Milestones Drives Strong Momentum with 513% Increase of Consumers on Platform
AUSTIN, Tex. – Jan. 22, 2024 – Milestones, a leading provider of innovative solutions for homeowner engagement in the real estate and mortgage industries, recently celebrated a phenomenal 513% surge in new consumers on its platform within just one month. This significant growth is attributed to Milestones' recent strides in product advancements and strategic partnerships, purposefully designed to enable companies in the real estate and mortgage sectors to build closer relationships with consumers over the entire home ownership lifecycle and meet them where they are in the dynamic journey of homeownership. Tailor-made for homeowners, whether they are buying, selling, moving, or owning, Milestones hubs serve as a centralized place to help simplify homeownership, offering access to essential documents, home service providers, home improvement suggestions, timely and seasonal home maintenance tasks and reminders, wealth-building insights, and more. With a white-label approach, Milestones assists real estate brokerages, mortgage lenders, title companies, home warranty providers, and insurance companies in being actively involved and guiding their customer's journeys, fostering continuous engagement for repeat business and referrals, as well as driving ancillary products and services to boost revenue. Dustin Gray, CEO of Milestones, expressed his enthusiasm about the progress they are making in homeowner engagement initiatives, stating, "This past year has been incredibly dynamic in the tech sector, laying the groundwork for future innovations. Leading the charge in homeownership, Milestones is looking forward to forging ahead on this journey in collaboration with our customers, unveiling new products in the near future." In 2023, Milestones launched Home Improvements and Virtual Designer, powered by AI, to deliver hyper-relevant tools to homeowners to help achieve their highest return on investment. The company also implemented enhanced integrations to help streamline operations for partners while ensuring a unified consumer experience. Since then, Milestones experienced a 513% increase in new consumers on the platform, driven in part by the strategic expansion of top-producing real estate teams and regional mortgage lenders that led to a 41% increase in customer growth. "These recent offerings represent the beginning of increased demand for those launching Milestones to be first to market to get homeowners on our branded solution. This early reaction to consumers on the platform is bringing praise for what's to come, setting new standards for consumer engagement and industry innovation," said Ashley Terrell-Kayiran, Chief Revenue Officer of Milestones. Learn more about Milestones and talk to Sales here. About Milestones Milestones provides personalized home management portals, referred to as "hubs," that incorporate a variety of tools and resources to assist homeowners throughout the entire homeownership journey, and that are uniquely branded to professionals in the real estate landscape. Whether it's buying, selling, moving, or owning a home, homeowners have access to a wide array of home service providers, insights into home value, and much more. Our solution simplifies the complexities of homeownership, while empowering real estate professionals to stay engaged, educate, and add value for their clients to foster long-term relationships.

HomesUSA.com Debuts 'Breakthrough' Tech Platform for Builders
Automated SpecDeck elevates MLS listings in Houston, San Antonio and Austin Dallas, TX – December 14, 2023 – HomesUSA.com, the No. 1-ranked US brokerage for new home sales, announced the debut of its new, groundbreaking Multiple Listing Service distribution platform for home builders in Houston, Austin and San Antonio, and will also launch in Dallas-Ft. Worth, set for early 2024. Called SpecDeck, its cutting-edge technology empowers builders to replace their in-house MLS listing process. SpecDeck uses strategic automation to create a more streamlined and simpler way for builders to have their listings fully managed, and it's the first time automation has been fully leveraged in the MLS listing process. Most importantly, according to HomesUSA.com, SpecDeck more than pays for itself, generating hundreds of additional dollars in profits on average for every listing when production builders enter all their listings into the platform. Builders who sell more than 100 new homes a year – also known as production builders – continue to struggle in maintaining their MLS home listing data, which is often the core distribution source for other home sales channels, like Zillow, Homes.com, BDX, realtor.com, and other real estate portals. "HomesUSA.com built SpecDeck as a breakthrough MLS listing and data distribution process for builders," said Ben Caballero, founder and CEO of HomesUSA.com and creator of SpecDeck. "Through automation and human verification, SpecDeck manages 52 different automated validations for every new home listing as it advances from the lot stage to construction and completion phases. It's the most accurate, advanced MLS system for builders available today." Now in Beta rollout in three of the largest home building markets in Texas – and the US – SpecDeck is already being embraced by HomesUSA.com's top builder clients. The No.1-ranked real estate agent by transaction sides and dollar volume each year since 2013, Caballero calls SpecDeck "the most important technology advancement for builders" since he debuted his HomesUSA.com service in 2007. Research shows that, depending on the builder and market conditions, HomesUSA.com delivers builders $700 to $1,100 more in profits per listing versus non-clients. "The day of builders trying to manually manage their listings in the MLS needs to end because it is too costly," added Caballero. "Why would a builder waste money on a manual MLS system when they can make money with SpecDeck?" he asked rhetorically. SpecDeck features a modern dashboard, intuitive navigation, an aesthetically pleasing graphical interface, improved speed, and, perhaps most importantly to top builders, strong security. After the builder's data is transferred, SpecDeck manages the entire MLS listing process, keeping all information updated and current to promote new home listings accurately through the MLS and all other sales channels. The three-time Guinness World Records title holder for "Most annual home sale transactions through MLS by an individual sell-side real estate agent," Caballero and his HomesUSA.com brokerage exclusively works with more than 60 builders in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Learn more about HomesUSA.com and SpecDeck online at homesusa.com. About Ben Caballero and HomesUSA.com® Ben Caballero, founder and CEO of HomesUSA.com, is a three-time Guinness World Records title holder for "Most annual home sale transactions through MLS by an individual sell-side real estate agent." Ranked by REAL Trends® as America's top real estate agent for home sales since 2013, Ben is the most productive real estate agent in US history. He is the only individual real estate agent to exceed $3 billion in residential sales transactions in a single year (2022), the first agent to exceed $2 billion (2018, 2019, 2020), and the first agent to exceed $1 billion (2015, 2016, 2017). Ben, an award-winning innovator and technology pioneer, works with more than 60 home builders in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. His podcast series is available on iTunes and Google Podcasts. Learn more at HomesUSA.com | X: @bcaballero and @HomesUSA | Facebook: /HomesUSAdotcom.

LiveEasy Joins LeadingRE's Solutions Group Program
LiveEasy offers a full-service moving and home management concierge platform. CHICAGO – (September 20, 2023) – Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® welcomes LiveEasy to its Solutions Group program. LiveEasy's diverse tools help simplify the moving and home ownership process. By introducing these services, LeadingRE's network of 550 market-leading real estate firms can further support clients during the move process and stay connected afterwards. LiveEasy is an all-encompassing consumer engagement platform crafted to meet the needs of homeowners and renters throughout their rental or homeownership journey while keeping the agent top of mind. LiveEasy provides a single destination for all moving and home management needs, including home insurance, internet and cable, home valuation and equity, home projects, document management, and service reminders. In addition to access to a live concierge, the platform seamlessly integrates into the brokerage's brand and can be personalized by real estate professionals. Through this strategic approach, LiveEasy fosters repeat business, generates referrals, improves ancillary revenue and even spans generational connections. "LiveEasy's end-to-end solution caters to both homeowners and renters, allowing real estate professionals to provide a comprehensive home management experience to their clients, while fostering lasting and meaningful relationships. We are excited to align with LiveEasy and believe they will make a great addition to the Solutions Group program," said LeadingRE Vice President, Sales/Partnerships Jeff Kennedy. LiveEasy CEO Venkatesh Ganapathy adds, "Being invited to join the esteemed ranks of the LeadingRE Solutions Group is a tremendous personal honor and a significant milestone in our company's history. Joining this select group of best-in-class business services aligns LiveEasy with the standards upheld by LeadingRE and recognizes our potential to significantly contribute to the growth and prosperity of their brokerage clients, while supporting homeowners and renters." Learn more about LiveEasy at liveeasy.com. Learn more about Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® at LeadingRE.com. About LiveEasy LiveEasy is a full-service home management platform designed to help the 190 million+ homeowners and renters in the U.S. with all their moving and home management needs. Today, LiveEasy partners with a range of businesses including mortgage, insurance, rental, home services, and the largest real estate brokerages in the country representing more than 150,000 agents. About Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® Chicago-based Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE.com) is a global network of top independent real estate firms, with 550 companies and 138,000 sales associates in over 70 countries. LeadingRE supports its members with powerful connections to other market leaders and access to innovative, performance-driven programs. LeadingRE is also active in commercial real estate, with over 200 firms in 20 countries specializing in the commercial arena.

CoreLogic Expands Accessibility of Data, Analytics and Insights Through Integration with Databricks Marketplace
More than 30 CoreLogic products available through Databricks Lakehouse Apps, enabling industry players to tackle mortgage and insurance challenges with industry-leading analytics capabilities IRVINE, Calif., June 28, 2023 — CoreLogic®, a leader in global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions, has announced its integration with Databricks Marketplace, a move that significantly expands the accessibility of CoreLogic's comprehensive datasets and analytics tools. This strategic collaboration amplifies CoreLogic's commitment to meet clients in their world, in their cloud and within their tech stack, allowing a wider range of real estate, insurance and mortgage professionals to directly incorporate CoreLogic's data and insights into their existing workflows. This results in quicker and more impactful decision-making capabilities and improved business performance. By leveraging CoreLogic's solutions within the Databricks platform, users can easily identify and visualize use cases for each product, highlighting the potential and enhancing their understanding of how data connects to solutions and provides answers. Built natively within the Databricks Lakehouse Apps suite, it serves as a launchpad and enables them to start their journeys as soon as they engage with the product. Existing Databricks clients can now access CoreLogic's comprehensive property data and integrate it with their existing workflows, facilitating a smoother and more efficient analysis process. All of this occurs without the data ever leaving the customer's instance, which brings an uncompromising level of security, privacy and compliance. "This strategic integration with Databricks enables industry professionals to leverage our comprehensive datasets and powerful analytics tools in a streamlined manner. By bringing our property-level insights to the fingertips of data scientists, analysts and decision-makers, we are empowering them to manage risk effectively and unlock new opportunities for growth," said Brian Battaglia, executive, Property Intelligence Solutions for CoreLogic. "Databricks is thrilled to welcome CoreLogic to Databricks Marketplace as a launch partner. As a market leading provider of broad and deep property data, including Climate Risk Analytics, CoreLogic is enabling our mutual customers, and prospects, to derive needle moving, portfolio-centric insights faster than ever before leveraging the power of the Lakehouse," said Michael Hartman, EVP Financial Services at Databricks. CoreLogic's offerings on Databricks Marketplace encompass an extensive array of data and analytics services, including Climate Risk Analytics, MLS listings, real estate analytics, Rent Amount Model, Automated Valuation Models (AVMs), neighborhood characteristics, liens, property characteristics, mortgage transactions and building permits. This rich collection of data allows users to gain a holistic understanding of the property market, enabling them to make well-informed decisions and gain a competitive edge. Brian Battaglia will be speaking at the Data + AI Summit by Databricks on "The Future of Data Sharing and Collaboration: A Perspective from Industry Leaders" panel on Thursday, June 29, at 2:30 p.m. PT. About CoreLogic CoreLogic is a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider. The company's combined data from public, contributory and proprietary sources include over 4.5 billion records spanning more than 50 years, providing detailed coverage of property, mortgages and other encumbrances, consumer credit, tenancy, location, hazard risk and related performance information. The markets CoreLogic serves include real estate and mortgage finance, insurance, capital markets, and the public sector. CoreLogic delivers value to clients through unique data, analytics, workflow technology, advisory and managed services. Clients rely on CoreLogic to help identify and manage growth opportunities, improve performance and mitigate risk. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., CoreLogic operates in North America, Western Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.corelogic.com.

LeadingRE Adds Tongo to Solutions Group Program
Tongo provides a private, flexible business line of credit for agents. CHICAGO – (May 24, 2023) – Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® welcomes Tongo to its Solutions Group program of preferred business resources for its global network of 550 market-leading real estate firms. Tongo specializes in developing liquidity-focused products that assist agents in stabilizing their cash flow. Agents can use this liquidity as working capital, such as funding to invest in staging and marketing homes. Tongo can also be used to bridge financial gaps between closings. "Tongo's innovative products provide agents with the flexibility required to seize opportunities, invest in their businesses, and achieve financial continuity, paving the way for financial success," said LeadingRE Vice President, Sales/Partnerships Jeff Kennedy. "It's important that we align ourselves with companies that hold the utmost level of integrity and professionalism. After working with hundreds of brokerages over the years, I can tell you that LeadingRE and its members are exactly that. Those who are part of the network truly reflect why they are considered as the best in the business. Our team couldn't be more excited to be working closely with the brokers and agents who are at the forefront of the industry," explained Brandon Wright, CEO of Tongo. Learn more about Tongo at gettongo.com/LeadingRE. Learn more about Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® at LeadingRE.com. About Tongo Tongo is a unique financial platform that caters to the specific needs of real estate professionals, providing a low-friction, low-priced, and private solution to align their income and expenses. By addressing the challenges of cyclical, delayed, and volatile income, Tongo empowers professionals to invest in growth and stabilize their personal cash flows between closings. With our innovative product, a line of credit based on future income, agents can freely invest in their businesses and choose when to pay themselves, ensuring greater flexibility and financial control. About Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® Chicago-based Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® (LeadingRE.com) is a global network of top independent real estate firms, with 550 companies and 138,000 sales associates in over 70 countries. LeadingRE supports its members with powerful connections to other market leaders and access to innovative, performance-driven programs. LeadingRE is also active in commercial real estate, with over 200 firms in 20 countries specializing in the commercial arena.

