Posted by Brian Montopoli Earlier this month, “60 Minutes” aired a mostly flattering piece on Redfin, an online real estate company that charges sellers a flat fee of $3,000 instead of a percentage-based commission. You can watch it by clicking on the video box. The segment, headlined “Chipping Away At Realtors’ Six Percent,” infuriated many [...]
In this final segment, the third of three, Jeff Tomlin, Manager of Channel Relations for Point2 and I talk about how the Point2 solution aids in compliance and quality control for a broker. Jeff goes into how the Point2 Handshake helps build social capital both inside the profession and to the consumer. At the end [...]
NAR, Zillow, Trulia, Point2 NLS and Real Estate Brokers Find Common Ground Written by: Frances Flynn Thorsen, e-PRO, SRS May 25th, 2007 – 10:39 am The National Assn. of REALTORS Midyear Meetings marked an historic meeting at an NAR event — a forum that saw search engine giants, the Point2 NLS provider, and leading [...]
NAR technologist describes mouse-motion research Monday, May 21, 2007 By Glenn Roberts Jr.Inman News WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Houston Association of Realtors plays an active role in marketing members’ property listings. The association sends property information from its multiple listing service into an association-operated public Web site that also features a home-valuation tool and agent profiles. [...]
Point2 gives away their websites, publishes syndication data to over 23 consumer real estate sites and offer a 1 touch publishing solution. Jeff Tomlin, Manager of Channel Relations (and an avid blogger at Real Estate Alchemy) tells us more about how they do in this second segment of the interview. It also allow some to [...]
Fidelity announces agreement with Keller Williams Friday, May 18, 2007 By Glenn Roberts Jr.Inman News Cyberhomes.com, an automated home-valuation site operated by Fidelity National Real Estate Solutions, is now open to for-sale property listings information, Fidelity officials announced Thursday. The field of property-search Web sites has grown rapidly in the past few years, with newcomer sites [...]
RISMEDIA, May 17, 2007-Point2 Technologies Inc. has announced that it has expanded its Point2 NLS listing syndication network, adding 10 new consumer-facing advertising destinations for members’ listings. The most recent sites to start drawing live Point2 NLS listing data feeds include HotPads.com, Vast.com and CityCribs.com. Newcomers also include Propbot.com, House.com, VideoHomes.com and TheHousingPages.com. In early March, [...]
Brokers can choose 10 more Web sites to market listings Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Inman News As more consumers go online for real estate information, brokers are being offered an array of choices by which to market their listings to a wider audience. Some companies, including Point2 Technologies, are trying to simplify a complicated process [...]
Ten New Destination Sites Increase Point2 NLS Member Listing Exposure Nearly 300 Percent Saskatoon, SK and Vancouver, BC – May 15, 2007 – Point2 Technologies Inc. (“Point2”) today announced that it has expanded its Point2 NLS listing syndication network, adding ten new consumer-facing advertising destinations for members’ listings. The most recent sites to start drawing [...]
Agent2.0 is not just about technology, but technology is what I like to write about. A real estate agent is a small business person and like every business out there, they should have a website as an underpinning of their marketing program. Website are available to agents and brokers range from free to several thousands [...]