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RISMEDIA, July 11, 2007—(MCT)—Two Wednesdays ago, about 50 people gathered at O'Malley's Tavern in North Raleigh, North Carolina. ...

RISMEDIA, July 10, 2007—BIRDVIEW Technologies is introducing a new wireless property search application that it says will enable consumers to access real estate listing information instantly by using a cell phone or any other wireless device.  ...

RISMEDIA, July 9, 2007—Apartments.com, an apartment rental listing service, announced it has been selected as the featured apartment listing provider on Yahoo! Real Estate. Through this relationship, Yahoo! Real Estate users can search for apartments on the Apartments.com database of more than three million apartment listings, one of the largest ...

RISMEDIA, July 6, 2007—Toronto’s REALTORS® have launched a Web site (www.nohomebuyingtax.com) to help the public calculate what the proposed Toronto land transfer tax will cost them and to easily allow the public to let Mayor Miller and City councillors know what they think. ...

RISMEDIA, July 6, 2007—Spinnaker Homes of Nevada and David Weekley Homes of Florida have selected RealtyBid.com’s online auction platform to expedite the sale of their new home inventories. The RealtyBid.com auction of 22 Spinnaker Homes properties within the Spinnaker Village III community in Las Vegas will begin July 4 and ...

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RISMEDIA, June 29, 2007--iHOUSE Web Solutions announces the public release of their new company Web site, which displays the company?s suite of online marketing solutions for real estate professionals in a new light. ...

RISMEDIA, June 29, 2007--The New Jersey real estate market has a new driving force. This weekend when house hunters set out to look at homes for sale or rent, they'll be armed with a customized route map. A quick visit to http://www.nj.com/realestate provides all the tools ...

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RISMEDIA, June 27, 2007--Various real estate brokers, associations, MLSs and service providers are signing up for the HACKER SAFE? daily Web site scanning service offered by Clareity Security, realizing the valuable benefits of this security tool and including the Hacker Safe Clareity Security Certification logo on their site. ...

RISMEDIA, June 27, 2007--Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. announced that it has acquired Applied Financial Technology (AFT), one of the fastest-growing providers of intelligent and predictive risk analytics, analysis and data for the mortgage industry. AFT's quantitative analytics, which can be fully integrated into a variety of third-party systems, are ...

RISMEDIA, June 26, 2007?Realogy Corporation announced the official launch of its ...

RISMEDIA, June 25, 2007?Real estate brokers now have a turnkey solution to recruiting and retaining talent as Recruiting specialist Jon Cheplak launches The Cyber Recruiter, an outbound recruitment and retention technology platform. According to Cheplak, the Cyber Recruiter provides brokers with tools needed in one program to capture, cultivate and ...

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By Kayla O'Brien RISMEDIA, June 20, 2007-While it's already a known fact that about 80% of home buyers begin their search on the Internet, there's still a large demand for originality among real estate Web sites. Virtual tours, mapping technology, and neighborhood guides seem like a step in the right direction, but agents are in need of a new differentiator. That said, agents who want to lead the pack have begun creating engaging videos, utilizing YouTube and other online marketing vehicles to generate leads and ultimately close sales. Featuring qualities that can't be captured by still photos, these videos are the latest cost-efficient marketing tool and they're not alone. Thomas Harpointer, CEO and founder of AIS Media, an Internet consulting company, discusses the in's and out's of this new trend and what else we can expect over the next year in leading technologies