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Property Panorama Offers Free Agent Profiles Using Structured Data
InstaView Bypasses Zillow and realtor.com to Deliver Listings Directly to Consumers Denver, Colo— June 15, 2017—Property Panorama, the leading producer of real estate virtual tours in North America, today announced it will provide more than 550,000 real estate agents with free InstaView Agent Profiles that deliver the most current and accurate information on the agents and their listings directly to consumers by using structured data. Agents whose multiple listing services carry Property Panorama's InstaView 3.0 virtual tour platform will automatically receive InstaView Agent Profiles that incorporate listing data, including MLS numbers, location, price, specifications, open houses and contact information. InstaView Agent Profiles use structured data, which improve search engine optimization (SEO) and help to populate the content for knowledge panels that appear on the right-hand side of Google searches. By bypassing aggregators like Zillow and Realtor.com, who are one step removed from listing agents and may not have updated and accurate listing data, InstView Agent Profiles give listing agents the capability to reach consumers immediately with new listings and updates like price changes. Consumers who find listing information generated by InstaView on Google search will avoid the confusion created by aggregators who direct consumer inquiries about properties to agents who pay for the leads but may not know anything about the properties. "Sites like Zillow and Realtor.com, syndicators like ListHub and other emerging models are advertising media giants that make hundreds of millions from the content real estate professionals amass to create the very content─listings─that attract consumers to their sites. Instead of breaking down barriers between real estate consumers and listings, these new middlemen are creating an additional layer. Listing agents, who are the original sources of information for every home, are further from buyers than they were 25 years ago," said Property Panorama CEO Mike Barnett, speaking on a panel at the annual conference of the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Barnett said Property Panorama is putting the power of structured data in the hands of hundreds of thousands of agents who have access to the InstaView platform. InstaView's structured data comply with RESO (Real Estate Standards Organization) standards and Schema.org, which is a collaborative site sponsored by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Yandex, making it easy for consumers to access listing data and visuals directly. InstaView 3.0 tours are also available on traditional channels ranging from aggregators to public-facing MLSs, and brokers' and agents' sites. "Structured data is a new paradigm that is on the verge of transforming real estate on the Internet. Consumers will find it much easier to get the information they want about listings and agents. By integrating rich listing data with lush visuals into a single package, InstaView allows consumers to find what they are looking for immediately on search engines or browse using a traditional search portal," said Barnett. The InstaView 3.0 platform provides virtual tours for more than 670,000 listings. It includes an image-centric, full-screen virtual tour experience for the highest quality photography and handles any visual media format in use for virtual tours today, including Matterport's immersive media technology, 3DM Digital floorplans, HD and 3DF photography and videography, 360º panoramic photography and more. Property Panorama's InstaView tours are fully automated. They are the only real "click it and forget it" virtual tour system on the market today. InstaView tours update every hour from the MLS, or more frequently if requested. About Property Panorama Property Panorama is the highest rated and number one provider of virtual tours in North America. Since the launch of InstaView, Property Panorama has also been able to maintain its position as the number one provider of non-gaming videos to YouTube. Currently, Property Panorama supplies products to 550,000 Realtors© through 171 multiple listing services and Realtor® boards and associations, as well as directly to independent broker divisions of leading franchises, including Realty One, RE/MAX, and Coldwell Banker. Property Panorama has created virtual tours for more than 7.5 million InstaView Virtual Tours around the world. Property Panorama is CoreLogic's preferred provider and has integrated InstaView in most major MLS Vendors including FLEX/FBS, Black Knight/LPS, CoreLogic (All Platforms), Navica, Rapattoni, and Solid Earth.