Real estate startup zavvie lands $3.65 million in new funding as consumer change will drive company growth through 2023
BOULDER, Colo. – January 11, 2023 – zavvie, a software technology company providing real estate brokerages customized marketplaces for buying and selling solutions, announced the completion of a $3.65 million funding round led by existing investors, including Second Century Ventures, the startup incubator backed by the National Association of Realtors. Zavvie also announced that Tyler Thompson, Managing Partner at Second Century Ventures, is joining its Board of Directors. Thompson brings more than 15 years of strategic, startup and operational experience to the zavvie Board. The funding round illuminates how consumers have dramatically changed the way they bought and sold homes in 2022, using solutions such as Power Buying (cash offers), Modern Bridge (buy before you sell), Listing Concierge (presale renovations), Instant Sales (iBuyers), and Homeownership Accelerator (rent-to-own). The new funds include $1.5 million in cash and $2.15 million in convertibles. "At zavvie, we believe 2023 will be a breakout year for Power Buying because cash offers will particularly help first-time buyers," said Lane Hornung, zavvie CEO and Co-Founder. "Also poised for explosive growth are two more categories: Listing Concierge or presale renovations, which help consumers sell their homes faster and at a higher sales price, and Homeownership Accelerators. Most renters still want to buy a home, and with a Homeownership Accelerator program, they can rent their starter home today and own it tomorrow," Hornung said. Hornung notes that the massive shift in buyer and seller behavior in 2022 benefited zavvie's business momentum and growth: zavvie increased its total number of brokerage-assisted transactions by more than 400 percent over 2021 transactions, and grew its revenue by more than three times, year-over-year. "As brokerages face shifting real estate markets head on, zavvie is poised for continued growth in 2023 as they need more ways to unlock inventory and increase transactions," Hornung said. "More consumers are embracing a better way to buy and sell a home, and that's why we our best brokerage partners are increasing their business exponentially. We're looking forward to doing more with our newest partners in 2023," Hornung added, noting zavvie recently announced its partnership with Windermere Real Estate to power Windermere Offers. Moreover, in the last year, zavvie's operational nationwide footprint grew in 2022 to nearly 50 states. Agent growth on zavvie powered platforms grew to serve more than 75,000 agents today, and potentially reach more than 400,000 agents through partnership integration. Zavvie recently announced a major integration with MoxiWorks and teamed up with several leading local and regional brokerage firms, including Windermere Real Estate, Kentwood Real Estate - a Berkshire Hathaway Affiliate, Helen Adams Realty, and Crye-Leike Real Estate Services. In addition, a year ago, zavvie expanded its brokerage marketplace, adding buyer services from Divvy Homes, Feeasy, Flyhomes for Agents (now Sailbridge), HALO, Homeward, Knock, Landis, Ribbon, and Super. This year, zavvie joined forces with UpEquity and Revive. "Consumers are driving the real estate industry to change rapidly," said Mike DelPrete, a leading industry analyst. "New buying and selling solutions became more commonplace than ever in 2022, and smart brokerages know that to compete today — and tomorrow — they must offer consumers all the options while keeping their agents at the center of the transaction for any solution a consumer chooses." Hornung also notes that the recent launch of zavvie 2.0 software with its updated dashboard is helping agents streamline assisting their clients, and driving new business because of increased efficiency. He adds, "zavvie 2.0 sets the stage for incredible new software we will launch in 2023." More information about zavvie is available at zavvie.com. About zavvie zavvie is a software technology company that provides real estate brokerages with a marketplace for buying and selling solutions via a white-labeled platform that keeps agents at the center of the transaction. Over 65,000 real estate agents in 47 states leverage zavvie's software technology to serve their clients better. Discover more at zavvie.com.

McEnearney launches new iBuyer and Power Buyer programs by zavvie
"The McEnearney Advantage" offers all selling options to local homeowners Alexandria, VA - Sept 14, 2021 -- Most sellers are unaware of all the possible paths available today to sell their home and need guidance around which direction to take, according to McEnearney Associates. With most homes still selling above asking price, local homeowners are looking at the best way to maximize their investment when it's time to sell. To help, McEnearney Associates, the prominent real estate firm serving the Washington metro region, is launching The McEnearney Advantage, powered by zavvie. Sellers can compare and choose between an instant cash offer from an iBuyer, a buy-before you sell option from a Power Buyer, or list their home on the open market to maximize their sales price and profit. The McEnearney Advantage offers local homeowners "the most ways to sell a home" throughout the metro D.C. area using new technology from zavvie to help agents showcase all selling options while providing trusted guidance to sellers. "Innovative firms are offering homeowners more choices than ever," said David Howell, EVP & CIO of McEnearney Associates. "iBuyers can provide sellers with quick, all-cash offers. Power Buyers can help sellers find their next home before they sell their current one. Or a seller may choose to take a traditional path by listing and selling on the open market. "It all begins online but still includes the assistance of a trusted McEnearney Associate, who can provide the personal guidance and expertise sellers want and need." Howell notes that because homes are still typically selling for more than their list price, homeowners should look at all their options to find the one that's the best fit for them. "We have guided our clients through tens of thousands of real estate transactions throughout the D.C. metro region for over 40 years," Howell said. "We want to make sure our clients have the service excellence, hyperlocal expertise, powerful data insights, innovative technology and cutting-edge marketing to help them make the best possible decisions." With The McEnearney Advantage, homeowners work directly with a McEnearney Associate to determine which sales path makes the most sense for them. For example, an all-cash instant offer from an iBuyer requires properties in good condition and within a limited price range. Working with a Power Buyer to buy their next home before they sell their current one gives sellers more control over their moving timeline. McEnearney Associates also help homeowners sell on the open market — still the most popular choice because it typically results in the highest sales price and the greatest profit. "McEnearney is long renowned for its market leadership and passionate commitment to clients in the Washington Metro Area," said Lane Hornung, zavvie co-founder and CEO. "By creating The McEnearney Advantage, they are once making certain their clients have access to all the latest options for selling their home." Access to The McEnearney Advantage is available through any McEnearney Associate. Learn more here and at McEnearney.com. About McEnearney Associates McEnearney Associates is the prominent real estate firm serving the Washington metro region. A full-service brokerage with over 40 years of success, McEnearney offers seller and buyer representation, property management, commercial representation, and relocation services. Its network of more than 360 Associates in eleven offices represents all areas within the metro region. Globally, McEnearney is part of an exclusive network of 500 of the market-leading real estate firms in the world, hand-selected as the regional luxury affiliate through its global network. This partnership gives McEnearney the ability to connect buyers and sellers around the globe. Learn more at McEnearney.com. About zavvie Zavvie is a brokerage-branded marketplace that connects broker-agents and their clients with Verified Buyers on new ways to buy and sell homes while keeping agents at the center of the transaction. Over 60,000 real estate agents in 47 states leverage zavvie's platform to serve their clients better. zavvie gives modern brokerages and agents all they need to thrive in today's evolving real estate landscape: easy-to-use tools, technology, training, marketing, and strategy. Discover more at zavvie.com.

LeadingRE Adds Ribbon to Solutions Group Program of Preferred Providers
CHICAGO -- June 22, 2021 -- Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® has named Ribbon to its Solutions Group, a collection of preferred business resources for the network of 550 leading independent real estate firms with 150,000 agents. Ribbon offers Cash-powered buying solutions, selling solutions and digital workflow software for agents and their clients to make homeownership achievable, no matter the buyer situation. Ribbon's tools facilitate cash offers, eliminate contingencies, and provide appraisal protection so that closing becomes faster and more secure. Ribbon currently operates in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and is expanding quickly to additional states, including Florida, where agents can sign up for waitlists in Tampa and Orlando. "Ribbon's suite of tools give agents an edge in helping clients achieve successful transactions. Listing agents can receive and compare all offers in one place and easily manage multiple offers. Buyers agents can write cash offers with no contingencies – all things that are powerful advantages in today's competitive market," said LeadingRE Vice President, Sales/Partnerships Jeff Kennedy. Ribbon Co-Founder & CTO Wei Gan welcomes the opportunity to introduce the company's solutions to the LeadingRE network. "At Ribbon, we believe in empowering the real estate ecosystem with the best technology and financial products. We are deeply aligned with LeadingRE's approach to empower the best regional and local brokerages to grow their businesses and help their communities. It is more difficult than ever for agents, brokers, and homebuyers to win the home they love in the face of huge institutional demand competing for homes." "We're thrilled to be part of the LeadingRE community and powering the LeadingRE community with RibbonCash Offers and our technology platform," Gan said. Learn more about Ribbon at ribbonhome.com. Learn more about Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® at LeadingRE.com. About Ribbon Founded in 2017 in New York and Charlotte, Ribbon is on a mission to make homeownership achievable. Ribbon allows everyday families to compete on a level playing field with high net worth individuals and institutional buyers by upgrading their offers to winning RibbonCash Offers. As the leading real estate technology platform, Ribbon empowers agents, brokerages, and lenders to create a world-class experience for home buyers and sellers through powerful financial products and digital workflow software. About Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® is a selective global community of the highest quality independent residential real estate companies, with 550 companies and 150,000 sales associates in 70 countries. Network members generate over 1.3 million transactions annually. LeadingRE exists to make its members better by connecting them to opportunities and people around the globe, supporting them with an international referral network, professional development programs, unique events and connections to people and opportunities worldwide.

iPro Realty Network partners with zavvie to give homeowners more selling solutions
St. George, Utah - May 12, 2021 -- Housing inventory is at record lows, pushing home prices to new highs. Many homeowners are considering selling their homes to take advantage of today's hot real estate market but don't realize there are several options available to them. Everything from the open market, which is generating multiple offers, often over the asking price, to guaranteed all-cash offers, to selling the home quickly and leasing it back for up to a year to immediately free up equity. Where does a local homeowner who is thinking about selling see all their options? Utah-based iPro Realty Network, known for their high integrity and innovative marketing strategies for selling properties, has launched iPro Seller Solutions. Their new zavvie-powered iBuyer and sale-leaseback programs allow Utah home sellers to explore several selling options, deciding for themselves the best solution for their individual situation. With six offices strategically located throughout Utah and nearly 450 professional Realtors, iPro Realty Network now delivers "all the choices to sell" to local homeowners. "Our new iPro Seller Solutions add to the robust benefits we already offer our real estate clients, including our all-inclusive set-up service (that saves our clients substantial time and money when moving) and our Powerhouse Marketing system," states Principal Broker and Founder, Bill Telford. "Clients make their best decisions when a professional agent walks them through all available options, so they fully understand the pluses and minuses of each choice. All solutions are centralized in one report to the homeowner," continues Telford. Homeowners can choose between bona fide all-cash offers from iBuyers, sale-leaseback options from bridge providers, or select a traditional home sale listing. Most homeowners will choose to list and sell their homes on the open market with an iPro Realty Network agent. "Homeowners will get the highest sales price and largest return on their investment when they list their home on the open market," notes Telford. Lane Hornung, zavvie co-founder and CEO, adds that iPro Realty Network agents can now offer unique benefits for Utah homeowners. "iPro Seller Solutions is something local homeowners can only get from an iPro Realty Network agent," Hornung said. "Only they can deliver sellers the most options to sell their home, along with agents who offer the highest levels of integrity and customer service, which is iPro Realty's center of excellence." To learn more, contact an iPro Realty Network agent at iProRealtyNetwork.com. About iPro Realty Network Utah-based iPro Realty Network is an integrity-based full-service Real Estate company strategically located throughout Utah, with offices in Salt Lake City, Cedar City, Clearfield, Orem, Midway, and St. George. Known for creating an environment and culture with the highest integrity and customer service levels, iPro Realty Network real estate agents and their clients benefit from its value-driven culture and cutting-edge technology. Ranked by REAL Trends in the Top 0.5% of all brokerages in the US, last year, iPro Realty closed more than 2,800 sales transactions and a total sales volume of nearly $1 billion. One of the fastest-growing real estate brokerages nationally with over 425 agents, iPro Realty Network was launched in 2012. Learn more at iProRealtyNetwork.com. About zavvie zavvie brings together leading brokerages and innovative Verified Buyers to offer a modern, one-button digital experience for home sellers. Over 60,000 real estate agents in 47 states leverage zavvie's platform to serve their clients better. As the first end-to-end real estate brokerage platform offering a full spectrum of selling solutions, zavvie gives modern brokerages and agents all they need to thrive in today's evolving real estate landscape: easy-to-use tools, technology, training, marketing, and strategy. Discover more at zavvie.com.

Danberry Teams with zavvie to show local homeowners newest ways to sell
Toledo, OH - March 23, 2021 -- Today's hot housing market continues to pressure housing inventory, which is at record lows. Homeowners looking to sell have the advantage in the marketplace, but they may not realize there are more ways to sell your home than ever before. iBuyers are making instant, all-cash offers, ideal for sellers who don't want the hassle and wish to close fast. New buy-before-you-sell firms let other sellers buy and move into their new home before they have to sell and move out of their current one. But where does someone thinking about selling their home start? Danberry Realtors®, launched in 1962 and the market leader in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan, helps local homeowners explore all their selling options with its new zavvie-powered iBuyer and buy-before-you-sell program. Danberry Realtors® Instant Offers delivers "all the choices to sell" for local homeowners in Danberry communities, including Bowling Green, Findlay, Holland, Lambertville/Temperance, Maumee, Monclova, Monroe, Oregon, Ottawa Hills, Perrysburg, Rossford, Sylvania, Toledo, Waterville, Woodville and Whitehouse. This new program empowers homeowners to take advantage of the hottest sales market in decades. Keeping real estate agents at the center of every sales transaction, Danberry Realtors® Instant Offers centralizes all the newest selling choices in one place for homeowners. Danberry Realtors® Instant Offers features all-cash offers from iBuyers and the hottest new solutions for sellers, a buy-before-you-sell option from bridge providers, and a traditional home sale listing. "Any homeowner thinking about selling can get started with a push of a button," said Dan McQuillen, Broker-Owner of The Danberry Co. Realtors®. "The best decisions can be made when a client can see all available options and understand the pros and cons of each with the guidance of a trusted agent." Powered by zavvie, Danberry Realtors® Instant Offers gives sellers the ability to compare different sales options. Homeowners with properties in good condition and within a targeted price range can select an all-cash instant offer from an iBuyer. Homeowners who want more time to get their home ready to sell can choose a modern bridge program, which allows them to buy their next home before selling their current one. Homeowners also can work with a Danberry agent to list and sell their homes on the open market. "It's by far the most popular choice because that's how most homeowners will get the highest sales price and largest return on their investment," said McQuillen. Lane Hornung, zavvie co-founder and CEO, notes Danberry offers Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan homeowners something they can only get from a Danberry agent. "By providing all the newest options available to sell a home, Danberry agents can deliver sellers the most options, along with exceptional personalized service, which is the hallmark of its success." To learn more, contact a Danberry agent at Danberry.com. About Danberry Realtors The Danberry Co., Realtors®, was launched in 1962 as a new venture of the Danberry Insurance Co. Over nearly five decades, Danberry went from the leader in Toledo real estate to the dominant market leader in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. Danberry has doubled its sales volume in the last five years and last year exceeded $1 billion in total sales, a new record. The Danberry Company is making a positive difference in helping children and families in need throughout Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan through its Danberry Treasure Chest, administered by the ProMedica Russell J. Ebeid Children's Hospital Foundation. In 25 years, Danberry has raised $1.4 million and provided support to more than 1,000 local families. Learn more at danberry.com. About zavvie zavvie brings together leading brokerages and innovative Verified Buyers to offer a modern, one-button digital experience for home sellers. Over 60,000 real estate agents in 47 states leverage zavvie's platform to serve their clients better. As the first end-to-end real estate brokerage platform offering a full spectrum of selling solutions, zavvie gives modern brokerages and agents all they need to thrive in today's evolving real estate landscape: easy-to-use tools, technology, training, marketing, and strategy. Discover more at zavvie.com.

