Homes.com Grabs Zillow Turf In New York City
Homes.com signs direct agreement to receive REBNY's Residential Listing Service feed Norfolk, Va. (August 9, 2017) – Homes.com®, the leading online real estate destination and provider of real estate marketing solutions, has announced that the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) will join Homes.com's Data Partnership Program through a direct syndicated feed agreement with REBNY's Residential Listing Service (RLS). The new partnership will offer the more than 600 New York City residential brokerage firms, comprised of 12,860 agents participating in REBNY's RLS, the option to display their listings on Homes.com and utilize free exposure to their audience of more than 14 million transaction-ready consumers monthly. Homes.com will also provide RLS participants with access to the Homes.com Connect Lead System. The Homes.com Data Partnership Program is committed to the responsible display of residential for-sale and rental listing information by always promoting the listing agent and brokerage prominently on its listing detail pages, and always routing consumer inquiries directly to the listing agent. "We welcome Homes.com to our RLS Syndication network that is expanding the reach of comprehensive, reliable residential listing information to consumers searching for homes in New York City," said John Banks, president of REBNY. "Partnerships with trusted real estate solutions platforms like Homes.com are a benefit to our members. This direct feed agreement demonstrates the importance of working together with partners like Homes.com to better serve all parties and the public." The benefits provided by Homes.com's Data Partnership Program include: Prominent Branding – Clear attribution and branding for the listing agent and broker on listing detail pages. Consumer Leads – All leads generated from listing detail pages are emailed directly to the listing agent. REBNY Branding – Prominent branding for REBNY's RLS as the trusted source of the listing information. Direct Links – All listings on Homes.com can include "deep links" back to the broker's website. Homes.com's Data Partnership Program also includes all of the features of the Homes.com Connect Lead System: Contact, Lead, & Task Manager – Manage contacts and leads in one central platform. Central Lead Management – Aggregate leads from various sources into one central lead management system. Email Campaigns – Instantly add prospects to drip email campaigns. Social Prospecting – Aggregate contacts from major social networks. Agent and Broker Profiles – Prominent Homes.com branding with contact information, biographies, and links to agent and broker websites. com's Q&A – Instantly connect with consumers asking real estate questions in local markets. Reports – Gain insights through business intelligence reports. "We are thrilled with the continued support and adoption of Homes.com's Data Partnership program across the country," said David Mele, president of Homes.com. "As the industry continues to evolve and change, partners like REBNY recognize the importance of selecting partners that support the industry by using data in a responsible manner and where motives are clear." For more information on the benefits of Homes.com's Data Partnership Programs, visit http://connect.homes.com/mls/. About Homes.com Homes.com is a leading provider of real estate marketing and media services, including brand advertising, property listing exposure and syndication, search engine marketing and instant response lead generation. Homes.com Connect offers the real estate industry's first-ever all-inclusive marketing platform for agents and brokers featuring single-login convenience. Homes.com is visited by over 14 million consumers each month to search nearly four million properties for sale or rent, to locate real estate agents in their area, and to find useful home buying tips. For more information, visit www.Homes.com. About the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) and the Residential Listing Service (RLS) The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) is the City's leading real estate trade association with more than 17,000 members professionally involved in and/or engaged with business allied to New York City real estate. Founded in 1896, REBNY is involved in crucial municipal matters and provides for its members: informational, technical, and technological resources; networking and charitable service opportunities; qualifying and continuing education courses; professional education programs, seminars, and designations; career-changing awards; legal advice; and a wide range of additional member benefits. The REBNY Residential Listing Service (RLS) is a state-of-the-art, RETS compliant system that operates 24/7 and allows for the efficient and timely sharing of exclusive residential listings to all firms and agents who are members of the REBNY Residential Brokerage Division, and non-member firms that receive revenue from the residential sale or rental of residential property located in the jurisdictions authorized by the Residential Board of Directors. Through its new syndication service, RLS firms and agents can easily send residential real estate listings through one centralized feed to a powerful, expanding network of local, national, and international public real estate listing websites. This technology streamlines the process of distributing listings, increases listing visibility, and expands the reach of New York City's most accurate and consistent sale and rental information. For more information, please visit www.rebny.com.

Rapattoni Releases MLS Listing Syndication Manager
SIMI VALLEY, Calif., May 8, 2015 – Rapattoni Corporation (Rapattoni) announced today that the new Rapattoni MLS Listing Syndication Manager launched on May 7, 2015. This important new component was released as a free update for all Rapattoni MLS customers, allowing MLSs to easily set up listing syndication feeds for third-party services such as Zillow and Trulia from within the MLS. Rapattoni MLS provides an intuitive and graphically pleasing user interface which operates natively on PCs and Mac® computers as well as mobile devices. The new Listing Syndication Manager leverages Rapattoni's state-of-the-art RETS 1.7.2 servers to deliver listing data via standard RETS pulls while providing MLS staff with a simple interface for quickly setting up and managing syndication services. The feature also includes a separate module that lets brokers and office managers opt in or opt out of individual syndication services, and an additional interface allows agents and other MLS members to review which feeds their offices have opted into. For syndication feeds that require an end-user license agreement (EULA), MLS staff can set up agreement files within the Listing Syndication Manager that office staff must then accept when opting into the service, with all acceptance data stored in history. MLS staff can also generate reports showing opt-in status and EULA acceptance info for all offices within an individual syndication feed. "Our new Listing Syndication Manager makes setting up listing feeds easier than ever for MLS staff while empowering brokers and office managers to take control of their listing data," said Destyn Dagle, Director of MLS & IWS Software at Rapattoni. "With options for configuring default opt-in status and custom license agreements, the new system is flexible enough to meet the needs of our MLS customers as well as their syndication partners." Madeleine Talbot-Leighton, Product Manager at Rapattoni, added, "Our customers have recently expressed a great deal of interest in various syndication services and our new Listing Syndication Manager will allow them to send their listings to more third-party sites than ever before, ensuring that the public will find accurate listing data no matter which sites they check. We consider this an essential resource for all of our MLS customers and we're pleased to make it available to them free of charge as a core component of the Rapattoni MLS." About Rapattoni MLS Rapattoni MLS is setting the standard with advanced features such as integrated GIS parcel mapping, an integrated member management and billing system, the industry's most advanced RETS 1.7.2 data exchange system with RESO Data Dictionary 1.3 certification, integrated aerial photography, a robust statistics and trends analysis package, language translation, the Rapattoni Secure Logon system featuring Adaptive Authentication technology, and the ability to operate a convenient Single Sign-On (SSO) identity portal. Rapattoni MLS is compatible with the Internet Explorer®, Firefox®, and Safari® web browsers, can be operated natively on PCs and Mac® computers, and works seamlessly on popular smartphones and tablet devices using a touch-based interface. About Rapattoni Rapattoni Corporation has been serving the real estate industry under the same name and management going on 45 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, Integrated Website Services, and key-less Rapattoni Secure Logon with SSO identity portals for online security and convenience, along with hosting and technical support for each service. Rapattoni's MLS products are serving approximately 200,000 users nationally and its association management customers represent more than 80% of the nation's REALTORS®. Rapattoni's headquarters are in Simi Valley, California. For more information, contact Rapattoni's Public Relations department at (800) 722-7338 or visit the Rapattoni website at http://www.rapattoni.com/.