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West Virginia Real Estate Professionals Gain Time-Saving Data Solution with Black Knight's MLS Connect for Paragon
Users can exchange listing data and upload a partial listing in zipForm®Plus with the simple click of a button FRASER, Mich., June 13, 2017 -- zipLogix™ is pleased to announce the North Central West Virginia Real Estate Information Network (NCWV) now has access to MLS Connect for Paragon, the advanced MLS data solution created by zipLogix™ and Black Knight Financial Services (NYSE: BKFS). The integrated tool provides NCWV members with the ability to seamlessly create listings in Black Knight's Paragon MLS system and easily imports listing data directly into the zipLogix™ zipForm® Plus transaction system. This helps users eliminate repetitive data entry into multiple applications and reduce rekeying errors for a more accurate, efficient real estate transaction. "As one of the leading MLS providers of West Virginia, our top priority is to empower our members with the ability to easily access and exchange high-quality data between applications, and MLS Connect for Paragon enables us to do just that," said NCWV Association Executive Marsha Simons. MLS Connect for Paragon integrates zipForm Plus® with Black Knight's Paragon MLS system to also help real estate professionals more easily manage transactions from their computers and/or mobile devices. With MLS Connect for Paragon, real estate professionals can use zipForm Plus® to fill out data input forms, get them signed and then quickly create a partial listing in Paragon MLS. Users can also import listing data directly from their MLS into a zipForm® Plus transaction, auto-populate data between Paragon MLS and zipLogix™ and leverage single sign-on for quick logins. "This solution responds to our customers' requests for seamless integration between the applications they regularly use and to reduce the duplicate data entry faced daily by so many agents," said Black Knight Real Estate Market Leader Chip McAvoy. "We are pleased to collaborate with zipLogix™ on this initiative for the benefit of our mutual customers." "Providing real estate professionals with the productivity tools they need to better manage their transactions is our number one goal," said zipLogix™ Chairman of the Board Mark Peterson. "Teaming up with Black Knight to create MLS Connect for Paragon will give our customers the advantage of saving valuable time on data access and entry when forming transactions." MLS Connect for Paragon is available from MLS providers that are partnered with zipLogix™. For additional information on this and other zipLogix™ products, please contact [email protected] or visit www.ziplogix.com/mlsconnect/index.asp for details. Fraser, Mich.-based zipLogix™ is a technology company created by, owned by and working for real estate professionals to improve productivity and efficiency industry wide. Its software automates and simplifies the repetitive and complex steps of real estate transactions, and is used by more than 650,000 REALTORS® across the country. Black Knight MLS Solutions, a division of Black Knight Financial Services, Inc., offers a suite of multiple listing service (MLS) systems and data to give real estate professionals more power to compete and add value to their customers. More information can be found at http://www.BKFS.com/MLS. About Black Knight Financial Services, Inc.Black Knight Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: BKFS) is a leading provider of integrated technology, data and analytics solutions that facilitate and automate many of the business processes across the mortgage lifecycle. Black Knight Financial Services is committed to being a premier business partner that lenders and servicers rely on to achieve their strategic goals, realize greater success and better serve their customers by delivering best-in-class technology, services and insight with a relentless commitment to excellence, innovation, integrity and leadership. For more information on Black Knight Financial Services, please visit www.bkfs.com.
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RealTracs Solutions Executes Data License Agreement with RPR
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TREB and BDAR Enter into MLS Services Partnership
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Aug 17, 2016) - The Barrie & District Association of REALTORS® (BDAR) and the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) have entered into an MLS services partnership to provide members with more extensive MLS services and greater resources. On August 11, 2016, the official agreement between the two boards was signed at a BDAR Special Board Meeting, held at the Kempenfelt Centre in Innisfil. "This MLS services partnership will be beneficial to members from both BDAR and TREB as well as consumers," said Mike Douglas, BDAR 2016 President. "Members from both boards will have access to a larger database, creating an easy flow of information for REALTORS® so they can provide the best service to their clients." Recognizing the overlap in markets, this partnership is a responsible step forward that will remove barriers and open the flow of information. "We are moving in the right direction, partnerships like this one will be the way of the future," said Julia Price-Greig, BDAR Executive Officer. "BDAR members already extend into the TREB market and vice versa, making this partnership a natural progression. Access to a more extensive database will benefit all members, their clients, and the industry as a whole." BDAR and TREB will remain separate boards, each with their own identity and member benefits; however, each board will have access to a better database and more resources, enabling Members of both boards to serve their clients more effectively and efficiently. "Leveraging the strengths of our two distinct boards makes good sense," said John DiMichele, TREB CEO. "This partnership is emblematic of how innovative and progressive solutions can bring both our boards into the future. It is impressive that the BDAR and TREB Board of Directors have had the vision to see the value of a partnership and the leadership to bring it to fruition." "As a REALTOR®, it is easy for me to see the value in this partnership," said Larry Cerqua, TREB President. "Being able to provide consumers with the best options for their buying and selling needs is the number one goal of every REALTOR® and, with this agreement, fulfilling that goal will be much easier for TREB and BDAR real estate professionals." It is expected that the full benefits of this switch will be seen in time for the spring market.
