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By Maria Patterson, Stephanie Andre, and Paige Tepping RISMedia The close of the year often begs a retrospective approach to the events that took place-good, bad or otherwise. The sharp edges are often dulled in hindsight, motivated by the desire to put...
HAR will feed data on more than 60,000 properties By Matt Carter, Inman News Zillow.com has reached an agreement to automatically receive more than 60,000 listings from the nation's second-largest Realtor association, the Houston Association of Realtors...
By Lai Saetern , Inman News It all began with an advertisement in the newspaper over three decades ago. After serving for five years in the U.S. Navy as a surface warfare officer, Saul Klein was ready for a change. He sought a career with better pay and...
Cassandra Kyle, The StarPhoenix Saskatoon's Point2 Technologies Inc., an employer of 113 people, is beginning to take its product in a new direction. The software development company is moving away from promoting its online real estate programs to...
Canwest News Service Point2 Technologies Inc. has entered into a partnership with the Greater El Paso Association of Realtors (GEPAR), giving the association's members access to individually branded Point2 Agent websites. The Saskatoon-based company...
The StarPhoenix Real estate markets in Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and other communities in Massachusetts now have access to Saskatoon's Point2 Technologies Inc.'s Agent Solution System. The company and Cape Cod and Islands Multiple...
Regina Leader Post SASKATOON -- Real estate markets in Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and other communities in Massachusetts now have access to Saskatoon's Point2 Technologies Inc.'s Agent Solution System. The company and Cape Cod...
By Patrick Cassidy, Cape Cod Times HYANNIS — The real estate market on Cape Cod and the islands went "back to the future" yesterday. Much like in the 1985 Michael J. Fox movie by the same name, officials from the Cape Cod and Islands Multiple...
Inamn News Michigan's biggest multiple listing service, Realcomp, will send listings to syndicator Point2 Technologies Inc. when authorized by member brokers and agents, the companies said today. Realcomp members will be able to send their listings...
RISMEDIA Time is of the essence. The real estate industry has the opportunity to “take back its future.” In order to do so, it must begin the process of socializing and implementing MLS 5.0. While many in the real estate industry have heard of Web 2.0...
Industry veteran envisions marriage of MLS, Web 2.0 Inman News Multiple listing services are not dead or irrelevant, real estate technology industry guru Saul Klein says in a paper released this week, though they must evolve to embrace Web 2.0 ideals...
Internet Strategies by Saul Klein RISMEDIA Most Realtors have access to cost-effective technology that they can use to build their business. Often, however, the technology is applied ineffectively, and outside of the context of a plan. Take websites,...
Discussions focus on 'The Future of MLS' By Glenn Roberts Jr. , Inman News SAN FRANCISCO -- Cameron Paine, CEO for Connecticut Multiple Listing Service Inc., a broker-controlled statewide multiple listing service that launched in February 2007...
RIS Media The Senate cleared a massive housing bill on Saturday designed to prop up the struggling U.S. housing market and put in place a U.S. backstop for giant mortgage-buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Senate lawmakers approved the bill, which contains...
by: Amy Hoak , Market Watch To sell a home with an Internet listing, it pays to provide pictures -- and lots of them, according to a recent study from an e-commerce and online marketing firm that serves the real-estate industry. Compared with listings...
How many photos are overkill for a listing? by: Bernice Ross, Inman News Are you marketing your listings with just one picture or are you marketing with 20 or more? Is it possible that too many pictures online is preventing buyers from looking at your...
Companies seek to capitalize on popular social network Inman News Point2 Technologies Inc., which offers online tools for real estate professionals, and media technology company Local Matters Inc. on Wednesday announced an agreement in operating Point2's...
The StarPhoenix A Facebook application developed by a Saskatoon company has been acquired by a U.S. online media publisher. The deal involving Point2 Technologies Inc.'s Facebook Neighborhoods application will allow the company to maintain and develop...
I didn't realize that Saskatoon was a hotbed of software development, but that's where a Facebook real estate application was developed by Point2 Technologies. Point2, a 100-person company that also has offices in Vancouver, B.C., is a big player...
By David Kaplan Local search marketer Local Matters has acquired online real estate listings syndicator Point2 Technologies’ Facebook app. Financial terms were not released. Point2 had been hoping to get attention for its “Neighborhoods for Facebook”...
RISMEDIA Point2 Technologies Inc. (”Point2?), one of the industry’s largest independent providers of website and listing syndication software for real estate professionals, and RealtyTrac Inc., a leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties,...
RISMEDIA Today, the word “syndication” is used in the real estate industry to express the distribution of listing information to various websites and/or Web portals. While it was once thought that exposing a listing in one spot on the Internet and driving...
Buyers, Sellers, and Brokers Benefit from Internet Technology By Brian Flock: Mexidata.info guest columnist The rapid growth in use of a new Internet technology over the past two years by Mexico real estate brokers has resulted in a de facto Mexican multiple...
RISMEDIA, April 15, 2008 The National Association of Realtors® and other industry members of the Real Estate Standards Organization have unanimously approved a draft standardized data format for distributing real estate listing information. Real Estate...