ListHub Inks Renewal Deals with Heavyweights CENTURY 21 and Coldwell Banker
  MORGANTOWN, W.V., March 19, 2015 -- ListHub, the nation's leading provider of listing syndication services and marketing performance metrics for the real estate industry, today announced renewal agreements with global franchises CENTURY 21 and Coldwell Banker, both of which are subsidiaries of Realogy. These deals build on the momentum of the national agreements ListHub announced last week and give the millions of monthly consumers who view properties on these brands' websites and mobile apps access to the listings provided by ListHub's Real Estate Network (REN). ListHub is operated by Move, Inc., a subsidiary of News Corp. "We're proud of the value ListHub's REN has provided to charter members CENTURY 21 and Coldwell Banker over the last three years," said Celeste Starchild, ListHub's vice president and general manager. "The REN helps industry sites and well-known real estate brands deepen their engagement with buyers and sellers online by providing a premier real estate search experience." "CENTURY 21 and Coldwell Banker's participation in ListHub's REN has helped each brand ensure they are providing home buyers and sellers with the most accurate listings search experience possible when searching on their respective websites and mobile apps," said Alex Perriello, president and chief executive officer of the Realogy Franchise Group. "Offering robust home search arms our affiliated brokers and agents with the ability to connect in a meaningful way with transaction-ready home buyers and sellers." ListHub's REN empowers franchise publishers to index and display accurate, broker-authorized listings on their national brand websites and mobile apps, providing a world-class real estate search experience for home buyers and sellers. Multiple listing services (MLSs) and brokers who have opted in to display listings on this network are able to increase the exposure for their listings on brand name real estate websites and mobile apps while maintaining tight control of where their listings are published. Listing syndication – the permission-based delivery of listing information from brokers and MLSs to third-party content providers – is the structural and contractual framework upon which real estate information is provided to online publishers and real estate industry service providers. ListHub pioneered real estate listing syndication to help serve the real estate industry's expansion to online marketing, and today it serves nearly 600 MLSs and over 50,000 brokers across the country in delivering listing information to more than 150 publisher and vendor websites and mobile apps. ListHub also maintains unparalleled data protection protocols with these publishers, and provides holistic reporting about listing performance across the marketing landscape. In addition to creating the opportunity for all ListHub broker customers to advertise listings on these key industry websites, REN participants also share listings with one another, further strengthening the value to each REN participant. The REN rules are available for review here. The rules were developed by ListHub in collaboration with MLS and franchise leadership in 2012. About Move, Inc. and realtor.com® Move, Inc., a subsidiary of News Corp, is a leading provider of online real estate services. Move operates the realtor.com® website and mobile experiences, which connect people to the most important and accurate information they need to find their perfect home and to the REALTORS® whose expertise guides consumers through buying and selling. As the official website of the National Association of REALTORS®, realtor.com® empowers consumers to make smart home buying, selling and renting decisions by leveraging its direct, real-time connections with more than 800 multiple listing services (MLS) via all types of computers, tablets and smartphones. In addition to the industry's most comprehensive and accurate information, Move's network of websites provides consumers a wealth of innovative tools, including Doorsteps®, Moving.com™, SeniorHousingNetSM and others. Move supports real estate agents and brokerages by providing many services to grow their businesses, including ListHub™, the nation's leading listing syndicator and centralized intelligence platform for the real estate industry; TigerLead®; Top Producer® Systems; and FiveStreetSM; as well as many free services. Move is based in the heart of Silicon Valley – in San Jose, Calif.

Realtor.com® Bites Into the Big Apple
NEW YORK, March 5, 2015 -- Realtor.com®, a leading provider of online real estate services operated by Move, Inc., a subsidiary of News Corp, today announced agreements with prominent New York brokerages – Bond New York, Brown Harris Stevens, Compass, Halstead Property, and NestSeekers – as well as leading brokerage listing syndicator RealPlus for the display of New York City real estate listings on the realtor.com® web and mobile platform. These agreements combine to provide more than 350 New York brokerage firms with the opportunity for better exposure for their listings, while turbocharging realtor.com® as the go-to and neighborhood-friendly resource for consumers looking to buy, sell or rent a home in New York City. With the inclusion of content provided by these top brokerages and listing syndicator, realtor.com® adds thousands of New York City listings to its national database, which builds its position as the New York listings resource for buyers and renters. Additionally, realtor.com® has enhanced its user experience with the addition of new filters, property types and images to make searching its growing number of New York listings more streamlined and intuitive. "Realtor.com® is laser focused on enhancing its presence in the highly sought after New York City market," said Ryan O'Hara, chief executive officer for Move. "We expect a larger New York footprint will help amplify the flow of prestigious properties to realtor.com® and lay the groundwork for a more lucrative digital advertising platform." "We are absolutely thrilled that Terra Holdings, parent company of Halstead and Brown Harris Stevens, has committed to maximizing our incredible listings on the powerful platform of realtor.com®. Our clients deserve the best possible exposure for their listings and we are firm believers of the strength of realtor.com®. We have been proud to work with them since they debuted in New York City and we look forward to continuing our relationship," explained James G. Cahill, executive vice president, chief technology officer for Terra Holdings. "NestSeekers is always looking for opportunities to leverage cutting edge marketing and technology solutions to deliver superior performance to our clients," said Eddie Shapiro, president and CEO for NestSeekers. "This agreement with realtor.com® will help bring NestSeeker's prestigious listing catalogue to a national audience of highly engaged home buyers and sellers. We're confident Move's newly inked deal with News Corp will lead to great opportunities for realtor.com® and we're excited to see what they have in store for NestSeeker listings." For-sale and for-rent New York City listings with exclusive company branding from select brokerages and listing syndication feeds are now available on realtor.com®. About Bond New York Since its inception in 2000, Bond New York has quickly become Manhattan's largest independently-owned real estate firm with seven office locations and a sales force of over 500 professionals. This full service agency covers all New York neighborhoods for residential sales and leasing, commercial sales and leasing, new development marketing and corporate relocation. About Brown Harris Stevens Brown Harris Stevens, established in 1873, is the premier provider of residential real estate services. The company has offices throughout New York City, The Hamptons, North Fork and Palm Beach. Brown Harris Stevens offers more luxury residential exclusives than any other firm and serves as the exclusive affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate, Inc., a subsidiary of Christie's International PLC, the world's oldest fine arts auctioneer. About Compass Compass is a technology-driven real estate platform based in Manhattan. Launched by Ori Allon and Robert Reffkin in 2013, Compass takes an innovative approach to real estate, offering technology that empowers agents and clients to collaborate on a home search that is simple, intelligent and enjoyable. About Halstead Property Halstead Property is one of the largest and most visible residential real estate brokerage firms in the New York metropolitan area. Headquartered at 499 Park Avenue, the firm has 1,200 sales and rental agents throughout prime retail offices in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Halstead boasts seven offices in Manhattan including the Upper East Side, Upper West Side, East Side, SoHo, Greenwich Village, Harlem and Washington Heights as well as six offices in Brooklyn. In addition, Halstead has offices in Riverdale, the Hamptons, Metro New Jersey, the Hudson Valley and Fairfield County, Connecticut. To learn more, please visit www.halstead.com. About NestSeekers In less than ten years, NestSeekers has become a powerful full service brokerage sales and marketing firm leading the real estate industry in New York City, the Hamptons, Miami and Beverly Hills. With several billion dollars in gross sales, NestSeekers is one of the fastest-growing real estate firms in the world. Additionally, it has a staff of over 700 professionals, as well as offices and storefronts in 15 different locations. About RealPlus LLC RealPlus is a full service business-to-business technology company which has been designing, developing, and delivering essential software, listing syndication, data solutions, and consulting services to the New York City residential real estate industry for over 30 years. In addition to Jaguar, its industry-leading listings and customers management system currently in use at over 300 firms, RealPlus is the architect and operator of the first successful NYC based electronic listings exchange. About Move, Inc. and realtor.com® Move, Inc., a subsidiary of News Corp, is a leading provider of online real estate services. Move operates the realtor.com® website and mobile experiences, which connect people to the most important and accurate information they need to find their perfect home and to the REALTORS® whose expertise guides consumers through buying and selling. As the official website of the National Association of REALTORS®, realtor.com® empowers consumers to make smart home buying, selling and renting decisions by leveraging its direct, real-time connections with more than 800 multiple listing services (MLS) via all types of computers, tablets and smartphones. In addition to the industry's most comprehensive and accurate information, Move's network of websites provides consumers a wealth of innovative tools, including Doorsteps®, Moving.com™, SeniorHousingNet and others. Move supports real estate agents and brokerages by providing many services to grow their businesses, including ListHub™, the nation's leading listing syndicator and centralized intelligence platform for the real estate industry; TigerLead®; Top Producer® Systems; and FiveStreet; as well as many free services. Move is based in the heart of Silicon Valley – in San Jose, Calif.

