Real Estate Technology Archive


Prudential Fox & Roach Real Estate “Sold” on Lenovo PCs

RISMEDIA, Oct. 11, 2007-Mortgage, insurance and real estate agents at Prudential Fox & Roach, a leading regional real estate agency in the Northeast, are using 900 ThinkPad notebook and ThinkCentre desktop PCs to accelerate their business in the office and in the field. ...


Houston Realtors Laser-Focused on Internet

RISMEDIA, Oct. 11, 2007-The Houston Association of Realtors® (HAR) dedicated its entire 2008 Strategic Leadership Conference to bringing the vast Internet space to its leadership. Not content just to be the best, the 2008 board and staff leadership is committed to being even more aggressive in making sure Houston Realtors ...


Survey: Nearly Half of Realtors’ Business Originates From Internet

RISMEDIA, Oct. 11, 2007-Realtors® said that nearly half-44%-of their business originates from Internet, according to the California Association of Realtors® (C.A.R.) "2007 Use of Technology Survey." In 2003, the first year C.A.R. conducted the "Use of Technology Survey," REALTORS® said that only 19% of their business originated from the Internet. ...


Zolve Launches Premiere Real Estate Network

By Paige Tepping ...


Realty Impact Marketing Receives Two International WebAwards

RISMEDIA, Oct. 9, 2007-Realty Impact Marketing-San Diego (RIM-SD), a San Diego-based technology marketing company, was awarded two Real Estate Standard of Excellence WebAwards from The Web Marketing Association for Web site projects developed for clients Ranch Properties West Realty, and Maxine and Marti Gellens of Prudential California Realty. ...


Regional Spotlight: Cape Cod Agents Rely on Internet to Move Property

RISMEDIA, Oct. 9, 2007-(MCT)-With online listings, virtual tours and personalized Web sites in their repertoires, Cape Cod real estate professionals are no strangers to Internet-based marketing. ...


NAR Helps Realtors Manage Multiple Technology Tools

RISMEDIA, Oct. 5, 2007-The National Association of Realtors(R) Center for REALTOR(R) Technology has released a free software toolkit to facilitate open standards-based Single Sign-On. SSO is an authentication process that allows users to enter one username and password to access all online real estate applications. ...


What it Takes to Have a Grand Prize Winning Web Site

RISMEDIA, Oct. 5, 2007-AgencyLogic, one of the largest real estate industry provider of single property Web sites in North America, and one of the industry's top technology coaches, Allen F. Hainge, CRS announced that it has selected www.CharlestonYourHome.com as the nation's best real estate agent Web site. ...


Real Living Wins Real Estate WebAward from Web Marketing Association

RISMEDIA, Oct. 4, 2007-Real Living Inc., one of the nation's fastest-growing real estate firms, won the Web Marketing Association's (WMA) 2007 Standard of Excellence WebAward for its franchise Web site, RealLivingFranchise.com, in the real estate category. The distinction is awarded annually to firms for outstanding achievement in Web site development. ...


Company Stresses Ease & Affordability So Agents Can Capture Buyers

RISMEDIA, Oct. 4, 2007-According to the National Association of Realtors®, 88% of all Internet home buyers rate photos and virtual tours as extremely or very important in their search. Recognizing the need for agents to better attract buyers in current market conditions, Homes & Land announced the launch of Homes ...


New Partnership Brings Homescape Property Listing Count to Well Over 2.7 million

RISMEDIA, Oct. 2, 2007-Homescape®, an online provider of local, comprehensive real estate property listings and rich content, today announced a marketing agreement with Keller Williams Realty, the fourth-largest residential real estate franchise in North America. The new partnership will enable millions of consumers across the country to search online at ...


Survey Says Most Americans Get Their News from Web Sites

RISMEDIA, Oct. 2, 2007-A new survey finds that 101 million adult Americans now get most of their news from Web sites, while 35 million people rely on TV comedians and eight million individuals turn to blogs for their main source of news. An overwhelming majority of Americans said they obtain ...


Pearl Insurance Now Binds Real Estate Errors and Omissions Coverage Online

RISMEDIA, Oct. 1, 2007-Pearl Insurance recently launched a new, online application that equips real estate professionals with the capability to obtain a quote for their Errors & Omissions (E&O) coverage and buy or renew at any time-when it's most convenient for them. This cutting-edge tool provides an alternative insurance shopping ...


National Real Estate Firms Choose Montana’s Goomzee.com for Text Message Marketing

RISMEDIA, Oct. 1, 2007-When thinking about high technology, text message marketing, mobile marketing and "dot coms," Missoula, Montana may not be the first place you think of. Missoula native and former Bay Area resident, Mike Sparr, is working hard to change that, and it seems to be working. Just over ...


Rookie Realtors use Advanced Access’ Tools to Achieve Impressive Honor

By Kayla O'Brien ...