REALTOR Fine Tunes Web Marketing Strategy with Dramatic Results by: Mike Parker Priscilla Allen is a RE/MAX broker in San Antonio, TX. In 2006, she and her husband, along with a long time associate, were the 25th ranked team in San Antonio; in 2007, they...
by: Mallory Vough, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Establishment business people – at least those above the age of 30 – might think Facebook is a publication filled with photographs of people showing off their finest toothy grins. But in fact Facebook is one...
By Renae Merle Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, April 12, 2008; Page F01 Cindy Lawson won't venture from her sofa for anything less than a two-bedroom condominium with a parking space and washer and dryer. In the meantime, she continues her...
Commentary by Gar Benedick RISMEDIA, - Pictures that are poor or less-than-flattering can turn buyers off, leading to fewer leads and offers. In real estate, good pictures–the right pictures–are worth more than a thousand words-they can be worth thousands...
Court document reveals preliminary list of possible witnesses By Inman News, Thursday, March 27, 2008. The National Association of Realtors has plans to call nine witnesses to testify in court if an antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department...
The StarPhoenix Published: Thursday, February 28, 2008 Realtors in Belize have embraced made-in-Saskatoon technology to create and launch the South American country's online real estate listing system. The Belize National Association of Realtors ...
Tech innovations to jump-start real estate biz Friday, February 08, 2008 By Bernice Ross Inman News Are you ready to jump-start your business? Upgrading your technology is one of the fastest ways to do it. If you need some help, here are some important...
New technology creates data that are tough to refute Friday, February 01, 2008 By Bernice Ross Inman News Persuading sellers to be realistic is a consistent challenge for any real estate agent, especially in a slowing or a declining market. Recent technological...
Brokers can send same feed to many Web sites Thursday, January 10, 2008 Inman News Nearly a dozen Web sites that aggregate for-sale real estate listings -- including Trulia, Zillow and Yahoo! Real Estate -- have agreed to adopt common data standards that...
Realtor group says both sides are open to discussion Thursday, January 03, 2008 By Glenn Roberts Jr. Inman News Representatives for the National Association of Realtors have engaged in talks with U.S. Justice Department officials in an effort to resolve...
Video, lead systems and radio commercial services stand out Friday, December 28, 2007 By Bernice Ross Inman News The biggest surprise at the National Association of Realtors' tradeshow this year was the lack of new technology. Nevertheless, there...
By: Steven Groves, Executive Conversations The answer I have for you - don't do it... Let's back up a minute - what is a wiki? Wikipedia (a wiki itself) defines it as "A wiki is computer software that allows users to easily create, edit and...
A Zillow spokeswoman said today that the company has been in discussions with the Houston Association of Realtors to receive property listings information supplied by its members. "We are in discussion with a number of brokerages and organizations about listing feeds," Zillow spokeswoman Amy Bohutinsky told Inman News.
Inman News Houston Realtors in talks to partner with real estate media co. Zillow and other online real estate sites are eyeing larger deals for property listings partnerships. A Zillow spokeswoman said today that the company has been in discussions with...
By Jonathan Nicholas, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Obeo RISMEDIA, Oct. 5, 2007-A couple of years ago, Tom Peters, the renowned business management practice guru, spoke to the Houston Association of REALTORS®. In preparation for his talk...
By Bernice Ross Inman News Part 2 of 2: Technology for a better business Tired of having to go to a separate vendor for your fliers, your Web site marketing and creating unique Web addresses for your listings? If so, VFlyer.com has a solution to make...
By Bernice Ross Inman News Part 1 of 2: Technology for a better business Consolidation is one of the key trends occurring in the real estate industry today. Are you ready to capitalize on this trend in your business? Will there be a single multiple listing...
By RIVA RICHMOND September 4, 2007; Wall Street Journal Page B4 Site's Growing Ranks Seen as Potential Source Of Revenue, Customers Another online gold rush is on. Entrepreneurs are scrambling to create small software programs for Facebook Inc.'s...
By: Jeff Tomlin Builder/Architect Vol.18, No.8 Download PDF
lore Magazine Series of Live Broadcasts Discusses Major Issues in the Real Estate Industry lore Magazine , a magazine devoted to profiling fascinating individuals in the residential real estate industry, has launched a new and compelling series of interviews...
By Glenn Roberts Jr. Inman News Part 3: Future of MLS: Full speed ahead There is more to a multiple listing service than warehousing data. MLSs are marketplaces for showcasing information about properties, including pricing and property amenities. They...
By Jessica Swesey Inman News Part 2: Future of MLS: Full speed ahead Consumer-facing multiple listing service Web sites -- once taboo and controversial in some markets -- are gaining interest again as MLSs scramble to define their value and role in future...
Jay Thompson Interview - Part 3 Is 95% of a real estate sales professionals business attributed to online social media significant? From his overall web presence (blog, a website or referral from an online associate,) Jay gets 10-12 contacts or a each...