My Florida Regional MLS Joins Zillow Partnership Platform
SEATTLE, Dec. 11, 2014 -- Zillow, Inc., the leading real estate information and home related marketplace, today announced the My Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service has joined the Zillow® Partnership Platform. The Zillow Partnership Platform empowers brokers with a choice to market their inventory directly on Zillow through the MLS. For those who choose to opt-in, their listing data will be sent directly to Zillow as often as every 15 minutes, ensuring that current, active listings always are up-to-date and in sync with the MLS data. "The central region of Florida is very attractive to home buyers as home values continue double digit growth in many places," said Curt Beardsley, Zillow vice president of industry development. "As one of the largest MLSs in the country, MFRMLS brings a tremendous amount of listing information that will provide home shoppers with a complete view of the market. We are very happy that MFRMLS sees the value we can bring to their members by giving them the opportunity to market their listings with ease to Zillow's large audience of home buyers and take advantage of all that Zillow offers to participating brokers and agents." "Partnering with Zillow supports one of MFR's most important goals, which is to offer products and services that help our members get the most out of their data," said Merri Jo Cowen, CEO of MFRMLS. "Zillow is very popular with consumers, and we want to ensure that our brokers have access to this marketing opportunity. Our role, as the MLS, in the listing distribution conversation is to ensure that brokers know their options and to provide an easy way for them to execute their choices." Through this program, real estate agents from brokerages that choose to participate will be prominently displayed as the listing agent on all their listings and be able to receive leads directly from Zillow. Participating brokerages will receive attribution, branding, have daily reporting access and a link back directly to their website. To learn more about the platform, email [email protected] or call 206-757-4250. About Zillow, Inc. Zillow, Inc. operates the leading real estate and home-related information 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 lifecycle 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 more than 74 million unique users in November 2014, the Zillow, Inc. portfolio includes Zillow.com®, Zillow Mobile, Zillow Mortgages, Zillow Rentals, Zillow Digs®, Postlets®, Diverse Solutions®, Mortech®, HotPads™, StreetEasy® and Retsly™. The company is headquartered in Seattle.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties Aligns with realtor.com® to Market Listings Nationally
SAN JOSE, CA, October 17, 2014 -- Move, Inc. today announced that Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties, a HomeServices of America affiliate and a leading real estate company in Connecticut and Rhode Island, is expanding the online marketing of its properties to reach a national audience of home buyers and sellers on realtor.com®. The agreement empowers Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties to extend its online presence beyond the regional and national websites of its 50 offices in Connecticut and Rhode Island to include the additional audience of buyers and sellers who have not yet selected a particular brokerage. Operated by Move, Inc., realtor.com® is the leader in providing home buyers and sellers with the most accurate U.S. residential listing information on mobile devices and online. Listings on realtor.com® are exposed to the most engaged online real estate communityi with the most accurate listing data, updated every 15 minutes, pulled directly from more than 800 multiple listing services (MLS). The agreement gives greater visibility for more than 1,500 agents in New England and their listings to the more than 35 million home buyers and sellers who visit realtor.com® each month from their desktops or via mobile applications for iPad, iPhone, Android and Windows8. "We are pleased to welcome Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties to the Move family, and to provide the signature marketing advantages of our suite of solutions available through realtor.com® to this prestigious real estate services organization," said Ray Picard, Move's executive vice president of sales. "Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties professionals brings the knowledge, local insight and expertise to assist home buyers and sellers, and adding the reach and accuracy provided by realtor.com® to their offerings is an unbeatable combination." The agreement, effective immediately, further enhances the exposure of all Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties listings on realtor.com® through its Showcase Listing Enhancement program. The program provides the brokerage with prime positioning from which to attract home buyers and sellers, unique branding for each real estate brokerage and its agents, and direct routing of property inquires to the listing agent. "Home sellers are looking for added value from their real estate agents," said Candace Adams, president and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties. "The Showcase Listing Enhancement program from realtor.com® enables current and potential customers to connect directly with our real estate agents. We believe this level of service is unmatched in our regional market area, and we are very pleased to take a leadership position in offering this program to each of the brokers, agents and ultimately the consumers who will benefit most through the efficiency of being able to find accurate information about our properties and to connect with our world-class sales team." About Move, Inc. and realtor.com® Move, Inc., a leading provider of online real estate services, operates realtor.com®, which connects people to the essential, accurate information needed to identify their perfect home and to the REALTORS® whose expertise guides consumers through buying and selling. As the official website for the National Association of REALTORS®, realtor.com® empowers consumers to make smart home buying, selling and renting decisions by leveraging its direct, real-time connections with more than 800 multiple listing services (MLS) via all types of computers, tablets and smartphones. Realtor.com® is where home happens. Move's network of websites provides consumers a wealth of innovative tools and accurate information including Doorsteps®, HomeInsight, SocialBios, Moving.com™, SeniorHousingNet, homefair and Relocation.com. Move supports real estate agents and brokerages by providing many services to grow their businesses, including ListHub™, the nation's leading listing syndicator and centralized intelligence platform for the real estate industry; TigerLead®; Top Producer® Systems; and FiveStreet; as well as many free services. Move is based in the heart of the Silicon Valley — San Jose, CA. About Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties is a full service and locally operated real estate company with 1,500 agents in 50 offices across Connecticut and Rhode Island. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties is committed to providing the highest quality real estate services possible and making each customer experience one that surpasses all expectations. For more information, visit www.bhhsNEproperties.com.