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eXp Realty Launches New Home-buying and Selling Instant Offer Platform
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Oct. 3, 2019 -- eXp Realty, The Real Estate Cloud Brokerage and a subsidiary of eXp World Holdings, Inc., today launched Express Offers, its new home-buying and selling platform for U.S. eXp Realty agents and their clients. Express Offers allows eXp Realty agents to submit homes on behalf of their clients to a number of institutional buyers who are interested in purchasing homes in a particular local market. This gives sellers another option to sell their home quickly without the hassle of showings, staging and uncertainty. For home sellers, properties may qualify to be submitted to more than one buyer, yielding multiple cash offers. Express Offers ensures a real estate agent is part of the transaction. eXp Realty agents are required to take a training program to become certified on the Express Offers platform. When a home seller expresses interest in selling their home with Express Offers, they will be matched with a certified eXp Realty agent and receive a thorough disclosure that walks them through every detail of the process. "Express Offers was designed with the agent in mind and will disrupt an industry still in its infancy. We believe it is the most agent-centric instant offer platform because agents remain at the heart of every transaction as well as have additional opportunities to engage with home sellers," said Ted Laatz, Vice President, Affiliated Services, eXp World Holdings. "eXp agents also can introduce new institutional buyers to the Express Offers platform and earn a percentage of the transaction fee each time that buyer successfully closes a deal." Express Offers currently is available in California with plans to open in 10 more states by year end. About eXp Realty eXp Realty is an eXp World Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPI) company. eXp World Holdings also houses eXp World Technologies, LLC, which operates the VirBELA platform. eXp Realty, The Real Estate Cloud Brokerage, is the largest residential real estate brokerage by geography in North America. It is one of the fastest growing real estate brokerage firms in North America with more than 23,000 agents across 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and six Canadian provinces. The company recently announced expansion into the United Kingdom and Australia. As a subsidiary of a publicly traded company, eXp Realty uniquely offers real estate professionals within its ranks opportunities to earn eXp World Holdings stock for production and contributions to overall company growth. VirBELA offers a modern, cloud-based environment focused on education and team development with clients in various industries from government to retail. VirBELA developed eXp Realty's current cloud campus, which provides 24/7 access to collaborative tools, training and socialization for the company's agents and staff. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.expworldholdings.com.

Keller Williams Latest Kelle Skill Taps Nextdoor's Insights to Empower Agents
Clients four times more likely to stay on Kelle Market Snap landing pages fed by neighborhood insights AUSTIN, Texas--Keller Williams (KW), the world's largest real estate franchise by agent count and the U.S. leader in units and sales volume, announces its data insights partnership with Nextdoor has been a key value driver of recent engagement with KW's Kelle Market Snaps artificial intelligence skill. "Nextdoor has created and continues to collect a trove of hyperlocal insights sourced from people that live in over 180,000 neighborhoods," said Neil Dholakia, chief product officer, Keller Williams. "Through our exclusive partnership, we are combining these insights with our robust real estate data set, the industry's largest, to empower agents to strengthen their local market expertise." "Kelle, our proprietary artificial intelligence-based personal assistant, makes it all easier by providing a simple voice interface for agents to access and share this data," said Dholakia. A Kelle Market Snap blends neighborhood boundary data from Nextdoor with the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) to deliver real-time, hyperlocal market reports. Agents can access a neighborhood's number of active listings, median home price, days on market and more and share it - 'in a snap'. The Kelle Market Snaps skill rolled out to agents in the U.S. and Canada on June 7, 2018 via Kelle. Since launching in mid-February, the Kelle mobile app has racked up more than 130,000 downloads. Keller Williams has found that a client is four times more likely to stay on a Kelle Market Snap web page link when an agent sends market information that leverages Nextdoor-driven neighborhood boundary insights versus a zip or postal code-based Market Snap. More information on Kelle Snap web pages is available upon request. Partnership Momentum In February of 2018, Keller Williams first announced that it was leveraging insights from Nextdoor as part of its holistic efforts to give consumers a better and more intuitive agent-driven home-buying experience. "From the very beginning, some of the most popular neighborhood conversations on Nextdoor have been about homes for sale and the local real estate market," said Lauren Nemeth, Chief Revenue Officer, Nextdoor. "This partnership not only puts Nextdoor's unique hyper-local insights at the fingertips of Keller Williams agents but also provides a natural way for agents to provide true value for neighbors by engaging in real-time neighborhood chatter on real estate through our neighborhood sponsorship program," said Nemeth. As part of the partnership, Keller Williams agents receive a free business page and can feature their listings on Nextdoor. Keller Williams agents are also encouraged to sponsor a neighborhood ZIP code, through Nextdoor's Neighborhood Sponsorship program, which positions agents as the local expert and helps them stay abreast of local neighborhood happenings and trends. Recently, Nextdoor announced a new Neighborhood Sponsorship feature that allows agents to promote their listings, share market trends and direct conversations within the neighborhood. Keller Williams agents not yet on Nextdoor can sign up at realestate.nextdoor.com. Kelle and Kelle Market Snaps Skill Momentum "Clients care about what the people in a neighborhood think about their neighborhood," said Dholakia. "And, by providing these hyper local insights, Keller Williams agents become not only the local expert but also a trusted advisor." To date, 579,905 Kelle Market Snaps have been created and shared with clients. Screenshots of Kelle Market Snaps are available. "We strive to put the best data in front of our agents; as such, we are adding new sources of data and leveraging artificial intelligence to discover new insights, all to create a leading advantage for our agents," said Dholakia. In Q4 '18, Keller Williams' agents will be able to tailor their Kelle Market Snap stats to the level of data they want to emphasize, from a given neighborhood, zip code, and real estate office to an agent- and team-specific area of operations. Kelle won the "Best Real Estate Technology of 2018" award from Inman News in July 2018. The real estate franchise has released many Kelle features and benefits YTD. Details are available online. About Keller Williams Austin, Texas-based Keller Williams, the world's largest real estate franchise by agent count, has more than 975 offices and 186,000 associates. The franchise is also No. 1 in units and sales volume in the United States. In 2015, Keller Williams began its evolution into a technology company, now building the real estate platform that agents' buyers and sellers prefer. Since 1983, the company has cultivated an agent-centric, technology-driven, and education-based culture that rewards agents as stakeholders. For more information, visit kw.com. About Nextdoor.com, Inc. Nextdoor is the free and private social network for neighborhoods available on Web, iOS, and Android. On Nextdoor, neighbors create private online communities where they get to know one another, ask questions, and exchange advice and recommendations. More than 180,000 neighborhoods across the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands are using Nextdoor to build stronger and safer places to call home.

eXp Realty Continues to Invest in Proprietary Technology for Agents
SEATTLE — Nov. 1, 2017 — eXp Realty, LLC, a subsidiary of eXp World Holdings, Inc., the agent-owned cloud brokerage®, today announced new tools as part of its continuing investment in proprietary technology for real estate professionals. It's a New World As eXp Realty grows, the place where our agents communicate, collaborate and have fun needs to grow right along with it. The company recently launched a new version of its cloud-based office "eXp World." It includes creative elements as well as performance, stability and usability improvements. After a long day in the virtual office, agents can take one of the new speed boats out for a spin. Based on feedback, many agents say they want to work alongside others instead of by themselves in eXp World. A popular workplace trend is a shared, community workspace. To that end, eXp Realty is testing a shared working environment where users can build community and collaborate in a team room. eXp World MobileWork Anywhere, Anytime Real estate agents are inherently mobile and eXp Realty allows them to work anywhere, anytime through eXp World and its new mobile app. eXp World Mobile gives agents the convenience and flexibility to audibly join eXp World meeting rooms from anywhere. This app is perfect for helping on-the-go agents participate in trainings and events, along with company and team meetings from nearly anywhere. Match Agents to Powerful Solutions eXp Realty provides agents with the best tools and services to grow their business. eXp has a proprietary platform called eXp Enterprise that manages all of the company's critical processes and information. It gives eXp agents autonomy and greater visibility into data that's crucial to their real-time needs. A new dashboard in eXp Enterprise provides agents a quick view into their important business metrics such as production, transactions, commissions and capping status. "eXp Realty believes in constant innovation to provide the best technology tools and services for agents to help them manage and grow their business," said Scott Petronis, chief product and technology officer at eXp Realty. "We built eXp Enterprise with the entrepreneurial agent in mind. Agents can access their data when they want and how they want. eXp World offers a unique cloud technology solution that allows agents to gain instant, live support from eXp's agent services, technology and finance experts from wherever an agent or team is located." About eXp Realty eXp Realty, LLC, a subsidiary of eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI), is the Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage®. eXp Realty (exprealty.com) is changing the way that agents, brokers and consumers work together in an adaptive, sustainable environment. It is an agent-designed and agent-owned company. As the leading, national, cloud-based real estate brokerage, eXp Realty provides 24/7 access to collaborative tools, training and socialization for real estate brokers and agents through its 3-D, fully-immersive, cloud office environment. It is one of the fastest growing real estate brokerage firms in North America with more than 5,000 agents in 44 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and the provinces of Alberta and Ontario, Canada. As a publicly traded company, eXp World Holdings, Inc. uniquely offers real estate professionals within its ranks opportunities to earn company stock for production and contributions to overall company growth. For more information, please visit the company's websites at expworldholdings.com and exprealty.com.

Coldwell Banker Real Estate Builds New Skill for Amazon Alexa to Showcase Property Listings and Connect Consumers with Local Agents
Coldwell Banker pursues voice control as the Echo Dot joins the Smart Home Staging Kit Madison, N.J. 06-06-2017 — Amazon Alexa users are one step closer to finding the home of their dreams. Today, Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC is announcing its first Skill for Amazon Alexa. By prompting Amazon's voice assistant with "Alexa, Ask Coldwell Banker for the Home of the Week," users will hear a one-minute description of a featured Coldwell Banker listing and can be connected to their local Coldwell Banker office. In January, a Coldwell Banker consumer survey found that 72 percent of Americans with smart home products want voice control, which prompted development of the Coldwell Banker Skill for Amazon Alexa and the addition of the Echo Dot to the Smart Home Staging Kit. The kit, available at smarthomestaging.com, is a curated slate of smart home products that meet the Coldwell Banker / CNET Smart Home definition. The kit easily and affordably turns any home into a smart home through smart lighting, smart temperature controls as well as smart security locks and cameras. The Echo Dot joins products from August, Lutron and Nest in the kit. Now homeowners and agents showing smart homes can control the house's core functions through simple voice commands. "As the real estate leader in smart home Coldwell Banker is focusing on what's resonating with our network and consumers, voice control," said David Marine, senior vice president marketing for Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. "By developing our first Alexa Skill, Coldwell Banker is deepening the connection between consumers and our agent network." "The Home of the Week skill provides agents with a new and modern way to showcase their most prominent listings," said Jade Mills, global luxury ambassador and estates director for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Beverly Hills, CA. "Not only does it provide users with a look into the most luxurious homes, the skill also connects users to their local Coldwell Banker office, opening a new line of contact between potential clients and agents." "Consumer demand for homes with smart technology has been rising exponentially," said Danny Hertzberg, sales associate of The Jills® for Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate in Miami, FL. "The Home of the Week Skill and addition of the Echo Dot to the Smart Home Staging Kit proves that Coldwell Banker is keeping a pulse on what homebuyers want and providing agents with the tools needed to help buyers transform their homes into smart homes." "We're always looking to bring Alexa to customers in new ways, and we think having Echo Dot in the Smart Home Staging Kit will provide a delightful experience for home buyers and real estate agents. With the introduction of the Echo Dot to the Coldwell Banker network, even more customers can experience the convenience and ease of Alexa," said Daniel Rausch, vice president for Amazon Smart Home. The Coldwell Banker Skill for Amazon Alexa is an extension of the Coldwell Banker Home of the Week video series. The Home of the Week series currently profiles one active Coldwell Banker listing per week in a video that takes viewers on a tour of a breathtaking home. The first Home of the Week listing featured on the Skill will be 1006 Laurel Way in Beverly Hills, listed for $34.9 million by Jade Mills, global luxury ambassador and estates director for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Beverly Hills, CA. The Coldwell Banker Skill for Amazon Alexa will provide an interactive narration of the same Home of the Week listing and will provide users with more information on the listing. Users will also receive contact information for their nearest Coldwell Banker office via the Alexa app. The Home of the Week Skill will be listed under the Business & Finance category. Coldwell Banker recently surveyed nearly 1,000 Coldwell Banker real estate professionals to gauge their opinions on smart home technology and learn more about home buyer demand for smart home technology. Seventy-nine (79) percent of respondents report that home buyers are interested in smart home technology, underscoring growing demand for voice controlled assistants and other smart home devices. About Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC Since 1906, the Coldwell Banker® organization has been a premier provider of full-service residential and commercial real estate brokerage services. Coldwell Banker Real Estate is the oldest national real estate brand and franchisor in the United States, and today has a global network of 3,000 independently owned and operated franchised broker offices in 49 countries and territories with more than 88,000 affiliated sales professionals. The Coldwell Banker brand is known for creating innovative consumer services as recently seen by taking a leadership role in the smart home space, being the first national real estate brand with an iPad app, the first to augment its website www.coldwellbanker.com for smart phones, the first to create an iPhone application with international listings, the first to develop an iPad application (CBx) to easily bring big data into home listing presentations, and the first to fully harness the power of video in real estate listings, news and information through its Coldwell Banker On LocationSM YouTube channel. Coldwell Banker is a leader in niche markets such as resort, new homes and luxury properties through its Coldwell Banker Previews International® marketing program delivering exceptional experiences for all consumers served.