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The Miami Association of REALTORS Now Makes Its Data Available through Retsly
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Northwest MLS Joins CoreLogic Partner InfoNet
  May 09, 2016, Irvine, Calif. – CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, announced today that Northwest Multiple Listing Service has joined Partner InfoNet™. Northwest MLS, the largest full-service MLS in the Northwest, brings another 25,000 agents and approximately 27,000 active listings to the industry's leading risk management and revenue sharing program. With Northwest MLS and another four new member organizations that joined earlier this year, Partner InfoNet now licenses data from over 782,000 REALTORS®—more than two-thirds of the total National Association of REALTORS® membership. Partner InfoNet is a unique data licensing program that shares revenue with participating MLSs from the sale of risk management products that are enhanced with aggregated real estate listing data from participating MLSs all over the United States. A newly added Partner InfoNet benefit includes a royalty override that provides guaranteed revenue based on MLS membership size. For more information on Partner InfoNet, visit www.corelogic.com/res. About CoreLogic CoreLogic is a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider. The company's combined data from public, contributory and proprietary sources includes over 4.5 billion records spanning more than 50 years, providing detailed coverage of property, mortgages and other encumbrances, consumer credit, tenancy, location, hazard risk and related performance information. The markets CoreLogic serves include real estate and mortgage finance, insurance, capital markets, and the public sector. CoreLogic delivers value to clients through unique data, analytics, workflow technology, advisory and managed services. Clients rely on CoreLogic to help identify and manage growth opportunities, improve performance and mitigate risk. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., CoreLogic operates in North America, Western Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.corelogic.com.
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More Businesses Can Access Critical Local Data through Onboard Informatics' Partner Program
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Onboard Informatics Announces Ambitious Partner Program
  NEW YORK, NY (FEBRUARY 24, 2016) — Onboard Informatics today launched a comprehensive Partner Program geared toward solution providers who rely on local data to create and advance their products. This program offers tools and expertise that accelerate both innovation and revenue. Through targeted sales, marketing, development, and strategic support, partners will raise their brand awareness by gaining exposure to a larger audience. Simultaneously, agents will finally be able to access the caliber of local and property information that hasn’t been available to them until now. “This program is a win win win...win,” said David Sundstrom, Vice President of Channel Development. “We work with our partners to make sure they’re getting the valuable content their customers care about and to make sure they are implementing that data in new, creative, interesting ways. As an added bonus, agents now have access to this data and can compete with some of the national portals like Zillow and Redfin.” This revolutionary program grants access to great local data with reasonable terms along with the support and resources to effectively use it. It targets some of the most important teams in any company: management, development and sales, to encourage and support continued growth and innovation. Even companies who have used Onboard for years enjoy the enhancements of the the partner program. “We are very excited to have been partnered with Onboard as one of our major data providers for nearly a decade,” said Morgan Carey, CEO of Real Estate Webmasters. “Recently we have entered into a new full data access agreement for our enterprise clients allowing us to expand on our already amazing community data tools and property detail augmentations. We are looking for a launch of our “Get Local 2.0” in the second quarter of 2016. With the breadth of data Onboard offers, there’s no limit to the value we can bring our clients. They’ve been a great partner and we’re excited to see what’s next.” Partners who join this exciting program can expect substantial benefits: Simple terms make it easy to partner. No prohibitive upfront costs. Unlimited access to the entire suite of data at Onboard. Partners leverage experience, technology, and strategic relationships to accelerate growth. Training and Technical support. A system that helps define goals and objectives and gives partners the support they need to succeed. Sales Tools for partner’s sales teams that will help them speak to the benefits of local data in the solutions created. Marketing Support including content marketing, press releases, logo placement and more to support promotional activities. "Onboard helped Commissions Inc (CINC) become one of the fastest growing real estate technology platforms in the industry,” said Brian O'Neal, CTO, Commissions, Inc (CINC) one of Onboard’s first partners. “We built our platform on Onboard's local and property data. Fueled by that content, our technology is able to facilitate more closings for real estate agents." Agents will have access to solutions from premium vendors that include local overviews by area, city, and neighborhood on a national level. This includes over 150 million properties, national lifestyle, transit, and detailed school information, and much more. Onboard provides the best local data to many leading companies in the publishing, technology and real estate industries. Agents will be able to access this valuable content from companies participating in the Onboard partner program. “Using local and property data from Onboard helps our software connect our clients to their customers," said John Merse, Vice President of Product at Union Street Media, a member of the partner program. "Our partnership has helped us expand our business and what we're able to offer our clients." About Onboard Informatics Onboard Informatics helps clients increase sales by engaging customers with local content. Since 2001, top real estate, media, financial and technology companies have used the intelligent local information aggregated by Onboard to improve their business, enhance their websites, build better applications, and engage their customers. Businesses from nearly every sector with a need for quality, consolidated, intelligent local information turn to Onboard. Industry professionals interested in learning more about the partner program can visit: http://onboardinformatics.com/partners/partner-program/ About Commissions Inc. (CINC) CINC is the #1 real estate tech solution powering elite teams. With no contracts, relentless innovation, and an unrivaled community, we provide top real estate teams with the technology and marketing they need to grow their business.