Homes.com® Provides MLS Partners with Significant Value in Traffic and Leads
  Norfolk, VA, October 06, 2014 -- Homes.com®, leading online real estate destination and provider of real estate marketing solutions, added two major MLS partners this past year: California Regional Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (CRMLS) and Houston Association of REALTORS® (HAR). In the last 12 months, the partnership with Homes.com has resulted in an immense increase in traffic, leads, and listing impressions for the MLS partners. Homes.com has generated for CRMLS and HAR a combined 490 million impressions for their members' listings and 138,000 referral visitors to MLS public-facing websites and broker and agent websites. Additionally, Homes.com generated nearly 275,000 consumer leads, routed directly to the listing brokers and agents at no charge. The Houston Association of REALTORS®, the second largest local association/board of REALTORS® in the United States, generated more than 273 million impressions and 15 million property detail views of their listings from Homes.com. 140,000 consumer leads were sent to local HAR brokers and agents from Homes.com, with mobile leads up 20 percent over the past year. Referral click-through traffic to agent websites and HAR.com increased an astounding 1100 percent, with more than 7,000 referral visitors delivered in August 2014 alone. "The main objective of Homes.com is the same as our industry MLS partners - to provide consumers with accurate listing information they can trust," said Dave Mele, president of Homes.com. "Connecting MLS members with more consumers and helping members maximize their real estate business are benefits Homes.com is proud to provide. We strive to drive more traffic back to our advertisers and look forward to partnering with more MLS's in the future." Additionally, the California Regional Multiple Listing Service, America's largest MLS organization with more than 70,000 members, generated more than 223 million impressions and 13 million property detail views of their listings from Homes.com. 136,000 consumer leads were sent directly to local CRMLS brokers and agents from Homes.com, with mobile leads increasing 59 percent over the past year. Referral click-through traffic to broker and agent websites increased 37 percent, with more than 8,300 referral visitors delivered in August 2014 alone. "Sending business back to CRMLS brokers and agents through Homes.com is one of the ways we help put brokers and agents in front of buyers and sellers," said Art Carter, chief executive officer of CRMLS. "The Homes.com partnership provides free leads and the tools to turn those leads into business providing measurable value and service to our brokers and agents." For more information on the benefits Homes.com can provide MLS's and their members, visit http://connect.homes.com/mls/. About Homes.com Homes.com is a leading provider of real estate marketing and media services, including brand advertising, property listing exposure and syndication, search engine marketing and instant response lead generation. Homes Connect by Homes.com offers the real estate industry's first-ever, all-inclusive marketing platform for agents and brokers featuring single-login convenience, and the new Homes.com Social offers innovative tools and resources to help real estate professionals save time and simplify social media marketing. Over 10 million consumers visit Homes.com each month to search nearly 3 million properties for sale or rent, to locate real estate agents in their area, and to find useful home buying tips. For more information, visit Homes.com.

Edina Realty's Listings to Appear on Zillow
SEATTLE, September 30, 2014 -- Zillow, Inc., the leading real estate information marketplace, today announced that Edina Realty, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, has joined the Zillow® Pro for Brokers program and will display all of its thousands of listings on Zillow for the first time ever. Launched in June 2012, Zillow Pro for Brokers is a free, five-point program that improves listings accuracy, provides better reporting, includes a powerful contact follow-up system and increases the visibility of listing agents for participating brokerages. "We couldn't be more excited to be building a relationship with Edina Realty whereby their direct listing feed will be updated every 15 minutes," said Spencer Rascoff, Zillow chief executive officer. "It has always been our goal to be the best partner to the industry we can be, and in turn, offer the millions of consumers who visit Zillow the best experience possible. Edina Realty joining Zillow Pro for Brokers helps make that a reality. Now, home shoppers in Minnesota and western Wisconsin will have the most accurate and up-to-date view of the market, while home sellers can rest assured their home is being marketed to the largest audience of home shoppers." Edina Realty is one of the nation's largest real estate companies with approximately 60 real estate offices and 2,300 REALTORS® throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. To learn more about Zillow Pro for Brokers, email [email protected] or call 206-757-4250. About Zillow, Inc. Zillow, Inc. operates the leading real estate and home-related information 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 lifecycle 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 86 million unique users in August 2014, the Zillow, Inc. portfolio includes Zillow.com®, Zillow Mobile, Zillow Mortgages, Zillow Rentals, Zillow Digs®, Postlets®, Diverse Solutions®, Agentfolio®, Mortech®, HotPads™, StreetEasy® and Retsly™. The company is headquartered in Seattle.

Reesio Launches CRM, Listing Syndication, and Its Own E-Signatures; Pivots to Paid Pricing Model
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19, 2014 -- Reesio, the real estate technology startup that has focused primarily on transaction management during its 21-month existence, has announced the launch of several new features that it feels will propel it faster and faster towards becoming an all-in-one technology platform: CRM and Lead Tracking/Management Listing Syndication to popular portals like Trulia, HomeFinder, and Foreclosure.com Its own E-Signatures powered by Adobe EchoSign. The ability for users to turn on/turn off their Reesio single property page websites. All of the above new features are being launched and tightly integrated into Reesio's existing transaction management product. According to Reesio Co-Founder and CEO, Mark Thomas, these new features are based entirely on feedback from its existing base of customers, who have been asking for CRM and more control over their single property page websites for awhile. "A lot of companies talk a good game about being there for its customers and listening to their feedback, but we really put that into action by offering 24x7 chat support and releasing new features every single week based on customer feedback in order to constantly keep our product on the cutting edge." As Thomas discussed earlier this year with Inman News, all of these new features tie into Reesio's goal of becoming the go-to technology platform that has everything that modern real estate professionals need. According to a WAV Group study that was released earlier this year, the number one pain point for brokers and agents is not having all of their technology needs in one place. "Real estate professionals hate having to cobble together 4 or 5 different products to do their job. They want and need everything all in one place. So many products do just one thing. While we're certainly not 100% done, we are the only company with the goal of building out all of the features that real estate professionals need to do their job. And in a beautifully designed format that is fully integrated and not clunky to use." Ending DocuSign relationship in favor of Adobe EchoSign One of the changes that Reesio is making will be the launch of its own e-signatures, powered by Adobe EchoSign. Since Reesio launched in November 2012, it has always used DocuSign's e-signatures integrated within its transaction management product. That integration with DocuSign has ended and Reesio has instead integrated Adobe EchoSign's e-signatures into its product. With the new Adobe EchoSign integration, users will no longer be required to have a separate paid e-signatures account with another provider -- users will simply need a Reesio account, and e-signatures will automatically be included, thus saving Reesio's customers a considerable outside expense. "Reesio customers were frustrated with having to pay for a separate e-signature account and then linking that outside account within Reesio in order to e-sign documents," said Thomas. With our new Adobe EchoSign integration, there won't be any separate paid e-signature accounts or linking required. Just use Reesio and you'll be all set." There are other reasons for the change. According to Thomas, "DocuSign bought a competitor of our's (Cartavi) 15 months ago, and recently re-branded that product to be called 'DocuSign Transaction Rooms'. It became increasingly difficult to differentiate our branding from them when we were essentially offering a competing product directly within our own product." Thomas said that Adobe EchoSign approached him about a dedicated partnership earlier this year, and it was clear "that they really wanted to work with us and become a true partner. Even though EchoSign doesn't currently have a big presence within the real estate industry, they're owned by a publicly-traded company in Adobe, and they have a lot of Fortune 500 clients. "EchoSign is owned by one of the top brands in the world in Adobe, and has a world-class list of high profile customers using its product", said Thomas. "We couldn't be more thrilled to be working with them". Pivot to a Paid Product Partly due to the switch of eliminating DocuSign and offering its own E-Signatures through Adobe EchoSign, and partly due to other factors, Reesio has also become a purely paid product. "By offering our own e-signatures without requiring users to have a separate paid e-signatures account with another company, we have no choice but to begin charging for our product." However, there are other reasons that Thomas cited for the change as well, including: As Reesio has added more and more features in becoming a one-stop-shop (like CRM and Listing Syndication), the direction that Reesio is heading in is that of becoming a "premium product" that does everything for real estate professionals. Thomas said the Reesio team found that over the past 9 months while they were giving their product away for free, it actually had a negative connotation with their users. According to Thomas, "We had many new users who were hesitant to use our product because they thought that something must be wrong with it if it was free." When asked how the reception of switching to a paid product has been among its existing base of customers, Thomas said he was personally overwhelmed by the positive response. "To be honest, we were a bit nervous that there would be a lot of backlash. However, we're truly humbled by the positive response from our existing customers, who already started paying us 6 weeks ago even though we haven't officially required them to do so until last week. Essentially, we've had customers voluntarily paying us for the past month and a half. You don't get that unless you have a great product that users love." One such customer is Brian Lyons, a Realtor from Urban Homes Real Estate in San Diego. Brian states, "We've been using Reesio for the past 15 months, and not only is it a great product that does everything that we need all in one place, but the Reesio team provides Zappos-like customer service 24x7. We were even voluntarily paying for the product every month while it was free because we appreciated how much it streamlined our business."