Second Century Ventures Accepting Applications for 2017 REach Accelerator Class
  CHICAGO (December 1, 2016) - Second Century Ventures, the National Association of Realtors®' strategic investment arm, is accepting applications for its 2017 REach® accelerator class now through January 31, 2017 at www.narreach.com. REach offers education, mentorship and exposure for technology companies to enter into the real estate market, advance their businesses and expand into adjacent markets such as insurance, mortgage and financial services. The program accepts organizations in later growth stages, not just early-stage companies. The nine-month program provides a unique opportunity for technology companies to get intense exposure into real estate, a market that represents more than $1 trillion in revenue, consists of more than 100,000 small- and medium-sized businesses and generates more than $12.5 billion in annual advertising spend in the U.S. The program has attracted technology startups of all types, ranging from big data and marketing automation to business productivity and lead generation companies. Previous REach classes included a company that raised $50 million before entering the program and another with a revenue run rate greater than $10 million, along with graduates from other accelerator programs - including Y Combinator - and those backed by prominent investors in the venture community, such as Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer, Madrona and Maveron. Benefits of participating in the REach program are abundant. Some include: Mentorship from 300-plus real estate and technology thought leaders and executives from major real estate brands and brokerages, real estate technology companies and venture capitalists.  Participating organizations meet on average with 50-plus of these advisors for 30-minute one-on-one sessions throughout the program. Access to NAR's Insight Panel, a group of more than 5,000 real estate practitioners who provide feedback on user experience, product viability and pricing. This guidance has proven vital to many companies' success. Education on how to navigate the trillion-dollar real estate industry with the backing of the largest trade association and NAR's $5 billion brand. "By leveraging NAR's network and brand, SCV aims to help REach accelerator companies better define their business and find their value in the real estate industry," said NAR President William E. Brown, a Realtor® from Alamo, California and founder of Investment Properties, a division of his family real estate business. "REach also brings great benefits to NAR and its members because of the equity in and access to the latest and greatest technology and innovations that are helping change the face of our industry." Companies that have participated in past REach classes show impressive results: In aggregate, the companies have raised almost more than $60 million of follow-on financing Revenue, customer and/or user growth rates from 50 percent to over 5,000 percent Key partnerships with major companies, including Coldwell Banker, Keller Williams, RE/MAX, Century 21, Realty Executives, realtor.com® and Facebook "Our participation in REach helped us grow from a nascent startup into a nationally recognized brand," said Andrew Flachner, CEO and co-founder of RealScout, and a 2016 REach graduate. "The mentorship, connections and platform contributed towards 1,000 percent growth in customer accounts, as well as additional funding." The early application deadline is December 20, 2016. Companies selected early into the program are given the opportunity to kick-start their entry into the marketplace. The final deadline for applications is January 31, 2017. Companies will be selected by the end of February 2017, with the nine-month program kicking off at the end of March and running through November 2017.  For more information about REach or to submit an application, visit www.narreach.com. Second Century Ventures (SCV) is an early-stage technology fund, backed by the National Association of Realtors®, which leverages the association's 1.2 million members and an unparalleled network of executives within real estate and adjacent industries.  SCV systematically launches its portfolio companies into the world's largest industries including real estate, financial services, banking, home services, and insurance. SCV seeks to define and deliver the future of the world's largest industries by being a catalyst for new technologies, new opportunities, and new talent. REach is a unique strategic accelerator created by Second Century Ventures, the investment arm of the National Association of Realtors®, which helps technology companies launch into the real estate vertical and its adjacent markets. REach is a 9-month program that provides education, mentorship and market exposure to help its portfolio companies access the trillion-dollar real estate market and leverage NAR's strategic expertise. REach accepts fewer than a dozen companies each year to access one of the world's largest industries. The National Association of Realtors®, "The Voice for Real Estate," is America's largest trade association, representing more than 1.2 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

Realogy Announces Formation of ZapLabs As Innovation and Technology Hub
EMERYVILLE, Calif. and MADISON, N.J. 06-16-2016 — Global real estate leader Realogy Holdings Corp. today announced the formation of ZapLabs LLC as the company's innovation and technology hub. Formerly operated as ZipRealty's technology development group, the company's new positioning as ZapLabs more clearly identifies its focus on accelerating change within the real estate industry, and also distinguishes it from the existing ZipRealty residential real estate brokerage operations that will continue to be operated under that name by Realogy.Realogy acquired ZipRealty in August 2014, including its company-owned brokerage offices and technology development operations. The company's flagship technology platform, Zap®, has since become a key differentiator for Realogy's franchise brands. Going forward, ZapLabs will expand the scope of its technology development efforts to encompass all of Realogy's business segments. Headquartered in Emeryville, California, ZapLabs is well-positioned to build on its technical expertise and continue to foster a culture of innovation among its employees who deliver intuitive solutions that add real value to the experience of buying, selling and owning a home. Quotes: "Our new branding as ZapLabs reflects our accelerated drive to innovate, create and bring transformation to the business of real estate. More than 48,000 real estate agents affiliated with a Realogy brand are already using Zap, our flagship technology solution, and that is just the beginning. Every day we continue to deliver the Zap ecosystem deeper into Realogy's franchise networks – and we are passionate about developing new technologies that have the power to transform the consumer experience." – Jamie Wilson, President and CEO, ZapLabs "We are all about creating meaningful and effective technology solutions for affiliated brokers and agents so they can offer a cutting-edge experience for the online consumer, and our new company name reflects that mission. We will always be proud of our founding DNA as a real estate brokerage." – Jake Lyman, Chief Product Operations Officer, ZapLabs "It's important for Realogy to have its technology development hub located in the heart of tech innovation – the San Francisco Bay Area. While ZapLabs is currently focused on the successful rollout of the Zap platform across our franchise brands, eventually it will focus its creative energy on the application of emerging technologies more broadly." – Richard A. Smith, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Realogy Holdings Corp. "ZapLabs serves as a supercharged engine for technology and innovation at Realogy. These talented individuals are above all, problem-solvers and innovators, and we look forward to their exciting, new contributions in the future." – Alex Perriello, President and Chief Executive Officer, Realogy Franchise Group The Zap® Platform: The proprietary Zap platform is the highlight of ZapLabs' technology offerings and, year-to-date, Zap has been rolled out to over 880 Realogy brand-affiliated brokerages and over 48,000 sales associates across the nation. The fully integrated Zap platform currently includes: Zap broker and agent websites Zap Customer Relationship Management Tool (ZapCRM) Zap Mobile CRM (iOS and Android) Zap Mobile app (iOS and Android for consumers) ZapLeads, a search-engine marketing (SEM) program for lead generation ZapStore, a first-of-its-kind real estate appstore of third-party technology providers Connect With Us: Visit the new zaplabs.com website to learn more about the company's solutions. You can also connect with ZapLabs on Twitter (@zap_labs). About ZapLabs LLC ZapLabs is the innovation and technology hub for global real estate leader Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY), and the driving force behind inventive technology for brokers and agents affiliated with Realogy's world renowned real estate brands. ZapLabs delivers its highly effective consumer, sales associate and broker solutions in support of Realogy's leading franchise brands and is positioned to expand the scope of its technology development efforts to encompass Realogy's other business segments, including residential brokerage, relocation and settlement services. ZapLabs is headquartered in Emeryville, California. About Realogy Holdings Corp. Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY) is a global leader in residential real estate franchising and brokerage with many of the best-known industry brands including Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, CENTURY 21®, Coldwell Banker®, Coldwell Banker Commercial®, The Corcoran Group®, ERA®, Sotheby's International Realty® and ZipRealty®. Collectively, Realogy's franchise system members operate approximately 13,600 offices with more than 257,200 independent sales associates conducting business in 110 countries and territories around the world.  NRT LLC, Realogy's company-owned real estate brokerage, is the largest residential brokerage company in the United States, operates under several of Realogy's brands and also provides related residential real estate services. Realogy also owns Cartus, a prominent worldwide provider of relocation services to corporate and affinity clients, Title Resource Group (TRG), a leading provider of title, settlement and underwriting services and ZapLabs, its innovation and technology development subsidiary.  Realogy is headquartered in Madison, New Jersey.

Coldwell Banker Real Estate and CNET Define "The Smart Home"
MADISON, N.J., May 10, 2016 -- Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC, the original Silicon Valley real estate start-up founded in 1906, in collaboration with CNET, the world's largest and most trusted online source of consumer technology news and reviews, announced today a joint definition of the term "smart home." The definition is the first of its kind in the real estate industry and will help sales associates, as well as home buyers and sellers, accurately identify smart homes. The definition will provide a clear and unified designation to keep up with rapidly evolving technology in the home. Property listings that meet the definition will be identified with a smart home icon on coldwellbanker.com. The full smart home definition is below: Smart Home: A home that is equipped with network-connected products (i.e., "smart products," connected via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or similar protocols) for controlling, automating and optimizing functions such as temperature, lighting, security, safety or entertainment, either remotely by a phone, tablet, computer or a separate system within the home itself. In order to be categorized as a smart home, the property must have a smart security feature that either controls access or monitors the property or a smart temperature feature, in addition to a reliable Internet connection. It must also include at least two additional features from this list: Appliances (smart refrigerators and smart washer / dryers) Entertainment (smart TVs and TV streaming services) Heating / Cooling (smart HVAC system, smart fans or vents) Lighting (smart light bulbs and lighting systems) Outdoors (smart plant sensors and watering systems) Safety (smart fire / carbon monoxide detectors and nightlights) Security (smart locks, smart alarm systems or cameras) Temperature (smart thermostats) Must Have Must Have At Least Three*One of the categories must be security or temperature "With close to five million homes bought and sold in the U.S. each year, it is imperative that there are standardized guidelines for identifying smart homes on the market," said Sean Blankenship, chief marketing officer of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. "The new smart home definition will allow our network of independent sales associates to educate their home buyers and sellers regarding what defines a smart home and how the technology is making our lives more comfortable and convenient. We worked with CNET and tapped into the findings of their smart home testing facility in order to create a definition that is easy to understand and representative of the best smart home technology." As demand for smart homes steadily increases, a consistent and clear definition is crucial. The technology experts from CNET and the real estate professionals from Coldwell Banker Real Estate worked together to create a definition that captures the complexities of the rapidly evolving technology landscape and provides clarity for a mass audience. This definition is part of the Coldwell Banker Real Estate initiative to embrace smart home technology through an agent education program, a dedicated online search tool to help home buyers find smart homes, research with CNET and sponsorship of the Smart Home Marketplace at CES. "Eighty-seven (87) percent of Americans acknowledge the value of smart home technology, but only one in four has this technology in their homes," said Lindsey Turrentine, editor-in-chief of CNET.com. "The term 'smart home' can be intimidating and overwhelming. We want to make it easy for everyone to better understand what a smart home is, in order to simplify the process in helping them choose the right devices for their homes. Smart home technology today is fragmented, much like the PC industry 15 years ago. An official smart home definition for consumers and real estate agents will provide clarity and credibility to the term." To learn more and to find smart homes near you, visit coldwellbanker.com/smart-home. About Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC Since 1906, the Coldwell Banker® organization has been a premier provider of full-service residential and commercial real estate brokerage services. Coldwell Banker Real Estate is the oldest national real estate brand and franchisor in the United States, and today has a global network of approximately 3,000 independently owned and operated franchised broker offices in 47 countries and territories with almost 85,000 affiliated sales professionals. The Coldwell Banker brand is known for creating innovative consumer services as recently seen by taking a leadership role in the smart home space, being the first national real estate brand with an iPad app, the first to augment its website www.coldwellbanker.com for smart phones, the first to create an iPhone application with international listings, the first to develop an iPad application (CBx) to easily bring big data into home listing presentations, and the first to fully harness the power of video in real estate listings, news and information through its Coldwell Banker On LocationSM YouTube channel. Coldwell Banker is a leader in niche markets such as resort, new homes and luxury properties through its Coldwell Banker Previews International® marketing program delivering exceptional experiences for all consumers served.

Zillow Launches Mortgage Pre-Approval Tool for Home Shoppers
SEATTLE, March 19, 2014 -- Zillow, Inc., the leading real estate marketplace, today announced the launch of Mortgage Pre-Approval on Zillow®, a new tool that enables home shoppers on Zillow to get pre-approved for a mortgage quickly and easily. Zillow is the first and only home shopping resource where consumers can find a reputable lender, who has been rated and reviewed by other borrowers, to issue them a pre-approval letter in as little as a few minutes. Mortgage Pre-Approval on Zillow is an important tool home buyers can use to gain an edge over the competition when shopping for a home. This is especially important heading in to the home shopping season, as inventory remains tight in many markets across the country. Getting pre-approved for a mortgage demonstrates to real estate agents and sellers that a buyer is motivated, credit-worthy, and able to act fast. "In today's competitive real estate market, getting pre-approved for a mortgage can mean the difference between getting the home that's right for you, or losing it to some other buyer," said Erin Lantz, senior director of mortgages for Zillow. "Until now, getting pre-approved was a daunting and time-intensive process. Mortgage Pre-Approval on Zillow makes it significantly easier for home shoppers, who can fill out one short online questionnaire, and get a pre-approval letter within minutes." Zillow has made mortgage pre-approval simple for users, by providing a safe, secure and easy online process. To begin, a borrower completes a short online questionnaire which asks for information including income, credit score, and monthly debt. They receive an estimated pre-approval amount, and can then continue the process by filling in their name, email address, and phone number. A lender is able to review a borrower's inquiry immediately, pull the borrower's credit score at their request, and if the borrower meets the lender's guidelines, send them a pre-approval letter they can email or print. About Zillow, Inc. Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) operates the leading real estate and home-related marketplaces on mobile and the Web, with a complementary portfolio of brands and products that help people find vital information about homes, and connect with the best local professionals. Zillow's brands serve the full life cycle of owning and living in a home: buying, selling, renting, financing, remodeling and more. In addition, Zillow offers a suite of tools and services to help local real estate, mortgage, rental and home improvement professionals manage and market their businesses. Welcoming nearly 70 million unique users in January 2014, the Zillow, Inc. portfolio includes Zillow.com®, Zillow Mobile, Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, Zillow Rentals, Zillow Digs™, Postlets®, Diverse Solutions®, Agentfolio®, Mortech®, HotPads™ and StreetEasy®. The company is headquartered in Seattle.

