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Real Estate ‘Dictionary’ Aimed at Standardizing Descriptions

Real Estate ‘Dictionary’ Aimed at Standardizing Descriptions

Real estate websites and classified ads can leave first-time home buyers wishing they had a Secret Agent decoder ring so they could decipher the abbreviations and description shortcuts used by real estate agents to save precious space when posting to  their local MLS system and creating newspaper and online classified ads for their properties. When house [...]

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New Real Estate Listing Network Challenges MLS

New Real Estate Listing Network Challenges MLS

The launch of a new real estate listing network aimed at real estate franchises challenges the supremacy of the real estate industry’s traditional multiple listing services (MLS) and is generating a lot of discussion among U.S. Realtors. Developed by behemoth real estate syndicator ListHub, the new Real Estate Network (REN) will expand property listing syndication [...]

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Market Leader Acquires KWKLY

Market Leader Acquires KWKLY

Market Leader (NASDAQ: LEDR) ( www.MarketLeader.com : www.MarketLeader.com ), an innovator in online marketing and technology solutions for real estate professionals, has acquired kwkly, a mobile software-as-a-service lead generation platform.

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Properties Online Incorporates QR Codes into their Website Builder Software

Properties Online Incorporates QR Codes into their Website Builder Software

As QR Codes become an integral part of real estate marketing, Properties Online enables real estate agents to quickly and easily generate QR Codes for each listing.

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Don’t be Lazy with Your Passwords!

Don’t be Lazy with Your Passwords!

On Sunday, December 12 2010, 1.3 million Gawker media accounts were hacked. Some of the information – emails and passwords – was released on the Internet. Gawker has asked all its users to change their passwords. While this is certainly an inconvenience, the issue is far more serious for anyone who’s been lazy with their [...]

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NAR 2010 Highlights

NAR 2010 Highlights

For those of you who couldn’t make it out to New Orleans this year for the National Association of Realtors Convention, I thought I would hit the highlights for you. LOWES Let me just start off by saying I can be bought with cookies. Lowes had (by far) the best give-aways at the show. I [...]

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Buyers Love Property Websites with Mortgage Tools!

Buyers Love Property Websites with Mortgage Tools!

Mortgage tools are hugely popular with home buyers, because they are useful and interactive. Mortgage tools enable buyers to quickly estimate their total payment and see if a property is within their budget.

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Real Estate Market Update

Real Estate Market Update

Is now finally the time to buy a house? In many ways, and in many local markets, the answer seems to be a resounding yes. Home values in many markets have plummeted back to 2003 levels, fixed mortgage rates are near record lows, and the much anticipated economic recovery seems to be underway. While now [...]

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Real Estate Market Update: Should You Buy Now?

Real Estate Market Update: Should You Buy Now?

More and more real estate experts believe that a turnaround in the housing market is imminent. If you’ve been holding off on a real estate purchase, now may be a good time to go ahead and take the plunge! Home prices remain low in most US markets, but prices have stabilized and are no longer [...]

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Enhance your Agent Website with Market Reports

Enhance your Agent Website with Market Reports

Real estate market reports are extremely interesting – and valuable – to clients and to prospects. They enable clients to get detailed information about recent home sales in their neighborhood. Since one of your main goals as a real estate professional is to make your website as “sticky” as possible – to make people stay [...]

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