ListHub and NAR Align to Guide Realtors® in Global Real Estate
  MORGANTOWN, WV, July 23, 2014 -- ListHub, the nation's leading listing syndicator and centralized intelligence platform for the real estate industry, today announces a new relationship with the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) to guide Realtors® in maximizing their opportunities in the global real estate marketplace. The agreement provides real estate professionals with best-in-class international listing distribution and global education as well as discounts for Realtors® to leverage worldwide advertising exposure available through ListHub Global. "The prevalence of international investment in the United States presents a tremendous opportunity for Realtors® to expand their market and reach international buyers and investors, if they are prepared to do so," said Steve Brown, 2014 president of NAR. "This arrangement offers the education and tools to provide global real estate service, as well as an economic advantage for Realtors® to reach the international marketplace through ListHub Global." The agreement provides discounts for NAR's Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) curriculum, a series of global real estate courses that provide the knowledge, research, network and tools to help Realtors® globalize their business and acquire international clients, for ListHub Global customers. CIPS-certified Realtors® have access to the CIPS Referral Network, comprised of 2,300 elite agents in 45 countries worldwide. The agreement also provides CIPS designees with a 10 percent discount for the ListHub Global service. The ListHub Global network offers brokers the opportunity to increase global exposure of their listings within a controlled platform, with ListHub's signature streamlined management, comprehensive data protections and unmatched performance metrics. With the merger of ListHub Global network partners EdenHome and ListGlobally, the ListHub Global network includes more than 70 international property publishers in over 40 countries, reaching 60 million international customers. Helping Realtors® Become Global Experts The CIPS program helps Realtors® develop the specialized expertise required in an international transaction, from currency issues and financing to visa and tax laws. The exclusive discounts available through the arrangement with ListHub Global empower Realtors® to invest in the combined resources for an unparalleled market advantage when working with international buyers. The international market is at peak levels, reaching a record $92.2 billion in sales between April 2013 to March 2014 according to NAR's 2014 Profile of International Home Buying Activity, released this month. Sales to international clients have jumped 35 percent from the previous period's level of $68.2 billion. The report also highlights a substantial increase in sales to buyers from China, increasing from $12.8 billion in the prior period to $22 billion in the 12 months ending in March 2014, and now accounting for nearly 25 percent of total sales to international buyers. Buyers from China generally purchased in higher-priced markets, and 76 percent of reported transactions were all-cash purchases. Appreciation of the Chinese yuan and affordable property contributed to the appeal of the U.S market for many buyers from China, according to the report. The ListHub Global network includes the leading real estate search website in China, SouFun, which reports more than three million unique visitors each day. Among the site's 12 million SouFun members, 25 percent have plans to invest in properties outside China within the next three years. "Buyers from China are predicted to continue to grow in the coming years, yet China's rigorous Internet regulations limit opportunities to advertise listings in mainland China without working directly with China's property portals," said Celeste Starchild, vice president and general manager of ListHub. "ListHub Global allows Realtors® to reach buyers in China within the same secure platform they use for national advertising, in a seamless experience that ensures the data is Multiple Listing Service (MLS)-accurate across the global network of real estate search websites." ListHub will host a free, 30 minute webinar July 24 at 4 p.m. EDT. Global Perspectives - Tips for Expanding Your Global Reach will be hosted by ListHub Global Team Leader Aldana Gentinetta and NAR's Director of Global Marketing and Business Development Katie Stouffs Grimes. The webinar will highlight the latest insights from NAR's international report and tips for reaching global buyers. About Move, Inc. and realtor.com® Move, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE), a leading provider of online real estate services, operates realtor.com®, which connects people to the essential, accurate information needed to identify their perfect home and to the REALTORS® whose expertise guides consumers through buying and selling. As the official website for the National Association of REALTORS®, realtor.com® empowers consumers to make smart home buying, selling and renting decisions by leveraging its direct, real-time connections with more than 800 multiple listing services (MLS) via all types of computers, tablets and smart telephones. Realtor.com® is where home happens. Move's network of websites provides consumers a wealth of innovative tools and accurate information including Doorsteps®, HomeInsight, SocialBios, Moving.com™, SeniorHousingNet, homefair and Relocation.com. Move supports real estate agents and brokerages by providing many services to grow their businesses, including ListHub™, the nation's leading listing syndicator and centralized intelligence platform for the real estate industry; TigerLead®; Top Producer® Systems; and FiveStreet; as well as many free services. Move is based in the heart of the Silicon Valley — San Jose, CA.

Great Tulsa Association of Realtors Parnters With Trulia to Enhance Accuracy and Lead Quality for Brokers
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10th, 2014 – Trulia, a leading online marketplace for home buyers, sellers, renters, and real estate professionals has signed an agreement with the Greater Tulsa Association of REALTORS® (GTAR) to enhance data quality and provide valuable exposure for its members. GTAR is the largest REALTOR® association in Oklahoma, servicing more than 3,400 members throughout the state. As part of the agreement, brokers will get near real-time data with listings refreshed as often as every 8 minutes, as well as participation in the Trulia Direct Reference program. Trulia Direct Reference identifies and corrects bad data from non-MLS connected sources and automatically reports any discrepancies in the data to the MLS, broker and listing agent. This gives the agent the ability to correct inaccurate information at the source, providing additional safeguards for fresh, accurate listings. "We have partnered with Trulia to help our brokers maximize exposure for their listings while ensuring the highest level of protection for their data," said Mike Cotrill, CEO of the Greater Tulsa Association of REALTORS ®. "We support the broker's choice in deciding how to best market homes for their clients, and providing Trulia as an option makes a lot of sense. Trulia's industry friendly publishing practices and willingness to collaborate on data security makes partnering with them an easy decision. Trulia is an ideal partner to help our brokers market their listings to active home buyers and sellers." "We look forward to working with the Greater Tulsa Association of REALTORS to provide up-to-date listing information to Trulia's 51 million monthly unique visitors. Accurate listing information not only provides a great experience for home buyers and sellers, but also protects the broker's brand and generates the most value for agents and brokers," said Alon Chaver, Vice President of Industry Services, Trulia. "That's why we continue to invest in our data processing framework and partner with the real estate industry to deliver accurate data for the benefit of our customers and partners." For more information about partnering with Trulia, email [email protected]. ABOUT TRULIA, INC. Trulia (NYSE: TRLA) gives home buyers, sellers and real estate agents all the tools and valuable information they need to be successful in the home search process. Through its innovative mobile and web products, Trulia provides engaged home buyers and sellers essential information about the house, the neighborhood and the process while connecting them with the right agents. For agents, Trulia, together with its Market Leader subsidiary, provides an end-to-end system that enables them to find and serve clients, create lasting relationships and build their business. Founded in 2005, Trulia is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Denver and Seattle. Trulia and the Trulia marker logo are registered trademarks of Trulia, Inc.