Midwest Real Estate Data's Hunger for Innovative Technology Is No Game
LISLE, IL--(Mar 22, 2012) - Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), the Chicagoland multiple listing service, announced that Chris Lambrou, MRED Director of Special Projects, has been named a finalist in two categories of the SearchCIO-Midmarket.com (SearchCIO) 2012 Information Technology Leadership Awards. SearchCIO is the premier source for midmarket-specific technology resources designed to help IT leaders keep pace with the ever-changing demands of managing IT at fast-growing midsized enterprises. SearchCIO's 2012 IT Leadership Awards recognize the most innovative CIOs. They received almost 500 nominations from across the country, which have been whittled down to 13 finalists. Nominees have been awarded points on a scale of 1 to 10 for cultural innovation, technological advancement, business harmonization, green IT and customer experience. Winners will be announced in April. Mr. Lambrou has been named a finalist in: (1) Customer Experience/Integration category, which is given to a leader who has made strides in building customer relationships and enhancing the experience of the external customer; and (2) in the Outstanding Midmarket IT Leader of the Year Award, which is given to a professional whose excellent leadership qualities demonstrate achievement on many levels, including several if not all of the award categories, and who made a substantial business impact to a business or industry. Mr. Lambrou was recognized for his contribution to the customer via real estate technology applications that assist in Fannie Mae short sale situations using MRED's Short Sale Assistance Desk. He has also developed a popular social media app called the Share My Listings widget that provides MRED real estate professionals the ability to easily market themselves and establish relationships on the social web. The Short Sale Assistance Desk has been utilized in over 200 short sale transactions nationally. Over 130,000 consumers have viewed reports generated by the Share My Listings widget. "Any awards MRED receives are considered team awards by our staff members," said Lambrou. "It is great to see our efforts being recognized by the IT community at SearchCIO. The customer experience is an intricate part of my DNA and what we strive so hard for here at MRED. I'm honored and proud for my teammates and our leadership as we continue to work on the perfect marriage of technology helping people." "We are very proud of the high quality staff we have at MRED," said MRED CEO Russ Bergeron. "Chris's recognition is well deserved and fits with our mission at MRED to provide the best and most innovative technology to our customers." About MRED Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) is the real estate data aggregator and distributor providing the Chicagoland multiple listing service (MLS) to nearly 8,000 real estate offices and 40,000 real estate professionals, including brokers, agents and appraisers. MRED has expanded well into the "collar" counties surrounding Chicagoland, and its property information encompasses northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and northwest Indiana.

RPR Version 1.6 Released
RPR version 1.6 was released to production last night. The Databases were scheduled to be down for 3-4 hours, in case you noticed. This is RPR's first release since April 15th of this year, following a rather consistent of pattern of pushing new code and functionality into their production environment every two months. RPR has released new functionality 5 times since going out of beta in September of 2010. The focus of version 1.6 is site performance, data enhancements and more than 133 issues suggested by users. According to the 1.5 release notes, v.1.6 was due out in late spring, but it appears that the development and QA cycle rolled into early summer – a completely natural occurrence. We look forward to looking at the new Broker Tools. Today, users should look forward to enhanced search tools that should improve the ease of searches and the quality of reports. Release notes for v1.6 are available on the RPR Knowledge Base.

Market Leader Reports Revenue Rises for 5th Quarter
Online marketing and "software as a service" company Market Leader, Inc., posted a $4.3 million net loss during the first quarter, even as revenue grew by 25 percent from a year ago, to $7.2 million. Market Leader -- which closed out 2010 with a $14.3 million loss for the year -- is transitioning from selling leads generated by sites like HouseValues.com to providing customized websites and tools for agents and brokers. The company said in a regulatory filing Tuesday that revenue from its software-as-a-service products was up 61 percent from a year ago during the first quarter, and that the company has seen five consecutive quarters of revenue growth. That's due in part to the fact that Market Leader is now including revenue and expenses generated by real estate blogging network ActiveRain in its results, after becoming the majority stakeholder in the company in September. Before paying $450,000 to boost its ownership of ActiveRain's outstanding voting stock from 34 percent to 51 percent, Market Leader treated its stake in ActiveRain as an equity investment in its financial disclosures. Although most of ActiveRain's 200,000 users have free memberships, more than 5,000 customers use the company’s subscription-based blogging syndication software services, Market Leader said in its most recent annual report to investors. ActiveRain generated about $681,000 in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2010. Looking ahead, Market Leader CEO Ian Morris said Tuesday he expects even stronger revenue growth and diminishing losses in the months ahead, thanks in part to the five-year agreement the company signed with Keller Williams Realty to provide the lead management, contact management and marketing design components of Keller Williams' new eEdge platform. Market Leader had previously disclosed that the company will receive a minimum of $10 million from Keller Williams during the initial five-year term of the eEdge agreement. The company expects to generate additional revenue by "upselling" premium software and services to nearly 80,000 Keller Williams agents. Keller Williams agents pay the franchise $15 a month for eEdge, and can choose to subscribe to a Market Leader Professional Edition with additional capabilities for $99 a month. The eEdge payments and potential upselling "is expected to begin to significantly contribute to revenue growth" in the second half of 2011, the company said in its annual report. Morris said Market Leader added nearly 200 new broker customers during the first quarter. Company officials say customer acquisition is a key to becoming profitable, and that in 2010 Market Leader expanded its marketing programs through leading real estate franchise networks. Market Leader generates revenue by charging one-time setup fees and monthly fees for services, including personalized websites, customer relationship management (CRM) tools, marketing materials, training and support. The significant majority of new brokerage customers signed in 2010 were responding to offers that waive setup and software-as-a-service fees during a promotional period, Market Leader said in its annual report. "Initially, the acquisition of these customers has a substantial negative impact on our near term operating results as related expenses exceed the revenue that they contribute," the company said. The $23.9 million the company spent on sales and marketing in 2010 nearly equaled the $24.4 million in revenue those efforts helped generate. That trend continued in the first quarter, with $7.4 million in sales and marketing exceeding total revenue by $191,000. Additional expenses for technology and product development ($1.84 million) and general and administrative services ($1.6 million) helped push total first-quarter expenses up 28 percent from a year ago, to $11.7 million.  

Top 10 Zillow Tools for Real Estate Professionals
Guest contributor Sara Bonert: With more than 19 million people visiting the Zillow website and Zillow Mobile applications each month*, this is a huge audience for you to grow your business. Here are my favorite 10 tips to get started. Best of all, they are all FREE. 1. Create a profile. Want links back to your site? Great visibility to millions who visit Zillow every month? It all starts with creating a free account on Zillow. Start by clicking “Register” in the upper right-hand corner of the the site. Be sure to register using the same email address that you use as the contact address on your listings. Check out this video for more information on how and why to activate your account. Rate Your Agent 2. Get Reviews. Agent Ratings and Reviews (see screenshot) are a powerful way to help potential clients understand the high service levels an agent is able to provide. A Zillow Premier Agent with just 5 reviews tends to get about 150% more leads than one with 0 reviews. We offer great tools to help you get more reviews. 3. Zillow Advice. This is a question-and-answer forum that brings home buyers, sellers, owners, rent, landlords, lenders, and other real estate professionals together in a very helpful way. Answering questions helps build your online reputation of being knowledgeable about a particular region or subject matter. You can also subscribe to RSS feeds or get email alerts for any topic and specify your geographic location. 4. Zestimate Accuracy Chart. How many clients have said, “...But Zillow says…?” Equip yourself with the Zestimate Accuracy Chart so you can describe to your clients — using data — how accurate the Zestimate® home valuation is in your specific county. 5. Comment publicly on a Zestimate. As the homeowner or the listing agent, you can leave public comments on a listing on Zillow when the Zestimate is too high, too low, or just right on a particular home. It is yet another marketing opportunity to publicly demonstrate your expertise and explain how the Zestimate relates to the home’s listing price. 6. Local market data: Zillow has data on more than 100 million homes in the U.S. We aggregate all this data and package it up under the Local Info tab. Here you can easily create powerful trend graphs and use the import feature to place this information on your site or blog. Remember — content is king! 7. Zillow Widgets. Want free, relevant, interesting and dynamic real estate data for your website or blog — for free? Then look no further than the Zillow Widget page (see screenshot). We feature many great widgets, such as Most Expensive Local Homes, Local Mortgage Rates, Recently Sold, Agent Review Widgets and more! Zillow iPhone App 8. Zillow Mobile Apps. Download one of our free, popular iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry or Windows Mobile applications. They are all GPS-enabled, meaning that as you are out driving around with clients, you can easily see the estimated values of homes around you. 9. Zillow Profile. Yes, back to this one. Now that you’ve created the account, make sure to fully deck out your profile. This includes adding things like links to your Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter accounts; including a video; adding marketing text; and, of course, uploading a photo. Here is a great example of a complete profile. 10. Zillow Academy. This is a lot, isn’t it? And there is much more! If you want to keep on top of all the ways to use Zillow AND learn about other online marketing techniques, please bookmark www.ZillowAcademy.com. We have awesome classes every week! *Source: Internal tracking by Omniture, March 2011.

Roost to Launch New Product for Small Businesses
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 21, 2011 Roost, a technology company dedicated to helping small businesses and individual professionals attract more business from social media, will be announcing an entirely new business strategy and product at the Web 2.0 Expo next week in San Francisco. The Web 2.0 Expo, co-produced by O'Reilly Media, Inc. and UBM TechWeb, showcases the hottest Web 2.0 products, latest business models, and design strategies for the next-generation Web. To gear up for its big launch at Web 2.0, Roost is inviting individual professionals and small business owners to pre-register on http://www.roost.com to reserve their business name now. Roost will be providing first-look demos of its new product on the Web 2.0 Expo show floor in Booth 508. In addition, Roost CEO and co-founder, Alex Chang, will be presenting on the topic of Social Means Business: Real Stories from Real Businesses, at the Web 2.0 Solutions Theater in the Expo Hall on Tuesday, March 29th at 12:00 p.m. If you are interested in scheduling a demo or pre-briefing with a Roost executive, please contact Susie Marino at susie(at)marino(dot)com or 415-613-9138. About Roost Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Roost is a stealth-mode company that will unveil its new product and business strategy at Web 2.0 Expo on March 29, 2011. The company is venture funded by Shasta Ventures and General Catalyst. To pre-register with Roost, visit their web site.  

VisualTour Simplifies Mobile Marketing with QR code integration
Pompano Beach, Florida:  VisualTour®, a leading provider of internet marketing solutions for the real estate industry, now makes it easy to use QR codes for superior mobile marketing impact. "So many Realtors are confused over what they need to change, buy or implement to attract today's smart phone user to see their listings when driving or walking by the property. We designed VisualTour to be mobile phone friendly in early 2010. At the recent NAR convention in New Orleans we showed thousands of Realtors how to leverage the mobile enabled VisualTour search feature into their own yard sign marketing. Now, we've automated creating QR codes on the fly to take mobile marketing to another level for our customers", states J. L. Winn, V. P. of Marketing for VisualTour. "As NAR's own surveys show, both the Internet and yard signs are key tools used by home buyers," continues Winn. "And buyers value photos, virtual tours and property details more than any other information. So by placing a QR code on your yard sign rider directing passersby to your rich media VisualTour, agents expand their potential home buyer exposure, deliver more value to the home owner client and make themselves more appealing to today's smart phone savvy consumer." About VisualTour® Featured Tour Provider with REALTOR.com®. For more information, please contact    J. L. Winn at 800.873.0700 x1220 or by email at [email protected]. VisualTour.com and VisualTour are trademarks of TRF Systems. To read the original post, please click here.  

eMerge Offers 30-day Trial for FREE
Lovely Limited Time Offer... Create your FREE eMerge 30-day trial account and see how online communication can be! Your trial account gives you access to the following eMerge features: Unlimited email marketing for up to 100 users Connect to multiple social media channels within your email marketing Manage and communicate directly with multiple Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts Desktop "Marketing Manager" for easy access to real time email and social media communication Email and social media scheduling Email and social media reporting Email registration form builder Up to 5mb of data storage Access to templates, images and other resources Marketing and branding blogs, webinars and video tutorials The best part? You can upgrade to a full account at any time for as little as $10/month!

Realtor.com Android App Showcased at 2011 Mobile World Congress
  CAMPBELL, Calif., (February 10, 2011) – As the leading developer of mobile real estate search apps, Move, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOVE) has been invited to showcase the Realtor.com® Real Estate Search Android™ app in the Android stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 14TH – 17TH. At the event, Move representatives will show developers from around the world the only Android real estate search app that connects users to the largest and most accurate collection of real estate listings in the United States on Realtor.com. “We’re excited to join this global thought leadership event to showcase our Android app to the international mobile community,” said Steve Berkowitz, chief executive officer of Move, Inc. “As mobile approaches a new wave of transformation, Move will remain at the forefront delivering on our commitment to connect consumers and agents through mobile tools that will help define the future of real estate search.” Launched in November 2010, the Realtor.com Android app has already been downloaded more than 300,000 times in just three months. On average, Realtor.com mobile search app users view more than 10 properties each day and account for 20 percent of all weekend page views on Realtor.com listing detail pages. Realtor.com search apps have been downloaded more than 3 million times across multiple mobile platforms. The Realtor.com Real Estate Search Android app is free and compatible with version 2.1 or higher of the Android platform. It can be downloaded at http://www.realtor.com/mobile, or directly from Android Market™ at http://market.android.com/details?id=com.move.realtor. The Android™ smart phone, according to The Nielsen Company, is the #1 most sold smart phone in the United States. The Realtor.com Real Estate Search Android app empowers Android users to easily find fresh and reliable information about properties or open houses within one to 20 miles of a user’s location. Users can also instantly locate properties using the GPS feature, look at it via Google Maps™ with Street View, and connect with an agent in real-time to schedule a tour. Home buyers using their Realtor.com Android app can easily dictate and save notes as they tour a home, and they can share a listing with family or friends by using the app’s one-touch call or e-mail features. The GSMA Mobile World Congress event combines the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a congress featuring prominent chief executives representing mobile operators, vendors and content owners from across the world. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world’s mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organizations. It also produces the premier industry events including Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and Mobile Asia Congress.   ABOUT MOVE, INC. Move, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOVE) is the leader in online real estate with 12.11 million monthly visitors to its online network of websites. Move, Inc. operates: Move.com, a leading destination for information on new homes and rental listings, moving, home and garden and home finance; Realtor.com® , the official website of the National Association of Realtors®; Moving.com; SeniorHousingNet; Top Producer Systems, and ListHub. Move, Inc. is based in Campbell, California.   ABOUT REALTOR.COM® Realtor.com®, where the world shops for real estate online, is operated by Move, Inc., (NASDAQ:MOVE) and is the official website of the National Association of Realtors®. Ranked as the #1 homes-for-sale site, Realtor.com® currently offers potential home buyers access to over four million property listings, as well as the most brokers and agents. It also provides Realtors® and the home sellers they represent with the Internet’s largest real estate marketplace, reaching more than 10.42 million consumers in December 2010. Agents and companies have the power to customize Realtor.com® resources to maximize their brand and productivity.   This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including information about management's view of Move's future expectations, plans and prospects, within the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the results of Move, its subsidiaries, divisions and concepts to be materially different than those expressed or implied in such statements. These risk factors and others are included from time to time in documents Move files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to, its Form 10-Ks, Form 10-Qs and Form 8-Ks. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on Move's future results. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date hereof. Move cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Finally, Move expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.   [1] comScore Media Metrix, December 2010 2 NAR Existing Sales 11/2010, Case Shiller Q3 Home Price Index 11/2010, Altos Research – Chart of the Day 12/30/10 If you would like to learn more about Realtor.com, please click here.   

