Top 5 Broker Website Trends for 2014
There is a significant gap in the depth of information found on listing portals vs. broker websites today. Aside from marketing acumen and marketing investment, the quality of the experience is simply...
View ArticleBrokers Should Audit Their MLS
2014 may well be the year of the broker, or as they are referred to in MLS speak, the year of the Participant. If your MLS has adopted the National Association of REALTORS® template for MLS Rules and...
View ArticleMyOnlineYardSign Attacks MLS IDX Policy
Generally speaking, real estate business media companies write pretty respectful commentary regarding the well-developed MLS IDX policy. Sure, the policy is a living document and the MLS Policy...
View ArticleIDX Policies Proposed to Go More Broker-Friendly
I am proud to say that WAV Group has been working with the Leading Real Estate Companies of the World to create a set of recommendations for ways to improve and update IDX policy. No, there have no...
View ArticleThere IS hope for the real estate industry!
I had one of the best days I’ve ever had since I’ve been a part of this industry at the NAR conference this year! I witnessed what I believe to be a historic moment in the real estate industry where...
View ArticleRevised IDX Rules are Looming for MLSs – New Solution Announced to Help MLSs...
As you probably know by now, the rules governing IDX were revised at the NAR Meetings in November last year. Click here to view the details of the approved changes. One of the big changes requires...
View ArticleMajor Changes In Real Estate
Behold, changes are taking place in real estate. We are seeing significant efforts like Project Upstream, RPR AMP, Broker Public Portal, Fair Display Guidelines, and RESO mandates that are shaping the...
View ArticleIDX Rules Continue to Become More Broker-Friendly
Way to go, MLS Policy Committee for staying on a continued path to overhaul the IDX rules to make them work harder for brokers! As you may recall, back at NAR National, there were great strides made to...
View Article1000watt nails large broker IDX strategy
1000Watt Consulting wrote a post this week that is a must read. View it here – http://1000watt.net/2015/08/friday-flash-the-broken-down-lead-machine/# Brian Boero’s point is clear: “If you are a large...
View ArticleA Tech View on Consolidation
Consolidation of Associations and/or Multiple Listing Systems (MLS) at any level has its pros and cons. Consolidation can tip the scale in the way that it improves the business, the industry and most...
View ArticleIs the MLS In Danger?
I do not really know Alain Pinel as well as I would like to. He sold the company that bears his name and pursued other interests. He is back now and runs the Luxury division of Intero Real Estate, one...
View ArticleIn Search Of A Perfect Broker VOW
WAV Group is conducting research to discover if there is any broker in the United States who has pulled out of IDX and only offers a Virtual Office Website to consumers. Presumably, it would be a large...
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