Zillow Pro for Brokers Adds Three New Austin-Based Partners
SEATTLE, WA, June 10, 2014 -- Zillow, Inc., the leading real estate information marketplace, today announced the addition of three new Austin, Texas-based partners to the Zillow® Pro for Brokers program: JB Goodwin REALTORS, RE/MAX Capital City and Turnquist Partners Realtors. These partners now will send their listings directly to Zillow, while enabling the brokerages to maintain control over their listings data and receive maximum exposure on the Yahoo!-Zillow Real Estate Network, the largest real estate network on the webi which includes, Zillow.com®, Zillow Mobile, HotPads™ and Yahoo! Homes. In addition, Zillow powers real estate search for AOL and HGTV®'s FrontDoor.com™. "The Austin housing market is showing a tremendous amount of momentum and we are excited to be able to offer these key partners the opportunity to ensure their listings are getting the most exposure possible," said Errol Samuelson, Zillow chief industry relations officer. "Given how quickly inventory is selling, establishing this direct feed with Zillow guarantees these brokers and their agents that their listings will be as up-to-date as possible, benefiting their sellers and attracting more prospective buyers." "JB Goodwin REALTORS has taken the step to be pro-consumer for our sellers and landlords by making sure their properties are on the most visited real estate site in the U.S. – Zillow," said Buddy Schilling, president of JB Goodwin REALTORS. "More than 80 million people search Zillow each month for properties for sale and for lease, so having our listings on Zillow benefits everyone. Our sellers and landlords have made it clear to us they want their properties on Zillow and we are happy to make that a reality." "RE/MAX Capital City supports consumers' number one choice for real estate information – Zillow," said Jeff Osborne, president, RE/MAX Capital City. "Our Zillow Pro for Brokers alliance ensures that consumers are receiving the most accurate, relevant and up-to-date information on our sellers' homes as well as the excellent services our RE/MAX agents provide." "Turnquist Partners has been in real estate for over 30 years and with the ever-evolving market trends, we are dedicated to providing our clients a global reach with a local focus," says Michele Turnquist, owner of Turnquist Partners Realtors. "We are thrilled to partner with Zillow Pro for Brokers to ensure our agents and clients receive the accuracy they need with the exposure they deserve." Launched in June 2012, Zillow Pro for Brokers is a free, five-point program that improves listings accuracy, provides better reporting, includes a powerful contact follow-up system and increases the visibility of listing agents for participating brokers. Brokers' agents are seen first next to their listing every time as well as having a logo and outbound link to their website included. Currently more than 1,000 partners across the country participate in Zillow Pro for Brokers. About Zillow, Inc. Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ:Z) operates the leading real estate and home-related information 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 lifecycle 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 81.5 million unique users in May 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.

ListHub Updates Seller Reports and eMarketing flyers
  ListHub has completely updated their Seller Report and eMarketing flyers. Here are some of the highlights: Seller Reports: Redesigned with a contemporary look that puts your brand front and center Links to take you directly to your online listings Features the metrics that mean the most - views and leads! You and your agents can schedule the new Seller Reports to be automatically emailed to clients, keeping them informed about how their property is performing online. Listing Presentation Flyer: 4 design options to choose from! By popular demand: A design that displays the logos of all our publisher partners! Showcase your strategic marketing advantage with the ListHub Seller Reports

NY State MLS Joins Zillow Partnership Platform
SEATTLE, March 3, 2014 -- Zillow, Inc., the leading real estate information marketplace, today announced that the NY State Multiple Listing Service has joined the Zillow® Partnership Platform, which sends MLS data directly to Zillow as often as every 15 minutes, ensuring that current, active listings always are up to date, correct and in sync with the MLS data. NY State MLS listings will be seen across the Yahoo!-Zillow Real Estate Network, the largest real estate network on the webi, as well as on Zillow's popular suite of mobile apps, HotPads™ and Zillow partners AOL Real Estate and HGTV®'s FrontDoor™. NY State MLS's more than 10,000 members are participating in the program. "NY State MLS is excited to syndicate listings directly to Zillow," said Dawn Pfaff, NY State MLS President. "We understand our members' desire to display the most up to date listing data, while maintaining maximum exposure. This partnership ensures listings sent to Zillow are updated multiple times per day and kept current for prospective home buyers." "Zillow reaches the most consumers of any real estate website in the Greater New York area and nationwide, and we are proud to be able to connect NY State MLS members' listings to this large audience for free," said Greg Schwartz, Zillow chief revenue officer. "Now home sellers in New York state have the opportunity to market their listings to the widest possible audience, while providing home buyers the most accurate and up-to-date information possible when searching for a home." Each real estate professional partner will have a dedicated Zillow account executive, prominently display the listing agent and provide daily reporting. To learn more about the platform, email [email protected] or call 206-757-4250. About Zillow, Inc. Zillow, Inc. 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 monthly 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.

New to Point2 Homes: Add Your Listing, Canada!
  For all of those Canadian agents out there who aren't Point2 Agent users yet (and why not?) we have added a brand new way to submit your listings to Point2 Homes. Listings can be added automatically directly from CREA or your association. Learn more: Today we're excited to announce a new feature on Point2 Homes, our consumer real estate portal. This tool is designed to boost web traffic to Canadian listing agents and brokers by allowing you to upload your listings directly to Point2 Homes. Best of all, it's completely FREE! How does it work? If your broker is with CREA, ask them to opt-in to the DDF module (not all brokers have opted in for this) and your listings will be automatically imported to Point2 Homes, at no cost. If your broker is not with CREA, your listings can still be sent automatically to Point2 Homes through Point2's listing syndication, a free benefit offered by some real estate associations. If your real estate organization doesn't offer this benefit, listing syndication is also included with a Point2 Agent membership. Why submit your listings to Point2 Homes? There are 4 reasons why this is a very good idea: Point2 Homes is one of the most popular real estate websites in Canada. Point2 Homes receives over 1 million visits every month. Point2 Homes creates more than 60,000 connections between agents and consumers each month. And finally, it's free! Click here to start today Have you made a connection on Point2 homes? Tell us about it below. To view the original post, visit the Point2 Agent blog.

Winter Sale: Get the Gift You Really Want – More Leads
Looks like Santa's come early this year! The Point2 Agent winter sale has begun, and you have just 3 weeks to snag yourself a sweet deal on our complete suite of online marketing tools. From now until the end of the month, new and existing users can save a full 15% off a year of Point2 Agent Express or Point2 Agent Professional. New Users Do you want to capture more leads and increase your exposure? Point2 Agent has everything you need to promote your real estate business online in one easy-to-use solution. Log in from anywhere to access: Mobile-friendly websites Powerful listing syndication Lead management tools Detailed reports and statistics And so much more! Existing Users Why upgrade to pro? Good question. We think you'll love Pro because Pro users get 2x more leads on average. In addition to more leads, you'll also get access to: Featured advertising Additional property sites Custom forms Email campaigns Advanced prospecting tools Ready to get started? Give us a ring at 888-277-9779 or click here for more details. We think Point2 Agent is the bee's knees, but you don't have to take our word for it. See what our members are saying in these user interviews. To view the original post, visit the Point2 Agent blog.

