Real Estate Technology Archive


HouseHunt Creates the Perfect Match: Homes That Meet Lifestyles

RISMEDIA, Sept. 28, 2007-Finding a home in just about any community in the country that matches one's lifestyle and top priorities and requirements has become a whole lot easier, thanks to consumer-friendly innovations driven by HouseHunt's Internet technology. ...


Realtor Benefits Offers Free Trial of eNeighborhoods PowerSuite Marketing Software

RISMEDIA, Sept. 27, 2007-NAR Realtor Benefits® Program partner, eNeighborhoods, a division of Dominion Enterprises, announced a special open enrollment period that enables Realtors® to try eNeighborhoods' award-winning marketing solutions free for up to 60 days. The open enrollment period is now through the end of December. PowerSuite is an eight-in-one ...


Web Re-design Enhancements Put Key Information at Visitors’ Fingertips

RISMEDIA, Sept. 27, 2007-Real Living Inc., one of the fastest-growing residential real estate companies in the nation, unveiled its revamped Web site, RealLiving.com, with changes designed to further enhance visitors' digital experience. ...


Cole Realty Resource Provides Neighborhood Leads

RISMEDIA, Sept. 24, 2007-Cole Information Services recently introduced Cole Realty Resource, an online product designed to help real estate professionals increase sales through neighborhood networks. According to the company, the lead-generating tool provides a proactive option to identify and successfully pursue sales and listings."Many real estate professionals are aggressively looking ...


Why This Market has More Opportunities Than Any Market We Have Had in Years

By John Wright ...


How to Make Mobile Technology a Win-Win for Your Brokerage

RISMEDIA, Sept. 21, 2007-With the release of the iPhone has come the spotlight on the next generation of real estate home buyers-those searching for listings and information from their mobile phones.While mobile phones might have an Internet browser that runs fractions of the speed of a computer, they allow customers ...


Trulia Ranks Among Top Three Traffic Drivers

RISMEDIA, Sept. 21, 2007-Trulia.com, one of the Internet's leading real estate search engines, announced that the company now ranks alongside Google and Yahoo! search engines as one of the top three contributors of traffic to real estate companies nationwide.According to the latest data released by online competitive intelligence service company ...


Alain Pinel Realtors Forms Online Alliance with Trulia

RISMEDIA, Sept. 21, 2007-Alain Pinel Realtors (APR) has formed an exclusive, online partnership with Trulia.com. This alliance is in-step with APR's tradition of marketing leadership through technology, announced President and COO Larry Knapp.According to Trulia representatives, the affiliation with APR is likely the first of many such relationships Trulia hopes ...


Homes.com Posts Record Web Site Traffic

RISMEDIA, Sept. 20, 2007-Homes.com, a division of Dominion Enterprises, announced its highest Web site traffic in the company's history. Based on comScore Media Metrix's monthly analysis, Homes.com experienced significant growth in both Web site visits and unique visitors, showing an increase of nearly 13% in unique visitors between June 2007 ...


Who is Using Social Networking Sites?

RISMEDIA, Sept. 20, 2007-Over a month ago, RISMedia Forum member piedpiperspeaks, raised the question, "Is anybody having any success using social networking Web sites like LinkedIn.com?" and since then, Forum participants have consistently been adding their two-cents.LinkedIn.com is a free-to-join social networking site that runs by the philosophy, "relationships matter." ...


The St. Joe Company and SecondSpace Unite to Showcase Lifestyle Real Estate on Web

RISMEDIA, Sept. 20, 2007-The St. Joe Company, one of Florida's largest private landowners and a leading developer of lifestyle communities, and SecondSpace, Inc., a leading Web services company that operates LandWatch.com and ResortScape.com, announced an exclusive, multi-year online marketing agreement to bring "JOE's Florida" to a broad range of buyers ...


Will Your Listings Be Found on the Mobile Web?

By Greg Harris ...


Diverse Solutions Releases Version 2.0 of dsAgentChat Instant Messaging Technology

RISMEDIA, Sept. 19, 2007-Diverse Solutions, an industry leader in real estate technology, has recently announced version 2.0 of their dsAgentChat instant messaging technology. Designed to be integrated into any Web site, their dsAgentChat program allows agents and brokers to use their cell phones or computers to instantly chat with their ...


RealBird Announces Real Estate Property Web sites for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch

RISMEDIA, Sept. 19, 2007-RealBird has announced that its Listing PublisherTM service is now optimized for the new iPhone and iPod Touch devices. According to the company, this allows real estate agents to take full advantage of the power, ease of use, and versatility of these groundbreaking Apple mobile devices ...


For Home Buyers, There’s Now the Interactive ‘Virtual Open House’

RISMEDIA, Sept. 19, 2007-In anticipation of one of the world's first "live" virtual open houses, Realtor Rudy Mayer, of ERA The Masiello Group of Nashua, NH is excited and anxious."Open houses have been declining in attendance for several years - they're a relic. With a record number of properties on ...