Previsite Presents Social Media Video
Social media. Is it a fad? Or is it here to stay? Previsite created an informative video for their consumer base to highlight the biggest shift in communication! If you would like to view the original video, please click here.  

Keller Williams Realty Agents Close Over $330 Million Transactions With Market Leader
Market Leader, an innovator in online marketing and technology solutions for real estate professionals, announced that its Keller Williams Realty customers have closed more than $330 million in real estate transactions to date with Market Leader. This success is being led by the more than 250 Teams and Market Centers that are using the company's RealtyGenerator product to close more deals, grow their market share, and recruit and retain agents. "As a Team Leader, RealtyGenerator offers the utmost accountability on our leads and how well we're working new business from click to close," said Frank Ioimo, Team Leader for Keller Williams Chino Hills. "It's a great agent retention tool, and it has helped us exceed our business goals." In addition to the 1,377 closed deals to-date, these customers are managing an additional 167,000 future buyers & sellers in their pipelines. The success of these top-performing Keller Williams Teams played a significant role in broadening the relationship between Market Leader and Keller Williams, which now includes collaboration on the eEdge marketing and business technology platform to be delivered starting next month to 80,000 Keller Williams professionals. "We're very proud of the success our Keller Williams customers have achieved thus far, and expect to extend these market-leading results to even more Teams and Market Centers in the months to come," said Ian Morris, CEO of Market Leader, Inc. Market Leader's RealtyGenerator is a profit-generating solution for real estate offices, helping them take market share from their competition and turn the Internet into a profitable new line of business. It includes a host of lead generation, lead management, agent recruiting and management systems, and marketing best practices designed to build strong customer relationships that lead to closed business. "We'd been looking at new and creative ways to introduce new leads into our business, and found RealtyGenerator," said Glen Neely, a Keller Williams Team Leader from Los Angeles, Calif. "It's a great return on investment. Everything we expected when we signed up has absolutely come true." Keller Williams Teams & Market Centers have until January 31st 2010 to take advantage of an exclusive RealtyGenerator offer available only to Keller Williams professionals. To learn more, please call 1-800-984-7037. About Market Leader Market Leader (NASDAQ:LEDR - News) provides real estate professionals with innovative marketing and technology solutions that enable them to grow and manage their business. Founded in 1999 by a second-generation real estate agent, Market Leader provides real estate agents, agent teams, and brokerage companies with subscription-based real estate marketing software and advertising products that enable them to generate a steady stream of prospects, as well as the tools and training they need to convert these prospects into clients. With a long history of innovation, Market Leader pioneered online lead generation for real estate professionals a decade ago and today is the leading marketing partner to the real estate industry. The company also provides consumers with free access to the information and tools they need throughout the home buying and selling process, such as determining house values by address, and providing access to real estate listings, through its national consumer real estate sites. These websites enable Market Leader to provide its customers with access to millions of future home buyers and sellers while providing these consumers with free access to the information they seek throughout the home buying and selling process. To learn more about Market Leader, please click here.  

Delta Media Webinars Cover SEO, CRM and Website Updates
This week Delta Media is hosting three webinars on key technology topics for real estate professionals. Topics will include SEO, website upgrades and customer relationship management (CRM). We invite you to click here to select a webinar and attend one of these online events: CRM, Customer Relationship Management: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, from 1:00PM – 1:45PM EST All The Things You Can Do With Your Upgrade Website: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 11:00AM – 11:45AM EST Getting Started with SEO Homepage & Custom Pages: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 1:00PM – 1:45PM EST Tuesday's webinar will cover the topic of customer relationship management software. Associates will become familiar with Delta's CRM structure, and supporting CRM features and functions. Topics include an overview of CRM features and functions (group, contact, campaign, email letters, blasts, etc.), followed by a live demonstration. This webinar is recommended for associates that have upgraded (gold) Delta sites and agents considering upgrading, as well as office and management users assisting agents. Wednesday Delta's Ray Lester will present two webinars on two topics: The first of these webinars deals with website upgrades. Associates will become familiar with the features and functions included in Delta's upgrade website. Topics include Property Pursuit Atlas Search, Atlas Search Map View Link, Lead Notification via Text Message, Responding to Leads with Your Smartphone, Site Design Expanded Template Library, 99 Custom Pages, E-Card System Expanded Library, CRM Campaigns, CRM E-Blasts, Capturing Customer Registration Detail, Exporting Customer Detail, and the Google Analytics Interface. This webinar is recommended for all agents using or considering the upgrade website, as well as office and management users assisting agents with their website. The final webinar this week will be focused on learning how to ramp up SEO on homepages and custom pages of real estate websites. Associates will become familiar with DeltaNet features and functions supporting Search Engine Optimization strategies. Topics include an overview of SEO terms, suggestions on relevant content and examples of how to enter content for your Delta Homepage and Custom Pages. This webinar is recommended for all agents interested in getting started with Search Engine Optimization using DeltaNet support tools, as well as office and management users assisting agents. To learn more about Delta Media, please click here.

Robot Workshop to Release Lifestyle Search Engine By March
NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina – January 7th, 2011 – Robot Workshop, a real estate technology provider announced a strategic partnership, today, with Onboard Informatics, the premier data services & technology company for top tier organizations in real estate, media and technology . Robot Workshop will release a lifestyle?based homesearch engine, allowing shoppers to select neighborhoods based on attributes such as: proximity to shopping and pet friendliness. The solution will be powered by millions of data points provided by Onboard Informatics. Seth Siegler, CEO of Robot Workshop, LLC, says that the search interface will be available to real estate professionals and brokerages, for use on their consumerfacing websites. “We are offering a product that homebuyers have craved for years,” says Siegler, “A lifestyle search option allows home?shoppers to search based on the way they live. People can search for neighborhoods based on school quality, average commute, local culture or many other attributes.” According to Siegler, the Robot Workshop Lifestyle Search Interface will cost $98 per month, making it less expensive than many standard (non?lifestyle) homesearches. “Robot Workshop understands the life and budget of most real estate agents. We want our Lifestyle Search Interface to be a superior technology that’s affordable for everyone in the industry.” “Our partnership with Robot Workshop allows a vital part of the real estate market to gain access to this innovative search engine, driving traffic to their site and increasing their business. We are excited to partner with companies that understand what homebuyers want in their very emotional purchasing process, and Robot Workshop is certainly one of those companies,” says Marc Siden, CEO,Onboard Informatics. The partnership with Onboard Informatics will also allow Robot Workshop to offer its renowned IDX solution, IDX Robot, to agents and brokerages in over 100 MLS’s and REALTOR® Boards.  

Market Leader® Provides End-to-End Business Platform for Agents
KIRKLAND, WA--(Marketwire - January 10, 2011) - Market Leader (NASDAQ: LEDR) (http://www.MarketLeader.com), an innovator in online marketing and technology solutions for real estate professionals, in conjunction with Keller Williams Realty International, and DotLoop, will launch the real estate industry's first single-platform business system to more than 80,000 real estate professionals next month. The new eEdge platform from Keller Williams, the third-largest real estate franchisor in the country, represents the first time that real estate agents will be able to manage all of their daily activities on one seamlessly integrated, easy-to-use business system. The eEdge system will provide agents with the ability to create and operate their website, including full MLS integration; generate traffic and leads; manage and engage with their contacts and clients; electronically manage their transactions; and design, create, and manage their marketing campaigns. Keller Williams Realty International is launching the innovative eEdge platform to its more than 80,000 professionals in the United States and Canada at its annual Family Reunion event next month. "The launch of this platform is a bold move by Keller Williams and a major product innovation for Market Leader," said Steve Murray, editor of REAL Trends, a leading source of analysis and information on the residential brokerage industry. "The real estate industry has talked for years about the need for integrated solutions, but to my knowledge, this will be the first time it's been done." Market Leader will also make available the Market Leader Professional Edition to all Keller Williams associates beginning at the company's annual Family Reunion event. The Market Leader Professional Edition integrates with eEdge while offering numerous valuable enhancements to agents that want to take their business to the next level. The Professional Edition will provide associates with systems that are proven to drive more leads, build and manage an active pipeline of prospects, and help convert those prospects into clients. Additionally, the Professional Edition provides everything an agent needs to stand out from the crowd with unlimited access to the finest library of customizable online and offline marketing materials, all fully integrated with MLS listings and a contact management system to save associates time and money. "Market Leader is proud to have been chosen by Keller Williams to provide a single, seamlessly integrated system to manage their associates' websites, lead generation, contacts, and all of their marketing materials," said Ian Morris, CEO of Market Leader. "This innovative solution will help tens of thousands of agents manage their business while also providing them with ongoing access to a wealth of other services designed to help them accelerate their growth and success." "Market Leader's technology leadership played a strategic role in helping bring our agents' vision of an integrated solution to reality. There is no doubt that these products will help our associates to achieve a new level of business success," said Mary Tennant, president and COO of Keller Williams Realty. The Market Leader Professional Edition will be presented live for the first time at the Keller Williams' annual Family Reunion next month. For a sneak preview, Keller Williams associates can visit http://www.marketleader.com/professional. For more information on Market Leader and its products, please click here.  About Market Leader Market Leader (NASDAQ: LEDR) provides real estate professionals with innovative marketing and technology solutions that enable them to grow and manage their business. Founded in 1999 by a second-generation real estate agent, Market Leader provides real estate agents, agent teams, and brokerage companies with subscription-based real estate marketing software and advertising products that enable them to generate a steady stream of prospects, as well as the tools and training they need to convert these prospects into clients. With a long history of innovation, Market Leader pioneered online lead generation for real estate professionals a decade ago and today is the leading marketing partner to the real estate industry. The company also provides consumers with free access to the information and tools they need throughout the home buying and selling process, such as determining house values by address and providing access to real estate listings, through its national consumer real estate sites. These websites enable Market Leader to provide its customers with access to millions of future home buyers and sellers while providing these consumers with free access to the information they seek throughout the home buying and selling process.

zipLogix Launches zipForm Spanish Language User Interface
Fraser, Mich January 4, 2011 — zipLogix, creator of zipForm®, the real estate industry's leading forms software, proudly announces that it has developed a user interface (UI) feature for Spanish-speaking real estate professionals and their clients. Just released to all zipForm® 6 software users across the country is the ability to change the UI language from English to Spanish by toggling between the two. zipForm® 6 is the first real estate forms software to offer a Spanish language interface feature designed to streamline the contract completion process and simplify navigation for many Spanish-speaking users.   zipLogix’s flagship products, the zipForm® 6 Professional (online) and zipForm® 6 Standard (desktop) versions, both feature the Spanish language option. This option allows the user to have a higher sense of transparency with their Spanish-speaking clients and helps clients understand the software interface. The ability to switch between the two languages provides convenience for thousands of Spanish-speaking real estate professionals and their clients during the sometimes confusing transaction process. zipForm® 6 along with zipLogix’s transaction management system, relay®, also includes a Spanish language interface.   Spanish is written and spoken by the second largest population group in the United States. For the segment of this community that practices real estate, using software with only an English interface sometimes presents a problem. This dilemma was identified by the zipLogix team and another industry-leading solution has been implemented into the zipForm® 6 software.   Innovating and improving products for the real estate industry is a priority for zipLogix. To understand and address the needs of users allows them to help move programs forward thus enhancing their software user’s experience. This latest user interface feature further solidifies zipLogix as the nation’s premier real estate form software provider.   For more information about zipLogix’s solutions for today’s real estate industry, contact Wendy Waldrep at 888-318-2660 X130 or [email protected].   About zipLogix The zipLogix family of tech-savvy products is the recognized industry standard for electronic real estate forms and transaction management currently used by more real estate professionals than any other real estate software program. zipForm® is the Exclusive and Official Forms Software of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. zipLogix also offers relay®, the web-based transaction management solution that enhances the value of services delivered to clients while improving productivity and efficiency.   zipLogix is a subsidiary of Real Estate Business Services, Inc. (REBS) and is a joint venture between REBS and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, "The Voice for Real Estate," is America's largest trade association, representing more than 1.1 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries. Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS) is a subsidiary of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® and the leading provider of real estate products and services to practitioners in California.  

Sentrilock Showcases New Login Screen Features
Sentrilock recently created an educational video to show their customers the latest updates made to their online login screen platform. Three of the newest improvements you can see are right in front of you when you visit our login page at sentrilock.com.The login page now has three key sections, Did You Know, Login, and direct links to our social networking sites. To view the original Sentrilock video, as found on YouTube, please click here.  