ListHub Surpasses 2012 Growth Rate with 36 New MLS Customers in 2013
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Nov. 6, 2013 -- ListHub™, the leading distributor of property listings to U.S. and international publisher websites and provider of performance metrics in real estate, operated by Move, Inc., (NASDAQ: MOVE) announced the addition of 36 new service agreements with multiple listing service organizations (MLSs) in 2013 to provide a secure and accurate platform to give brokers control over their online marketing choices. This year's agreements bring the total number of ListHub-enabled data sources to 450, and top ListHub's 2012 performance in the first 10 months of this year. Many of the MLSs that have joined the ListHub network this year, such as the Roanoke Valley Association of REALTORS®, are introducing an MLS-connected option for listing distribution and reporting for their members for the first time. "Our association is pleased to select ListHub as an additional benefit for our broker members," said Betty Kingery, president of the Roanoke Valley Association of REALTORS®. "We look forward to working with ListHub to provide a safe, accurate method for our brokers to market their firms' listings online." Several MLSs had previously used alternate methods to support members' listing syndication, such as the Corpus Christi Association of REALTORS® (CCAR). After two years of managing syndication for their members independently, CCAR has returned to the ListHub network with a new agreement to provide listing syndication and metrics to their broker and agent members. "We are extremely pleased with the continuing growth we have seen this year as a trusted provider of service to the industry," said Luke Glass, general manager of ListHub. "It is especially rewarding to have earned the return business of clients who have experienced first-hand the complexity of managing listing distribution independently and have chosen to leverage the integrated platform tools, analytics, and data protections that ListHub provides." The following MLSs have formed contract agreements with ListHub in 2013: Alabama Lake Martin Area Association of REALTORS® Arkansas Hot Springs Board of REALTORS® California Ridgecrest Area Association of REALTORS® Inc. Colorado Gunnison Country Association of REALTORS® Inc. Florida Navarre Area Board of REALTORS® Georgia Middle Georgia MLS Greater Augusta Association of REALTORS® Idaho Sun Valley Board of REALTORS® Kentucky Cumberland Valley Board of REALTORS® Henderson Audubon Board of REALTORS® Madison County Board of REALTORS® Louisiana Northwest Louisiana Association of REALTORS®/Shreveport-Bossier Board of REALTORS® Minnesota Lake Region Association of REALTORS® Mississippi Southwest Mississippi Board of REALTORS® Missouri Ozark Gateway Association of REALTORS® MLS of the Three Rivers Board of REALTORS® MultiList Services of Springfield REALTORS®, Inc. West Central Association of REALTORS® (formerly Sedalia-Warsaw) Randolph County Board of REALTORS® Northeast Central Board of REALTORS® New York Columbia Greene and Northern Dutchess MLS Ithaca Board of REALTORS® Mohawk Valley Board of REALTORS® North Carolina Rockingham County Association of REALTORS® Yancey-Mitchell Board of REALTORS® Ohio West Central Association of REALTORS® Oklahoma Lawton Board of REALTORS® Pennsylvania Bradford Sullivan Association of REALTORS® Texas Bryan-College Station Association of REALTORS® Corpus Christi Association of REALTORS® The Houston Association of REALTORS® Virginia Southern Piedmont Land & Lakes Board of REALTORS® Southwest Virginia Board of REALTORS® Roanoke Valley Association of REALTORS® Inc Washington Northeast Washington Association of REALTORS® MLS West Virginia Greenbrier Valley Board of REALTORS® National EZMLS About ListHub ListHub™ is operated by Move, Inc., (NASDAQ: MOVE), the leader in online real estate. ListHub provides a platform to MLSs and real estate brokers to effectively manage every aspect of advertising listings online, including tools for making informed advertising choices, flexible options for routing consumer traffic and leads, and reporting for accurately measuring the results of their online marketing. Listing information is kept up-to-date to provide today's homebuyers with the most accurate information available from the MLS. ListHub is the leading platform nationwide for listing management, serving more than 50,000 brokerage firms, and synchronizing listing information from over 450 data sources with more than 125 publisher websites. About Move, Inc. Move, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE), the leader in online real estate, operates: realtor.com®, the official website of the National Association of REALTORS®; Move.com, a leading destination for new homes and rental listings, moving, home and garden, and home finance; ListHub™, the leading syndicator of real estate listings; Moving.com™; SeniorHousingNet; SocialBios; Doorsteps®, TigerLead®; Top Producer® Systems and FiveStreet, Inc. Move, Inc. is based in San Jose, Calif.

New Website Transforms Listing Syndication Market
Introducing Listing-Feed.com, the web's first premium listing syndication tool. With roots in New England and contracts with the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe, Listing-Feed.com has opened the doors to connect luxury real estate listings with prestigious websites. Now REALTORS® can broaden their listing reach into previously un-tapped markets with one simple membership. Listing Feed automatically syndicates choice properties (ie. those valued at $500,000 or more) from their local MLS to a network of nationally and internationally viewed websites. With the majority of second home real estate listings sought by out-of-state buyers, REALTORS® have been missing their mark. In December of last year, The New York Times had over 508,000 searches for up-market properties in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. In that same period, there were less than 3,000 listings posted for those states. Listing Feed is designed to bridge that gap. "We're doing right by agents," says Jeremiah Poljacik, Creator of Listing-Feed.com. "By white labeling our product we can give it all back to the brokers and their agents--the brand recognition, backlink and the traffic." As the Owner and Publisher of New England Real Estate Magazine, Poljacik knows what brokers are looking for: "Ease-of-use, automatic updates and no contract." Listing-Feed also provides accountable reporting and listing performance for no additional cost. Additionally, Poljacik sees the current emerging trends in the online marketplace. "Many of my print customers regularly express interest in the online marketplace, However, it's beyond difficult to forge individual relationships with the big online ad publications." By creating bulk accounts with in-demand websites, ListingFeed bundles ads at a better rate, offering clients a simple, automated listing syndication, saving them the headache and cost of having to negotiate dozens of advertising commitments and contracts. At 32, Poljacik is at the forefront of the start-up scene that's gaining traction in Portland, Maine. Working out of Think Tank CoWorking, a collaborative workspace for start-ups, ListingFeed is building a national sales force and creating alliances with top-notch programmers. Forging ahead, ListingFeed is poised to scale-out to include markets all over the country. "I wanted to create a new kind of real estate syndication company," says Poljacik. "One that connects the expansive new mobile marketplace. This is the future of premium online real estate syndication." Agents and brokers are encouraged to see for themselves the benefit of joining Listing-Feed.com.