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IRES MLS and GJARA New Partners For Listing Display on ColoProperty.com®
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Zillow Group Signs 50 New Multiple Listing Service Agreements in the Past Six Weeks
SEATTLE, June 23, 2015 -- Zillow Group, which houses a portfolio of the largest and most vibrant real estate and home-related brands on mobile and Web, today announced that Zillow® and Trulia® have signed 50 new agreements with multiple listing services (MLSs) in the past six weeks. In total, 285 MLSs have joined the Zillow Partnership Platform, Zillow Group's direct feed program, since January 2015, representing hundreds of thousands of agents and listings. "The response from our MLS partners continues to be outstanding," said Errol Samuelson, Zillow Group chief industry development officer. "Every day, we add new feeds from MLSs, bringing more listings to our sites in an accurate and timely fashion -- benefiting agents, home shoppers and sellers alike. We are very pleased that so many MLSs see the value in partnering with Zillow Group." Through the Zillow Partnership Platform, real estate agents will be prominently displayed as the listing agent on all of their listings and be able to receive leads directly from Zillow and Trulia. Brokerages will receive attribution, branding, a link back directly to their websites and daily reporting access. To learn more about the platform, email mlspartners[at]zillow.com or call 206-757-4250. About Zillow Group Zillow Group houses a portfolio of the largest real estate and home-related brands on the Web and mobile. The company's brands focus on all stages of the home lifecycle: renting, buying, selling, financing and home improvement. Zillow Group is committed to empowering consumers with unparalleled data, inspiration and knowledge around homes, and connecting them with the right local professionals to help. The Zillow Group portfolio of consumer brands includes real estate and rental marketplaces Zillow®, Trulia ®, StreetEasy® and HotPads®. In addition, Zillow Group works with tens of thousands of real estate agents, lenders and rental professionals, helping maximize business opportunities and connect to millions of consumers. The company operates a number of business brands for real estate, rental and mortgage professionals, including Postlets®, Mortech®, Diverse Solutions®, Market Leader® and Retsly™. The company is headquartered in Seattle.
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Chicago's Midwest Real Estate Data to Send Listings to Zillow Group; Joined by 13 Other New MLS Partners
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Video: The Latest in Onboard Simplicity
  We first mentioned Onboard Simplicity, our local data distribution platform, in February as part of our collaboration with CoreLogic. We have continued advancing the technology in anticipation of a formal release this summer. With Onboard Simplicity, you or your developer will be able to tap into over 1 million data points. Onboard Simplicity makes accessing real-time local data easier than it's ever been. No longer will you have to struggle with managing multiple data providers and formats. Onboard Simplicity consolidates this data through a single portal. It will give you the building blocks to create truly exciting websites, applications, software and more. In the video below, Onboard's Chief Product Officer Scott Petronis and I demonstrate how Onboard Simplicity will work. Watch this video to learn how the local data distribution platform functions today as well as how we plan to evolve the technology in the coming months. Please reach out to us with any questions or if you're interested in learning more about this exciting technology. For those developers out there, please visit Onboard Labs to see documentation, demos, participate in a thriving forum, and to develop against the technology. Thank you for your enthusiasm and interest. More to come! To view the original article, visit the Onboard Informatics blog.
