Subscription-Free distressed property search designed to maximize visibility to investors and deal seekers San Diego, – Feb. 22, 2012 – Point2 today announced the release of a dedicated Foreclosures tab on its Point2 Homes consumer real estate portal.  Easy to spot, the new Foreclosures area allows consumers to access and research thousands of bank owned [...]

San Diego, – Jan. 30, 2012 – Point2 today released its second U.S. International Real Estate Traffic Report, for the fourth quarter of 2011. During the period, Florida was the most attractive state for international visitors, retaining the top spot among all U.S. states, for the second consecutive Point2 report quarter. The study analyzes international [...]

San Diego, – Dec. 19, 2011 – Point2 today announced that Saul Klein, senior vice president, has been named to the INMAN News Top 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders List for 2011, in the Technology category. Klein has been honored with the INMAN 100 recognition eight years in a row. The Inman 100 annual [...]

Canada Lead Source for Top States – UK, Mexico Follow San Diego, – Dec. 14, 2011 – Point2 today released third quarter international consumer real estate traffic data for the United States on the Point2 Homes (http://homes.point2.com) consumer portal.  Florida properties emerged as the lead attraction for foreigners online, followed by Arizona and Nevada real [...]

Proprietary Listing Rights Management tools enable MLSs, brokers and agents to maximize exposure and optimize data accuracy on the Web San Diego, – Nov. 29, 2011 – Point2 today announced that four additional U.S. real estate Boards and Associations have rolled out its industry-leading listing syndication solution to streamline and optimize member listing advertising exposure [...]

Integrations Expand Point2 Syndication User Network by 4000 Brokers and Agents – Adds 10,000 Listings to Live Property Data Feed San Diego, – Nov. 07, 2011 – Point2 today announced the rollout of four additional listing syndication and technology co-marketing programs in partnership with Barstow Association Of REALTORS® & MLS in California, REALTORS® Association of [...]

San Diego, – Oct. 25, 2011 – Point2 today announced a multi-year agreement with EXIT Realty Corp. International to power automated real property listing syndication for EXIT Realty’s  agents and brokers across Point2’s network of more than 70 consumer real estate partner websites and search engines in North America. Point2 also becomes an EXIT Realty [...]

San Diego, – Oct. 24, 2011 – Point2 (www.Point2.com) today announced that Real Estate Business Services® Inc. (REBS®), the subsidiary of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.)  has chosen Point2, a national leader in property management software, to power its Clarus PropertyManager™ solution, an end-to-end property management solution for real estate professionals. The Point2 Property [...]

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF., Oct. 11, 2011 – Yardi announced today that DIY Real Estate Solutions, which provides an integrated property management system for companies that manage 1,000 or fewer units, has been rebranded Point2 Property Manager.  The change reflects DIY’s increased integration with Point2, another Yardi brand and a leading provider of real estate marketing [...]

San Diego, – Oct. 04, 2011 – Point2 today announced that 10 additional U.S. real estate associations and boards have rolled out its enterprise level listing syndication and technology co-marketing program to their members. Seamless systems integration with Point2 will allow brokers and agents within each organization to advertise real estate listings widely across the [...]

San Diego, – Aug 22, 2011 – Point2 (www.Point2.com) today announced that Lethbridge and District Association of REALTORS®, in Alberta, has implemented the Point2 real estate listing syndication program to expand online exposure of its member listings, nationwide. Supporting the Association’s efforts to ensure property data consistency on a number of increasingly popular consumer real [...]

10 CRMLS member organizations, two international associations part of rollout San Diego, – July 26, 2011 – Point2 (www.Point2.com) today announced that it has completed the implementation of its national listing syndication and software co-marketing program, with 17 additional Multiple Listing Service (MLS) organizations and associations, including 10 California Regional MLS, Inc. (CRMLS – www.crmls.org) [...]