Displaying Online Listings Appropriately and Accurately
This article comes to us from the REALTOR.com Lockbox blog. You can view the original article at Lockbox.REALTOR.com. When real consumers search for homes, they want to see what’s really available. The actual homes that are listed for sale. The homes they have a real opportunity to consider and purchase. Not homes that are off the market, or homes that sold months, or even years ago. Sellers don’t want to compete with artificially inflated levels of inventory that doesn’t actually exist, and buyers don’t want to browse listings they can’t actually buy. That’s why REALTOR.com® accurately represents what’s actually happening in the market. As real estate practitioners, you have rules that you need to play by. When you get listings, you list them as active. When property statuses change, you make the appropriate adjustments. And when properties sell, you take them off the market. If you don’t there are repercussions. Board violations. Ethical considerations. Professional backlash. A lot of major national sites don’t play by the same rules you do. The quality of data and attention to what’s actually happening just isn’t there. REALTOR.com® is the site that actually plays by the same rules brokers and agents do. When a property is listed for sale, REALTOR.com® shows it. When a property sells and is off the market, REALTOR.com® removes it. On REALTOR.com®, only the listing broker’s and listing agent’s branding, logos or photos are allowed to appear on any given listing. Period. We’re able to do these things because REALTOR.com® has direct connections to over 867 MLS systems across the country. We do these things because we update about 85% of our listings every 15 minutes, and the remainder at least every 24 hours. And most importantly, we do these things because they’re the right, ethical thing to do. Sellers know that when their property is displayed on REALTOR.com®, they’re not competing with phantom inventory; the playing field is true, and it’s level. Buyers who search on REALTOR.com® know they’re not going to have to sift through mounds of listings that aren’t available. Being a real estate professional means doing the right thing for your clients, every time. REALTOR.com® feels the exact same way. That’s why we are ultra-committed to ensuring that listings displayed on our site are true and accurate. It’s the quality data and the quality service that you and your clients deserve, and REALTOR.com® is proud to be the site that delivers it.

HomeFinder.com Partners with CENTURY 21 REAL ESTATE and its Showcase Advantage Listing Program
CHICAGO (April 19, 2011) – HomeFinder.com, one of the most trusted websites for consumers to search for a home and connect with a real estate professional, today announced a new agreement with Century 21 Real Estate LLC, the franchisor of the world’s largest residential real estate sales organization, where HomeFinder.com will become an integral part of the CENTURY 21 Showcase Advantage Listing Program. “We are very pleased to be able to provide this level of support to our real estate professionals,” said Bev Thorne, chief marketing officer, Century 21 Real Estate LLC. “As an industry leader, this agreement with HomeFinder.com is an important element of our digital marketing strategy.” This new program will allow CENTURY 21 brokers to purchase enhanced listings on HomeFinder.com and their network of 120+ newspapers across the country. Under the new agreement, CENTURY 21 will provide an increased level of subsidy to the cost of the program for CENTURY 21 system members. The enhanced listing features will allow home shoppers to directly reach out and connect with CENTURY 21 professionals, with the ultimate goal of helping to sell more homes. CENTURY 21 brokers will also have access to detailed online reporting to measure the effectiveness of their marketing spend with HomeFinder.com, which in the current real estate market has become increasingly important. “HomeFinder.com is excited to be included in the Showcase Advantage Listings Program and offer exceptional pricing for CENTURY 21 brokers,” said Tim Fagan, president and chief executive officer, HomeFinder.com. “These enhanced listings will not only provide additional branding opportunities where each broker can display their logo on our website, but it will also allow millions of HomeFinder.com home buyers to connect with brokers and agents.” As an added bonus, every CENTURY 21 Real Estate office that signs up receives access to five Single Property websites, a new product HomeFinder.com is excitedly launching this month that allows agents and sellers to quickly create and feature their properties on their very “own” website. In addition to sheer online presence, HomeFinder.com is fueled by a newspaper network of 120 publications and their local real estate traffic. Newspaper sites such as chicagotribune.com, miamiherald.com and latimes.com look exclusively to HomeFinder.com for all of their real estate listings. This combined presence results in tens of thousands of phone calls and emails to agents and brokers each month. About HomeFinder.com® HomeFinder.com has over 10 years of experience as one of the most trusted websites for consumers to search for a home and connect with a real estate professional. Distinguished by its inventory of 3.5 million comprehensive property listings and rich content, HomeFinder.com also provides simpler, more valuable online advertising solutions for agents, brokers and builders, combining the brand power of more than 130 local newspaper websites with exposure on a national scope, in a platform that tracks every phone call, email and click a consumer makes. Learn more about HomeFinder.com here.  

Zillow Acquires Postlets
Today, I'm happy to announce that Zillow has acquired Postlets, a leading online real estate listing creation and distribution platform. For those not familiar with Postlets, it's a great service that enables individual agents, property managers and landlords to distribute their listings across 13 real estate and social media websites, for free. Real estate professionals love Postlets because you create a property listing just once, and Postlets automatically distributes it across the Web. Plus, when you create an account on Postlets, you get a personalized landing page so you can showcase all of your "Postlets" in one place. You can then customize your personal gallery with a company logo and an "about me" page where you can describe your services and upload a personal photo to help you gain even more exposure. And it's free. Postlets has an interesting background: It was founded in 2005 by Asher Matsuda and Raymond Chen, who started the company as a side project. Today, the site boasts over 500,000 registered users who currently send more than 350,000 for-sale and for-rent listings across the country. Ask anyone in the industry, and they'll tell you that Postlets is a great tool for agents, property managers and landlords looking to promote their listings and manage their online presence, for free. As part of this acquisition, Postlets will continue to send listings to its current distribution partners. We're thrilled to have the Postlets brand, and its talented founders join the Zillow team. If you haven't tried Postlets yet, set up your free account today to get started. If you would like to read the original article by Spencer Rascoff, Zillow CEO, please click here. Learn more about Zillow.

Point2 and Proxio Sign Global Marketing Agreement
San Diego, – March 22, 2011 – Online real estate marketing solutions provider Point2 today announced a marketing agreement with Proxio, the international Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and global referral network. The partnership effectively expands market reach for both Point2 and Proxio, and creates new marketing and revenue channels for the real estate professionals who are clients of both organizations. Full system integration to support the two way marketing arrangement is planned for release within the next 90 days. Under the agreement, Point2 Agent platform users will gain access to Proxio's subscription-based Global Referral Network™ in over 100 countries, enabling them to market in areas typically beyond their reach. Proxio's 19-language translation technology will also allow participating agents to market in multicultural clients' own language, including through multilingual websites and social media. Proxio users around the world will be able to tap Point2's listing syndication network of over 60 third party real estate consumer websites, search engines, and auction and classified advertising sites in North America, giving them easy access to one of the largest markets worldwide and enabling them to generate leads at no added cost. "We continue to push the limits of real estate online marketing through technology innovation, partnerships and market expansion," said Saul Klein, senior vice president for Point2. "As we create new markets for our clients, we also look forward to expanding our footprint globally as Proxio's large user base gains exposure to our solutions." "Proxio's mission is to provide technology and tools to real estate professionals on every continent to help them grow their businesses," said Janet Case, chief executive officer for Proxio. "This new listing syndication opportunity through Point2 will further add to the value Proxio subscribers can deliver to their buyers and sellers." Proxio subscribers will also gain seamless access to the Point2 Agent online marketing and lead management platform, through their Proxio account, on a subscription basis. The solution allows agents to monitor online traffic activity, capture leads and engage in real estate prospecting through advanced predictive marketing and drip email lead conversion tools. Point2 today powers listing syndication for approximately 200 MLSs and Associations in the US and Canada. About Proxio Proxio, Inc. is a Silicon Valley-based technology company focused on the 21st century needs of the fast-evolving real estate industry globally. Proxio's platform integrates sophisticated property display technology with agent networking solutions to deliver high-value, mission-critical services that increase revenue for real estate professionals worldwide, and improve services for their clients. Proxio's services operate in 19 languages, and are used by MLSs, associations, brokerages, and agents in 100+ countries across five continents. About Point2 Point2, a Yardi Systems Inc. brand, provides inventory management and online marketing software solutions to the real estate and heavy equipment industries across 120 countries.