Home87.com Launches Free Unlimited Single Property Sites & Virtual Tours
Bellevue, WA, Dec. 5, 2010/ FarFani.com, a Seattle based company that owns Fax87.com, has just launched Home87.com in a closed beta. This website provides unlimited, fully featured single property websites and virtual tours for free. The site Home87.com prides itself in having stunning design templates, smooth transition effects, and full screen slideshow along with all the bells and whistles that come with a property site: Lead generation form Click2Call, Live chat (As widgets) Social network sharing, following Google Map, Streetview, Walkscore Email and text message notification of leads, etc. “Why is it that GoogleDoc, DropBox, Facebook don’t cost a dime and yet yet a simple single property site, virtual tour or a transaction management software can cost an arm and a leg? Why do you have to pay $20 for a .com domain when you can get it for less than $12 on GoDaddy?” says Matt Johnson, while recalling his own experience as a real estate agent. Johnson, the founder and CEO of FarFani.com, was an agent in 2006 with Brier Realty. Home87.com plans to serve the real estate agent community by focusing on their strength, writing great software. This will be a free service. In keeping Home87.com free, there will be a direct relationship in the future between Home87.com and Fax87.com, a sister entity that provides affordable electronic fax service. As an optional service, you can get a .com domain for only $10. To ensure high quality Home87.com is now in closed invite-only beta release. The service will be rolling out incrementally to everyone. Registration is only available with a valid invitation key. The first 100 agents that use the code “retechnology” at www.Home87.com will be able to register and use the service immediately. About FarFani.com FarFani.com is located in Bellevue, Washington. It is a software company that focuses on keeping its employees excited and customers happy.

Trendgraphix Expands Relationship with Windermere Real Estate
Sacramento, CA – 12/3/10 Trendgraphix, Inc., one of the nation’s leading providers of MLS-based real estate reports, today announced its expanded relationship with Windermere Real Estate to cover the company’s Northern California region offices. Trendgraphix now services more than 4,300 Windermere agents and managers in 167 offices and four states with its online market reporting system and broker productivity reports. “Understanding your local market is critical to any broker and agents' success. Trendgraphix reports provide our team with in-depth data that can really help us better guide our clients in what can be a confusing real estate environment," said OB Jacobi, President of Windermere Real Estate. "Pricing a home in-line with market conditions is the key to a fast sale at the best possible price and these statistics really enable sellers and agents to collaborate on a winning pricing strategy. With short sales, our agents can even use these stats to support offers to banks. From a buyer's perspective, understanding how a listing stacks up against local trends can be critical to placing the offer that wins them their ideal home. Finally, from a management perspective, understanding our company's performance in all the regions we serve enables us to make strategic business decisions around recruiting and growth, to improve business performance and profitability." About Trendgraphix, Inc. Trendgraphix has been helping real estate brokers and agents interpret market trends for more than 15 years with simple-to-use and easy-to-understand market statistical programs. Trendgraphix currently works with more than 150 brokerages in 20 U.S. states.  For more information visit www.TrendGraphix.com or email [email protected]

HomeGain Launches New HOMEGAIN150 Promotion
Emeryville, CA - (PRWEB) November 30, 2010 - HomeGain®, a leading online real estate resource that connects home buyers and sellers with real estate professionals, today announced a new promotion where home buyers and sellers can now receive up to $150 for buying or selling a home through HomeGain’s Find a REALTOR® program, AgentEvaluator®. The HOMEGAIN150 promotion is available to eligible home buyers and sellers who register to compare REALTORS® on www.homegain.com between November 11, 2010 and June 30, 2011 and complete a home transaction on or before September 30, 2011. “The HomeGain Find a Realtor program has been connecting home buyers and sellers with HomeGain members for over a decade. We encourage eligible home owners and buyers to take advantage of this offer and to share the details of this promotion with their family, friends and colleagues,” said Louis Cammarosano, General Manager of HomeGain.    Visit www.homegain150.com for complete details on the HomeGain150 promotion. About HomeGain HomeGain is a leading provider of online marketing solutions that connect real estate agents and brokers with home buyers and sellers. HomeGain offers free services to find and compare real estate agents, research home values, and view homes for sale. Since 1999 REALTORS® have used HomeGain's real estate marketing programs to connect with consumers, promote their services and grow their business. HomeGain.com has been a top visited real estate website since 1999. HomeGain is your real estate connection.  

Realtor.com Launches Windows Phone 7 Real Estate Search App
CAMPBELL, CA -- (November 18, 2010) – Move, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE), the leader in online real estate, today announces the Realtor.com Real Estate Search app for Windows® Phone 7. This newest Realtor.com app, designed by Move in partnership with Microsoft, is the first real estate search app available for the Windows Phone 7, and is a premier launch app for the platform. “The Realtor.com search experience is now available on three major mobile platforms, giving millions of consumers real time, anywhere access to the freshest and most accurate collection of property listings available on Realtor.com,” said Move Inc., Chief Executive Officer, Steve Berkowitz. “We believe this is a very powerful tool to have regardless of whether you’re actively searching for a home or just interested in monitoring the local market. We’re pleased to have worked with Microsoft on the first Windows Phone 7 real estate search app, and remain committed to placing the search power of Realtor.com into the hands of every consumer with a mobile device.” This newest Realtor.com mobile search app delivers all of the popular search features offered by Realtor.com on other mobile platforms, while integrating Windows Phone 7's unique design capabilities including Panorama, which allows users to access content by panning left or right with the swipe of a finger. From the home panel, users can instantly swipe through the Local, Recent Searches and the Feedback panels, and browse a listing’s overview, photos, details, contact, and notes and ratings panels on the Listing Detail Pages. "Windows Phone 7 is backed by a rich developer ecosystem that is creating a variety of quality apps and games,” said Todd Brix, senior director, Windows Phone Marketplace, Microsoft Corp. “Realtor.com leverages the platform’s unique features and is a good example of the sort of apps that can be found on Windows Phone Marketplace, all of which are designed to help consumers get the most out of their phone.” Other notable features include Create Notes and Rate Listings, which empower buyers to better compare and consider each property by saving decision-making information within the app. Notes can be quickly retrieved and reviewed later when visiting a property again or for comparing properties at open houses. Personalized content features and powerful property-based search capabilities with refined search filters also make the application a versatile and valuable real estate search tool. Additionally, Realtor.com has included a surface feedback tool within the Windows Phone 7 app that makes it easy for users to provide feedback to Realtor.com specific to this newest mobile real estate search app. Similar to other Realtor.com mobile search apps, the Realtor.com Windows 7 app was designed so consumers can quickly connect with agents throughout the home search process. If a property looks interesting, the one-tap call capability effortlessly connects potential buyers with the listing agent for additional details or to arrange a tour. At the same time, buyers can also use their Realtor.com Windows 7 search app to instantly reach out to their Realtor to share a listing of interest they found that fits their search criteria. If time is short, simply touch the Ask a Question button, and buyers can instantly send an e-mail to an agent. “By expanding the Realtor.com search experience to the Windows 7 platform, we’re creating greater opportunities for today’s on-the-go buyers to search for homes at their convenience, and to connect with local real estate experts in real time to ask questions or perhaps schedule an appointment,” said Errol Samuelson, president of Realtor.com. “Based on the popularity of our other mobile search apps, we expect the Realtor.com Windows 7 app to become the most helpful and popular real estate search app available for the Windows platform.” The Realtor.com® Windows Phone 7 app is compatible with all Windows Phone 7 devices and can be downloaded by visiting the Windows Phone Marketplace at http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=61bf0d9a-61e1-df11-a844-00237de2db9e ABOUT MOVE, INC. Move, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOVE) is the leader in online real estate with 12.29 million monthly visitors to its online network of websites. Move, Inc. operates: Move.com, a leading destination for information on new homes and rental listings, moving, home and garden and home finance; Realtor.com(R), the official web site of the National Association of Realtors®; Moving.com; SeniorHousingNet; Top Producer Systems, and ListHub. Move, Inc. is based in Campbell, California. ABOUT REALTOR.COM® Realtor.com®, where the world shops for real estate online, is operated by Move, Inc., (NASDAQ:MOVE) and is the official web site of the National Association of Realtors®. Ranked as the #1 homes-for-sale site, Realtor.com® currently offers potential home buyers access to over four million property listings, as well as the most brokers and agents. It also provides Realtors® and the home sellers they represent with the Internet’s largest real estate marketplace, reaching more than 10.0 million consumers in October 2010. Agents and companies have the power to customize Realtor.com®resources to maximize their brand and productivity. REALTOR® and REALTOR.com® are registered trademarks of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. REALTOR® is a federally registered collective membership mark, which identifies a real estate professional who is a Member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® and subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics. All other trademarks appearing above are the property of Move, Inc., or of their other respective owners.  

CoreLogic Selects Onboard Informatics as a Strategic Partner
CoreLogic (NYSE:CLGX), a leading provider of information, analytics and business services and Onboard Informatics, the premier data services & technology company for top tier organizations in real estate, media and technology, are working together to provide robust community profiles, school information and points of interest data to the CoreLogic AgentAchieve broker solution. AgentAchieve is an integrated sales, marketing and business platform for real estate brokers seeking a competitive advantage for their company and their agents. Community Pages, the latest AgentAchieve enhancement, enables brokers and agents to better attract and serve home buyers and sellers. By partnering with Onboard to produce Community Pages, CoreLogic clients gained access to comprehensive school test scores and reviews, points of interest data and neighborhood profiles used by millions of homebuyers and sellers each month to truly bring communities and real estate search to life. “One of the most appealing attributes about partnering with Onboard is that the data is embedded directly into the AgentAchieve product, allowing for seamless integration and eliminating a broker’s concern about development cycles, coverages, and working with multiple vendors,” said Ben Graboske, senior vice president, Product and Technology, Data Analytics Group, for CoreLogic. “Our J. Rockcliff Community Pages now offer visitors and clients everything they ever wanted to know about their current or future community! Not just demographics, the pages provide a view to the lifestyle of the area. Everything from schools and activities to photo albums of local landscapes, historical places, even festivals! Our agents love the ability to drive traffic to their websites by offering this valuable tool to their clients.” commented Robin Dickson, executive vice president of J. Rockcliff Realtors. “Connecting with consumers, providing instant pictures of communities, driving traffic to websites, helping brokers increase revenue – that’s what our business is all about,” said Marc Siden, chief executive officer of Onboard Informatics. “AgentAchieve is proof of CoreLogic’s ability to integrate software and data to the benefit of realtors and their clients, and the integration of Onboard’s content enables the product to expand its one-stop shop concept for brokers and agents.” Onboard’s content is now available as a part of AgentAchieve’s broker solution. CoreLogic is a registered trademark and AgentAchieve is a trademark of CoreLogic, Inc. The names of other companies and products mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. About CoreLogic CoreLogic is a leading provider of consumer, financial and property information, analytics and services to business and government. The company combines public, contributory and proprietary data to develop predictive decision analytics and provide business services that bring dynamic insight and transparency to the markets it serves. CoreLogic has built the largest and most comprehensive U.S. real estate, mortgage application, fraud, and loan performance databases and is a recognized leading provider of mortgage and automotive credit reporting, property tax, valuation, flood determination, and geospatial analytics and services. More than one million users rely on CoreLogic to assess risk, support underwriting, investment and marketing decisions, prevent fraud, and improve business performance in their daily operations. Formerly, the Information Solutions Group of The First American Corporation, CoreLogic began trading under the ticker CLGX on the NYSE on June 2, 2010. The company, headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., has more than 10,000 employees globally with 2009 revenues of $2 billion. For more information please click here.  About Onboard Informatics Since 2001, Onboard Informatics has provided comprehensive local, regional and national real estate data solutions, powerful web tools and web services to some of the most innovative companies in real estate, publishing, and technology. Onboard delivers seamless integration of property listings, community, school, neighborhood, geographic and demographic information and, transforms the complexity of data into meaningful solutions; supporting clients in achieving business objectives on web and mobile platforms. Privately held since its founding, Onboard is located in the heart of the world’s financial center in the Wall Street area of New York City. For more information about Onboard Informatics or to request a demo, please click here.  To view the original press release, please click here.  

Vail Board of REALTORS® Goes Live with Rapattoni NetMagic
SIMI VALLEY, Calif., November 3, 2010 – Rapattoni Corporation (Rapattoni) announced today that the Vail Board of REALTORS® (Vail), located in Edwards, Colorado, went live on Rapattoni NetMagic. Vail serves approximately 700 members and 150 affiliated members in the Eagle County region of Colorado. Rapattoni NetMagic is an Internet-based software suite that provides real-time synchronicity with the National Association of REALTORS® central database, allows users to easily complete membership and accounts receivable tasks, and offers Rapattoni's industry leading Internet member services (IMS) feature. By moving to Rapattoni NetMagic, Vail's members, through IMS, can log in to the software and pay their dues, register for classes and association events, and be notified by Vail about hot topics. Rapattoni NetMagic was designed specifically for the real estate industry and provides features that go above and beyond any other traditional association management product. Laurie Ganz, executive officer of Vail, said, "Rapattoni NetMagic is designed to make my staff's tasks easier as we manage our board's members. The implementation of the product went very well, and we were very impressed by the Rapattoni support and implementation teams." Ted Young, executive vice president of Rapattoni, said, "The implementation of NetMagic is occurring throughout the country, and our software continues to set the standard in the real estate industry. We are excited to add Vail to our quickly expanding customer roster." About Rapattoni NetMagic Rapattoni NetMagic combines Rapattoni's extensive real estate industry knowledge with the latest technologies to give associations the most powerful, flexible, and intuitive productivity suite available for managing association needs. Rapattoni NetMagic features real-time connectivity with the National Association of REALTORS® NRDS central database and enables association staff to effectively track, manage, and communicate with members. Rapattoni's Internet member services feature allows an association's members to pay their dues, register for classes, and interact with the association online. About Rapattoni Rapattoni Corporation has been serving the real estate industry under the same name and management for nearly 40 years. The company provides an array of integrated products and services for real estate associations and MLS organizations, including an Internet-based MLS, association management software, and key-less Rapattoni Secure Logon with SSO identity portals for online security and convenience. Rapattoni's MLS products are serving approximately 300,000 users nationally and its association management customers represent more than 85% of the nation's REALTORS®. Rapattoni's headquarters are in Simi Valley, California. To learn more about Rapattoni, please click here.  

Sentrilock Adds Three New Features
SentriLock is continuously looking to improve our customers' experience with our products. Three of the newest improvements you can see are right in front of you when you visit our login page at sentrilock.com.The login page now has three key sections, Did You Know, Login, and direct links to our social networking sites.  