Klein to share insight on the evolution and adoption of listing syndication by MLSs and Associations; opportunity, issues and future primary focus San Diego, – July 20, 2011 – Point2 (www.Point2.com) today announced that its senior vice president, Saul Klein, will participate on two discussion panels on data syndication at the upcoming INMAN News Real [...]

Value–add service automates rental property exposure on Point2’s national partner network of real estate consumer websites San Diego, – July 12, 2011 – Point2 (www.point2.com), a leading provider of real estate marketing and listing syndication solutions today announced that Cleveland-based DIY Real Estate Solutions (www.diyresolutions.com), also a Yardi (www.yardi.com) brand, has integrated listing syndication as [...]

Simple, Intuitive, Modern and Powerful Modular Tool Set Gives Real Estate Brokers and Agents Competitive Edge at Low Cost San Diego, – June 20, 2011 – Point2 (www.Point2.com), a leading provider of real estate marketing and listing syndication solutions including the Point2 Agent (www.Point2Agent.com) platform used by tens of thousands of REALTORS®, today introduced Express [...]

‘MLS Certified™’ conveys listing authenticity with the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) or Association as the source San Diego, – June 13, 2011 – Point2 (www.Point2.com), a leader in Web-based real estate marketing and listing syndication solutions today announced that four additional current MLS (Multiple Listing Service) and Association clients have adopted the MLS Certified™ (www.mlscertified.com) [...]

Data Management and Security, Network Scope Key to Point2 Selection        San Diego, – June 02, 2011 – Five real estate Multiple Listing Service (MLS) organizations and associations in the states of Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and South Dakota launched national property listing syndication programs with Point2 this month, Point2 (www.Point2.com), a leading provider of [...]

Trust symbol to support higher real estate data standards and consumer expectations online     Washington, DC – May 11, 2011 – Point2 (www.Point2.com), a leader in real estate marketing and listing syndication solutions today launched MLS Certified™ (www.mlscertified.com), an initiative designed to drive higher standards in property data publication on the Internet in the United [...]

Baczkowski to discuss listing syndication model; consumer expectations, broker security, productivity, data consistency amongst key topics San Diego, – May 5, 2011 – Point2 (www.Point2.com) today announced that Walter (Walt) T. Baczkowski, vice president, sales and marketing Point2, will participate on a speaker panel at the Council of Multiple Listing Service (CMLS) Workshop being held [...]

Association is first in Ontario to automate online listing advertising distribution for members and maintain data accuracy through syndication   Vancouver, BC – April 11, 2011 – Point2 (www.Point2.com) today announced that the REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB, www.rahb.ca) in Ontario, Canada, has selected Point2 to power its multi-national property listing syndication initiative. Key drivers [...]

By Andrea Brambila, INMAN News Read this article on INMAN News Sandicor also to limit number of photos sent to listings syndicators In an effort to give listing agents and listing brokers better exposure on third-party real estate websites, San Diego-area multiple listing service Sandicor Inc. has added a new data field where they can [...]

By Lily Leung, San Diego Union Tribune Read this article on SDUT Real estate bloggers in San Diego and elsewhere applauded and booed the San Diego region’s MLS after it said it will allow members to enter their contact information into a new field that could be featured prominently on real estate search sites such [...]

By Lily Leung, San Diego UT Read this article on San Diego UT A debate between real estate brokers and websites like Zillow and Trulia over listing data continues as the San Diego region’s Multiple Listing Service seeks to control content to outside parties. Sandicor, the county’s MLS, has added a text field to its [...]

By: Opp Read this article on OPP Florida has retained its top spot as America’s most popular destination for international property buyers researching the market on the web. According to the U.S. residential listings site Point2, “Florida was the most attractive state for international visitors in Q4 2011, retaining the top spot among all U.S. [...]

Florida is top state, Las Vegas the No. 1 city By Inman News Thursday, February 2, 2012 Read this article on INMAN News Florida remained the most popular U.S. property search destination among foreign house hunters during the last three months of 2011, according to a quarterly report from real estate technology and marketing company Point2. [...]

