The StarPhoenix
Published: Thursday, February 28, 2008

Realtors in Belize have embraced made-in-Saskatoon technology to create and launch the South American country’s online real estate listing system.

The Belize National Association of Realtors (BNAR) chose to work with Point2 Technologies Inc. to create its multiple listing service (MLS) system based on the Saskatoon company’s national listing service (NLS) platform. BNAR launched its new system Tuesday.

According to the companies, the Realtors’ association chose Point2 for its functionality and program technology. The features include Handshake, which allows brokers and agents to share listing data (including listings on NLS-based peer websites), and Exposure Engine, which enables users to distribute listings for free to high-traffic real estate search sites
such as Google, Point2 Homes and Craigslist.

Point2′s CEO Saul Klein said from a cost and ease of implementation point of view, it makes sense that BNAR went with the Saskatoon company to create the MLS system.

“With the application of Point2 NLS, not only has BNAR accomplished an important, relatively complex initiative quickly and easily, but they have also demonstrated solid understanding of the critical value that wide distribution of listings on the Internet brings to Realtors today,” Klein stated.