TrendGraphix Launches New e-Marketing System
Trendgraphix, Inc., the developer of market reporting systems for real estate brokers and agents, today announced the launch of their new e-marketing tool, TRENDSend™.TRENDSend™ provides users with a fully-featured drip email system for sending automated e-mail campaigns with timely market statistics, graphs, and charts from Trendgraphix’s popular Facts & Trends™ application.“TRENDSend™ is the culmination of many years of listening to our clients’ feedback and learning from them about how they use our Facts & Trends™ application in their everyday business,” said Jean Li, President of Trendgraphix. “Many of our agent users are already importing our data and charts into their email campaigns to satisfy the public’s hunger for real estate data. Now TRENDSend simplifies and automates that process, saving agents time in writing, creating, and delivering timely and relevant content to their contacts on a regular basis.”TRENDSend’s reporting engine uses MLS data to generate its market statistics and is available to new and existing Trendgraphix broker clients in the company’s current MLS coverage areas with volume user purchases and on a monthly subscription basis. About Trendgraphix, Inc. Trendgraphix, Inc. has been helping real estate brokers and agents interpret market trends for more than 15 years with simple-to-use and easy-to-understand market statistical programs. Trendgraphix offers a full-suite of market trending, productivity and market share reports directly to brokers, MLS organizations, and their agents, currently working with more than 150 brokerages and more than 100,000 agent users in 18 U.S. states.   

LPS Applied Analytics Announces Realtor Valuation Model
Wed, 2010-10-27- Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS), a provider of integrated technology and services to the mortgage and real estate industries, has announced the release of the Realtor Valuation Model (RVM) from its LPS Applied Analytics division. The LPS RVM is the only automated valuation model (AVM) with duly licensed multiple listing services (MLS) data drawn from the Realtors Property Resource (RPR). The RPR is a parcel-centric information database launched by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), covering all of the more than 147 million property parcels in the country as a resource for NAR members. By leveraging this information for the development of the RVM, LPS Applied Analytics expands the reach of traditional automated valuation, bringing listing and pending sale data into the equation. "With the introduction of the LPS RVM, users now have housing supply information at their fingertips," said Robert Walker, managing director, valuations, for LPS Applied Analytics. "By factoring listings and pending sales in the report, it becomes easier to better understand the external factors impacting the value of a specific property." In testing, the LPS RVM has proven extraordinarily accurate when compared with other comparative AVMs. In a sampling of Maricopa County, Ariz. (Phoenix) properties, for example, the LPS RVM correctly predicted the selling price of a property 72 percent of the time. According to Walker, this high accuracy is the direct result of the addition of MLS data fully licensed by RPR. "Think of the LPS RVM as adding the market knowledge of a REALTOR®," Walker said. "Imagine how difficult it would be for a REALTOR® to accurately price a property without access to MLS data. Many times the listing value defines the upper end of value for a particular property. Knowing the current listing information is a big advantage in terms of valuation accuracy for the LPS RVM."    

PropertyMinder Adds SmartZip Investment Ratings to Website Platform
San Jose, CA–October 4th, 2010–PropertyMinder, Inc. and SmartZip Analytics, Inc., have entered a technology partnership which will integrate SmartZip Score investment ratings on listings on PropertyMinder’s AccelerAgent™ website platform. SmartZip, an emerging leader in real estate analytics, has analyzed and rated over 70 million U.S. properties based on both home ownership and as rental investments. SmartZip’s analytics bring transparency to the industry and help buyers make more confident, financially sound purchase decisions. Confident buyers and more realistic sellers, in turn, enable agents to sell more homes in less time. The integration of SmartZip Scores into the AccelerAgent platform also gives real estate agents an easy, automated way to generate SmartZip home reports based on the most up-to-date listing data. SmartZip reports, in combination with an agent’s Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) for a listing, can be very effective across every step of the agent’s marketing and sales process, from farming for listing leads to winning new business and retaining clients after the sale. Commenting on the partnership, Jane Ellsworth-Purcell, Vice President of PropertyMinder, said, “SmartZip’s independent rating system and extensive database of housing-related insights allow for better transparency for each listing while at the same time making the agent more knowledgeable and resourceful. Not only that, SmartZip Scores greatly increase lead capture opportunities on PropertyMinder websites as well.” “SmartZip’s ratings and reports help bridge the gap between a home’s current market price and its long-term value,” noted SmartZip Vice President, Avi Gupta. “And their integration on PropertyMinder-powered websites allows home buyers to easily compare and contrast listings across neighborhoods, cities or counties. This helps agents boost confidence among their buyer clients, accelerate purchase decisions and more efficiently grow their business.” To learn more about the PropertyMinder and SmartZip partnership, please call (800) 743-5820. About PropertyMinder: PropertyMinder has been an innovator in the areas of Internet Marketing, Web Technology, Content Management, Post Sales Follow-up, SEO Marketing and Management. We have successfully partnered with real estate agents and brokerages through our superior products and unmatched Customer Service. About SmartZip: SmartZip Analytics is a leading provider of insight and analysis that helps people be smart about real estate. SmartZip products are used by real estate professionals seeking efficient ways to find and service new clients as well as home buyers looking for the best places and properties to buy. SmartZip ratings and reports are available for over 70 million residential properties across the United States. The company is privately held, funded by Intel Capital and is based in Pleasanton, California. SmartZip can be found on the Web at www.smartzip.com. Solutions for real estate professionals can be found at www.smartzip.com/pro.

REALTOR® Association of Greater Fort Lauderdale, Inc. Syndicates with Point2 Technologies
Saskatoon, SK and Vancouver, BC – September 22, 2010 – Point2 Technologies (“Point2”) today announced that the REALTOR® Association Of Greater Fort Lauderdale, Inc. (RAGFL), www.R-World.com, one of the largest REALTOR® Associations in the State of Florida, has completed the roll out of a national online property listing advertising distribution program powered by Point2’s listing syndication solution for real estate MLSs (Multiple Listing Service) and Associations. Offered by RAGFL as a complementary benefit to its over 8,600 members, the new technology will automate the publication and advertising of approximately 20,000 Florida listings on Point2’s syndication partner network that covers 45 high traffic real estate consumer websites, major search engines and nearly 300 regional newspaper sites around the United States. “We are very excited about the competitive advantage syndication on the Point2 network will bring to our members and happy to be able to bring such value to our constituents,” said Richard W. Barkett, RAGFL Chief Executive Officer. “Florida is one of the most desirable places to live and today offers incredible real estate value never seen before. Locals and out of state buyers can now more easily find our members’ listings online whether they search on Google and Yahoo!, Zillow and Trulia, or Homefinder and Cyberhomes/AOL.” “RAGFL continues as a leader in this industry,” said Saul Klein, Chief Executive Officer, Point2 Technologies. “Major organizations are deploying Point2’s syndication solution at an accelerated pace to enhance member efficiency and for the unique built-in lead management and conversion tools to help users maximize revenue.” RAGFL members throughout Broward, Dade and Palm Beach Counties, can now select, publish and update their listings simultaneously to their MLS system and on the Point2 network, through a single, easy to use dashboard. A highly intuitive interface also gives users access to traffic reports detailing lead sources and browsing patterns, for more informed decision making. Optional subscription to the industry’s leading syndication and website solution, Point2 Agent (www.Point2Agent.com) also seamlessly puts the user in control of more detailed traffic reports and information, and automates lead management and predictive marketing to maximize conversion from browsing prospects to clients. Chosen by 154 MLSs and Associations in the United States, Point2’s enterprise solution today facilitates listing syndication for nearly 250,000 REALTORS®. About Point2 Technologies Point2 Technologies (www.Point2.com) develops, markets and supports inventory management and online marketing software solutions to the real estate and heavy equipment industries across 120 countries. More information about Point2 can be found at www.Point2.com. For ongoing news about Point2, please visit www.point2.com/news.asp. Point2® is a trademark of Point2 Technologies Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.    

Wise Agent Facebook Integration is Live!
Wise Agent is excited to release another new technology feature to tie its CRM program to Facebook, making likfe easier for real estate agents. The first phase of their integration with Facebook is now live. Tech Savvy Agent first broke the news last week in their blog, and we've been getting some great feedback so far. A few of the things a real estate agent can do right now from their Wise Agent: * View thier Wall and comment on their Friends' posts * Post their real estate listings, along with a slideshow, to their Wall in just a couple clicks * Add contacts from their Facebook Friends list to their CRM Client List * View a Client's most recent status update from the Contact Notes page, and save it with a date and time stamp Watch a video detailing these updates: Having a CRM integrated with a Facebook account eliminates having to switch between different programs, simplifying an agent's day. As John Novak mentions in his blog "Is Facebook In Your Business Plan?" it's becoming more and more critical for real estate professionals to connect with their client base on a more personal level. With more than 400 million active users, Facebook is a great way to connect with people real estate agents may never have been able to otherwise. Wise Agent always appreciates your feedback and suggestions, so feel free to comment in the comments section below. If you would like to learn more about Wise Agent, please click here.

W&R Studios Announces Special September Promotion for Cloud CMA
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA August 31, 2010 – Web software company, W&R Studios, announced today it is starting a special promotion in September for its innovative product, Cloud CMA. Cloud CMA, launched in January of 2010, is a web-based software application designed for real estate professionals to create reports for their buyers and sellers.  Cloud CMA is available on a monthly subscription basis. For the month of September, Cloud CMA will be free to try without a credit card.  Cloud CMA will also have lower pricing plans for subscribers who wish to continue the service after the free trial period. “The response to Cloud CMA has been extraordinary.  We wanted to do something special so that everyone could try Cloud CMA with no strings attached,” stated Greg Robertson, co-founder of W&R Studios. Cloud CMA is now available in several metro markets in the United States including Southern California, Phoenix, Dallas-Ft. Worth, and Portland areas.  These areas comprise over 175,000 real estate professionals.  Additional markets are expected to be announced soon. “As part of this special promotion, we have revamped our Cloud CMA landing page and announcing Cloud CMA Weekly Webinars,” concluded Mr. Robertson. For more information about Cloud CMA, or to sign up for a free trial, please visit http://CloudCMA.com.  To sign up for a Cloud CMA Weekly Webinar, please visit http://CloudCMA.com. About W&R Studios Founded in 2008, W&R Studios (http://wr-studios.com) is a privately held web software company. W&R Studios focuses on creating the next generation of web applications for real estate. By providing a “less is more” approach to software design, elegant user interfaces, and using the latest in agile programming, W&R Studios’ software applications are at the same time powerful, yet accessible to everyone. W&R Studios? products include Dwellicious, a social book-marking site for real estate, Dwellicious Pro, and Cloud CMA. Co-founders Dan Woolley and Greg Robertson each have over 18 years experience developing and marketing software solutions. To read the original press release, please click here.

New Direction - Roost Focuses More on Social Media, Less on Home Search
Roost.com, formerly known for their home search portal and their social media toolkit, have restructured their focus and are dropping the home search from their arsenal.  Without a doubt, Roost's Facebook application and other social media tools bring value to real estate; they will now be focusing on these solutions.  This morning Roost sent us the following report: "We are reaching out to inform you of some changes that will take place at Roost.com. Starting on September 1st, Roost will discontinue its home search business at Roost.com. This change will mean that any alerts you have set will stop. Roost’s new products and services will focus on providing tools for real estate professionals to build business using social networks like Facebook.  You can see our new social marketing tools offering here. We have enjoyed providing you with a home search, and we hope the experience has made your buying process easier. We apologize for any inconvenience this announcement might have caused and wish you success in your home search." We wish you the best Roost.com! Looking forward to other social media innovations!  

Connect Tungle.me to Facebook Events
Tungle.me recently announced that users can now connect their Facebook Events to their Tungle.me account. With this new integration, users can now: See their full schedule in one, simple calendar view Factor Facebook events into their availability Prevent double bookings As users RSVP to new Facebook Events, those events will be added to their Tungle.me calendar. Their availability on their Tungle.me page and in any pending meeting invitations will be automatically updated. Facebook joins the growing number of sources that users can connect to Tungle.me, along with Plancast, TripIt, Windows Live and Yahoo! calendars. Read about those here. The integration with these sources is read-only. That means, events from Facebook or Plancast will be updated in their Tungle.me account, but Tungle.me will not be able to send new events to users' Facebook account. To connect Facebook events to Tungle.me: Sign into Tungle.me Click “Management”, then “Synced” in the left menu Click “Add new Calendar & Contacts sync source” and select Facebook to get started

ActiveAgent: Now Featuring Google Maps and Major Upgrades!
August 19, 2010- Google Maps, easy to format text, document uploads AND realPING automatically enabled? Could it be true that all of those enhancements are for ActiveAgent? YES! ActiveAgent just got a major makeover complete with a new, modern design and significant upgrades.  This agent web-site solution remains at the same affordable cost while adding new features like Google Map search, which was previously only available to ActiveAgent Professional subscribers.  Now, regular ActiveAgent subscribers can see the huge benefits of having an interactive search right on their website. ActiveAgent new features: The Rich Text Editor:  This is BIG!  So long HTML Code, because now you can format text, images and link documents and websites as easily as you would in Microsoft Word.  Upload any documents or images to the Image Library  and then link in the Rich Text Editor.  Choose from different fonts and place and drag photos and logos. realPING:  For ActiveAgent subscribers that also have a realPING subscription, the realPING functionality will be automatically enabled.  Just one more way to encourage consumers to contact  you with the click of a button! Google Map Search:  This is a completely new feature! Your consumers will beyond appreciate the ability to plot searches right on a map and view by Satellite, Hybrid or Terrain.  You can even “Jump to” a selected State, County or Zip Code to narrow your search.  What’s more? Balloon icons on the houses indicate an upcoming open house.  The photo here is in the Hybrid view. Active Agent Upgrades: HomesProspector is out and Property Wizard is in!  Your clients will love the Property Wizard and its ability to save their searches! Saved searches means ActiveAgent can automatically provide email updates for listings that match their search criteria. So long manually adding listings to your ActiveAgent site!  ActiveAgent will automatically update from the MRIS database and listings will appear under the “My Listings” button.  You don’t have to use stock… photos, that is! Upload your own images to the Image Manager to make your website unique.  In addition, you can upload your own agent photo to your ActiveAgent site! ActiveAgent sites will now have the subdomains of www.myhomesdb.com.  Customers will not have to change their web site addresses on their business cards.  For example, www.homesdatabase.com/test will now redirect tohttp://www.myhomesdb.com/test. ActiveAgent is affordable and the AdTracker feature shows which listings are getting the most views and which methods of advertising are generating visitors.  For new agents who don’t have any listings yet, ActiveAgent is a great way to advertise their services and knowledge.  ActiveAgent is available to licensed agents for $325 your first year and an activation fee of $99.  Renewals are $350 per year. ActiveAgent fees have not increased with the new upgrades.