By: RE News Canada Read this article on RE News Canada Florida attracted the most attention from international home shoppers who visited the Point2Homes consumer real estate listings portal for information on U.S. real estate in the fourth quarter. The San Diego-based firm released its U.S. International Real Estate Traffic Report for the fourth quarter, which shows Florida [...]

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By: National Mortgage Professional Magazine Read this article on National Mortgage Professional Point2 has released its U.S. International Real Estate Traffic Report, for the fourth quarter of 2011. During the period, Florida was the most attractive state for international visitors, retaining the top spot among all U.S. states, for the second consecutive Point2 report quarter. [...]

By Victor Arrington, JetJunket January 30, 2012|9:22 pm Florida attracted the most attention from international home shoppers who visited the Point2Homes consumer real estate listings portal for information on US real estate in the fourth quarter. If consumers continue to spur heightened real estate activity as well, there could be a larger and steeper correction [...]

By: SILObreaker Read this article on SILObreaker Florida attracted the most attention from international home shoppers who visited the Point2Homes consumer real estate listings portal for information on U.S. real estate in the fourth quarter. The San Diego-based firm released its U.S. International Real Estate Traffic Report for… READ FULL ARTICLE

By Kerri Panchuk, HW Read this article on HW Florida attracted the most attention from international home shoppers who visited the Point2Homes consumer real estate listings portal for information on U.S. real estate in the fourth quarter. The San Diego-based firm released its U.S. International Real Estate Traffic Report for the fourth quarter, which shows [...]

By: Rosa Schechter, Florida Commercial News Read this article on FCN This week, the California real estate firm Point2Homes released its U.S. International Real Estate Traffic Report for Q4, and it’s got some great news for the State of Florida.  According to the 2012 real estate investment report, Florida was no. 1 in the country [...]

By: 24/7 WALL St WIRE Read this article on 24/7 WALL ST WIRE People who visited the US from outside its borders to look at real estate during the fourth quarter went to Florida. The rest of America can forget on seeing real estate traffic. According to Point2's US International Real Estate traffic report Florida attracted 31.04% [...]

By: Walt Baczkowski Read this article on RIS Media Relatively speaking, social media in real estate is nascent. As a networking, communications and marketing channel, it can add serious value to your go-to-market and business development efforts. While by no means comprehensive, here are three thoughts and ideas regarding the role of social media for [...]

By: AGBeat | 2012/01/02 Kicking off 2012 2011 was the year of growth, perseverance and blowback in which hundreds of companies launched and saw huge rounds of funding despite a defunct economy. For 2012, we are watching many startups as they grow, but we also have several legacy brands on our watch list as we [...]

Listings syndication to remain controversial By: Andrea Brambila, Thursday, December 22, 2011 Read this article on INMAN News The coming year will see an increased scrutiny of the value of real estate listings syndication; a renewed debate around broker control of listings data and its distribution channels; and a rising demand among consumers and real [...]

By: Luxury Insights December 22, 2011 Point2 has just released a report which analyses the views of listings across their syndication network.   Specifically, they look at where international buyers are looking. Here’s a quick peek at some of their findings: Overall, the most visitors came from Canada, followed by the U.K. and Mexico 33% [...]

By: Tracey Velt, RealTrends Read this article on RealTrends Many real estate professionals have turned towards international buyers in order to drive their business forward. In turn, an exploding niche of real estate professional has emerged that caters to international buyers – from those specializing in Chinese investors in California to Canadian snowbirds in Arizona. [...]

Read this article on REALTOR®Mag Daily Real Estate News | Friday, December 16, 2011 From Chinese investors flocking to California to Canadian snowbirds heading to Arizona, international home buyers are offering a growing niche for more real estate professionals.But which places are international investors targeting in their home search? Point2Homes.com evaluated where buyers from overseas [...]

Written by  Kit Kadlec Read this article on Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine When it comes to international interest in U.S. real estate, the vast majority of it is coming from Canada. Canada-based real estate technology and marketing company Point2 released its third quarter results, showing Canadian traffic generated the highest number of online visits [...]