representing 37 different states or provinces participated in the survey at both staff and user level. 15,130 individual participants filled out the survey completely making it the largest survey of its kind.  WAV Group would like to thank all of the MLSs and individual respondents that participated. Download the report here! Participants Receive Additional Report This [...]

11 10, 2012

Goomzee Shines A Light on MLS Pricing

By |2018-05-03T21:24:50-07:00October 11th, 2012|Main category, MLS Insights, Press Releases|2 Comments

WAV Group is often contacted by companies who are looking to offer their products to agents through the MLS. The common term for this is site license - whereby every MLS subscriber will benefit from the service. Depending on the product, most site licenses are only pennies per member per month. Although MLSs are legally prohibited from sharing details of their contracts and pricing with other MLS - there is no such prohibition for vendors. Goomzee lifted their skirt today and published their MLS pricing to the world. This move is sure to shake up the mobile providers who target [...]

10 10, 2012

Technology Adoption Strongest with Top Producers

By |2018-05-03T21:24:50-07:00October 10th, 2012|Main category, Reports, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on Technology Adoption Strongest with Top Producers

MLSs face many decisions about what technology services to offer to their members.  Budgets are tight and decisions need to be better justified than ever before. MLS technology committees and leadership need to sift through hundreds of products and multiple presentations before deciding what types of products make the most sense for their members. It is a difficult and expensive task to provide meaningful, relevant and contemporary product offerings to help agents and brokers better serve the needs of their clients.  The first annual WAV Group MLS Technology Adoption study was designed help MLSs better understand the types of technologies being [...]

4 09, 2012

Move buys Tigerlead Solutions

By |2018-05-03T21:24:53-07:00September 4th, 2012|Broker Technology Research, Main category, MLS Insights, Press Releases|Comments Off on Move buys Tigerlead Solutions

Move, operators of Realtor.com, AOL Real Estate, and MSN Real Estate, Listhub, Top Producer, is growing through acquisition as they announce their purchase of Tigerlead. Presumably, Tigerlead will be alternative product with similar functionality to Top Producer. The company was purchased for $22 Million. The executives from TigerLead Solutions will be joining the Move management team, strengthening their already deep bench of experts who understand how to attract, convert, cultivate, and close online home buyers and sellers. Existing Tigerlead customers will benefit from MOVE's consumer traffic that will fill lead funnels. Here is the Move Buys Tigerlead press release. "Move has long [...]

28 08, 2012

Annual WAV Group MLS Technology Survey – Get the Benefits!

By |2018-05-03T21:24:53-07:00August 28th, 2012|Broker Technology Research, Main category, MLS Insights, Our Services, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on Annual WAV Group MLS Technology Survey – Get the Benefits!

WAV Group has always been passionate about research and helping our industry obtain data that assists professionals in making the right decisions for their organizations.  We conduct numerous studies every year to that end and this September we will be fielding one of the most important studies we do, the annual WAV Group 2012 MLS Technology Survey.  We started this survey in 2011 meaning 2012 will be the first year we are able to see how this critical data is trending and to see how our vendors are moving up or down in various rating areas. We would like every [...]

17 08, 2012

Contagion is a New Word for Brokers

By |2018-05-03T21:24:54-07:00August 17th, 2012|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category, MLS Insights|Comments Off on Contagion is a New Word for Brokers

If you spend much time around me, you would know that I get attached to words like “curate,” and use them so frequently that it annoys the good people who are around me every day. I am working on that. I have been a student of the effort to develop, to launch, and to save the Euro. A currency sharing standard among nations is more serious, and more important than a data sharing standard. However, in many ways real estate data sharing standards are analogous. I love some of the terminology used by economists and leaders to talk about the [...]

31 07, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MRIS to Launch First of its Kind GPS‐Based Mobile App For Real Estate Professionals

By |2018-05-03T21:24:55-07:00July 31st, 2012|Broker Technology Research, Broker-Agent Information, Main category, Press Releases, Technology Evaluation|Comments Off on FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MRIS to Launch First of its Kind GPS‐Based Mobile App For Real Estate Professionals

MRIS to Launch First of its Kind GPS‐Based Mobile App For Real Estate Professionals Smarter Agent Partnership Provides On‐The‐Go MLS Access to Brokers, Agents and Consumers ROCKVILLE, MD (July 30, 2012) — Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. (MRIS), the Mid‐Atlantic Multiple Listing Service (MLS) that facilitates more than $92 million a day in real estate transactions, has announced that it recently partnered with Smarter Agent, the global leader in mobile real estate search and discovery apps to launch the first of its kind suite of mobile solutions for real estate brokers, agents and consumers. “It’s our goal to provide our [...]