Jay Thompson Interview - Part 2 In this segment, Jay continues talking about his use of social media tools from the early days of ActiveRain and how he spends his day; from the first cup of coffee throughout the business day. He is either blogging, using...
Jay Thompson Interview - Part 1 Jay Thompson / PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com is a blogging icon in the Arizona real estate social media world. His investment in using blogging and social media as virtually his only form of marketing is very much the model...
Other finalists in the Web service category included Cyberhomes, the Houston Association of Realtors' HAR.com, HUD's Neighborhood Watch Center, the Federal Trade Commission's Competition in Real Estate Web resource, Point2 Technologies' National Listing Service, Trulia Voices, Wellcomemat and Zillow's Q&A platform.
by Michael Wurzer Inman Blog Inman Blog writes today that the Realogy deal with Yahoo! Real Estate doesn’t knock Prudential out of the picture, instead Yahoo! has created (and Realogy apparently agreed t0) a separate “classifieds” section of their search...
Cassandra Kyle, The StarPhoenix Point2 Technologies Inc. teams with Facebook on search feature It's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood for Saskatoon-based Point2 Technologies Inc. Their latest web-based creation, a Facebook application that connects...
By Maureen Farrell Forbes.com Every new business owner needs to know the fundamentals. Forbes.com is breaking down those building blocks by answering eight core questions related to a given industry. Taken together, the information will give budding entrepreneurs...
By Glenn Roberts Jr. Inman News Part 1: Lead generation evolves in real estate Editor's note: In this three-part series, Inman News looks at how the changing market is impacting lead generation, how agents are competing for top spots on Google, and...
Last week I followed in the footsteps of fellow Phoenician and Point2 user, Jay Thompson and was able to meet and greet the team at Point2 Technologies in their native habitat - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Saskatoon is a a beautiful, small community of 207...
What it might mean to you and what you might want to start doing today. by Michael Parker With all the uncertainties facing the real estate industry today, none has more far-reaching possible implications than the ongoing legal battle between the Department...
39 real estate, technology and media companies compete Inman News Inman News today released the finalists' names for the coveted 2007 Inman Innovator Awards, recognizing innovation in real estate. Winners will be announced at the annual Real Estate...
By Eric Enge , The ClickZ Network About 6 weeks ago, I wrote a blog post titled 6$ of Web Sites are Real Estate Related . Since then, I have had a chance to look at some aspects of this market in more detail. In this article, I am going to show how slowly...
by Joel Burslem Future of Real Estate Marketing John L. Scott’s Neighborhood Wizard was just the latest by a web site to clean up map based real estate search (see The Evolution of Map Based Searches ). And while I called it a ‘gimmick’ in my earlier...
Research finds content deals can include far-reaching terms By Glenn Roberts Jr. Inman News While opportunities abound to market properties online, real estate professionals should take heed of what they are signing when they submit property listings...
By Stefan Swanepoel RISMEDIA, June 1, 2007-Many think that the notion of a national MLS is a good one. According to Jim Sherry, technically there is no reason a national MLS would not work. He says it's more about getting the egos out of the way first...
Posted by Brian Montopoli Earlier this month, "60 Minutes" aired a mostly flattering piece on Redfin, an online real estate company that charges sellers a flat fee of $3,000 instead of a percentage-based commission. You can watch it by clicking on the...
In this final segment, the third of three, Jeff Tomlin, Manager of Channel Relations for Point2 and I talk about how the Point2 solution aids in compliance and quality control for a broker. Jeff goes into how the Point2 Handshake helps build social capital...
NAR, Zillow, Trulia, Point2 NLS and Real Estate Brokers Find Common Ground Written by: Frances Flynn Thorsen, e-PRO, SRS May 25th, 2007 - 10:39 am The National Assn. of REALTORS Midyear Meetings marked an historic meeting at an NAR event -- a forum that...
NAR technologist describes mouse-motion research Monday, May 21, 2007 By Glenn Roberts Jr. Inman News WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Houston Association of Realtors plays an active role in marketing members' property listings. The association sends property...
Point2 gives away their websites, publishes syndication data to over 23 consumer real estate sites and offer a 1 touch publishing solution. Jeff Tomlin, Manager of Channel Relations (and an avid blogger at Real Estate Alchemy ) tells us more about how...
Fidelity announces agreement with Keller Williams Friday, May 18, 2007 By Glenn Roberts Jr. Inman News Cyberhomes.com, an automated home-valuation site operated by Fidelity National Real Estate Solutions, is now open to for-sale property listings information...
RISMEDIA, May 17, 2007-Point2 Technologies Inc. has announced that it has expanded its Point2 NLS listing syndication network, adding 10 new consumer-facing advertising destinations for members' listings. The most recent sites to start drawing live Point2...
Brokers can choose 10 more Web sites to market listings Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Inman News As more consumers go online for real estate information, brokers are being offered an array of choices by which to market their listings to a wider audience. Some...
Agent2.0 is not just about technology, but technology is what I like to write about. A real estate agent is a small business person and like every business out there, they should have a website as an underpinning of their marketing program. Website are...
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