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16 New MLSs Partner with Zillow and Trulia
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Realtor.com® Bites Into the Big Apple
NEW YORK, March 5, 2015 -- Realtor.com®, a leading provider of online real estate services operated by Move, Inc., a subsidiary of News Corp, today announced agreements with prominent New York brokerages – Bond New York, Brown Harris Stevens, Compass, Halstead Property, and NestSeekers – as well as leading brokerage listing syndicator RealPlus for the display of New York City real estate listings on the realtor.com® web and mobile platform. These agreements combine to provide more than 350 New York brokerage firms with the opportunity for better exposure for their listings, while turbocharging realtor.com® as the go-to and neighborhood-friendly resource for consumers looking to buy, sell or rent a home in New York City. With the inclusion of content provided by these top brokerages and listing syndicator, realtor.com® adds thousands of New York City listings to its national database, which builds its position as the New York listings resource for buyers and renters. Additionally, realtor.com® has enhanced its user experience with the addition of new filters, property types and images to make searching its growing number of New York listings more streamlined and intuitive. "Realtor.com® is laser focused on enhancing its presence in the highly sought after New York City market," said Ryan O'Hara, chief executive officer for Move. "We expect a larger New York footprint will help amplify the flow of prestigious properties to realtor.com® and lay the groundwork for a more lucrative digital advertising platform." "We are absolutely thrilled that Terra Holdings, parent company of Halstead and Brown Harris Stevens, has committed to maximizing our incredible listings on the powerful platform of realtor.com®. Our clients deserve the best possible exposure for their listings and we are firm believers of the strength of realtor.com®. We have been proud to work with them since they debuted in New York City and we look forward to continuing our relationship," explained James G. Cahill, executive vice president, chief technology officer for Terra Holdings. "NestSeekers is always looking for opportunities to leverage cutting edge marketing and technology solutions to deliver superior performance to our clients," said Eddie Shapiro, president and CEO for NestSeekers. "This agreement with realtor.com® will help bring NestSeeker's prestigious listing catalogue to a national audience of highly engaged home buyers and sellers. We're confident Move's newly inked deal with News Corp will lead to great opportunities for realtor.com® and we're excited to see what they have in store for NestSeeker listings." For-sale and for-rent New York City listings with exclusive company branding from select brokerages and listing syndication feeds are now available on realtor.com®. About Bond New York Since its inception in 2000, Bond New York has quickly become Manhattan's largest independently-owned real estate firm with seven office locations and a sales force of over 500 professionals. This full service agency covers all New York neighborhoods for residential sales and leasing, commercial sales and leasing, new development marketing and corporate relocation. About Brown Harris Stevens Brown Harris Stevens, established in 1873, is the premier provider of residential real estate services. The company has offices throughout New York City, The Hamptons, North Fork and Palm Beach. Brown Harris Stevens offers more luxury residential exclusives than any other firm and serves as the exclusive affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate, Inc., a subsidiary of Christie's International PLC, the world's oldest fine arts auctioneer. About Compass Compass is a technology-driven real estate platform based in Manhattan. Launched by Ori Allon and Robert Reffkin in 2013, Compass takes an innovative approach to real estate, offering technology that empowers agents and clients to collaborate on a home search that is simple, intelligent and enjoyable. About Halstead Property Halstead Property is one of the largest and most visible residential real estate brokerage firms in the New York metropolitan area. Headquartered at 499 Park Avenue, the firm has 1,200 sales and rental agents throughout prime retail offices in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Halstead boasts seven offices in Manhattan including the Upper East Side, Upper West Side, East Side, SoHo, Greenwich Village, Harlem and Washington Heights as well as six offices in Brooklyn. In addition, Halstead has offices in Riverdale, the Hamptons, Metro New Jersey, the Hudson Valley and Fairfield County, Connecticut. To learn more, please visit www.halstead.com. About NestSeekers In less than ten years, NestSeekers has become a powerful full service brokerage sales and marketing firm leading the real estate industry in New York City, the Hamptons, Miami and Beverly Hills. With several billion dollars in gross sales, NestSeekers is one of the fastest-growing real estate firms in the world. Additionally, it has a staff of over 700 professionals, as well as offices and storefronts in 15 different locations. About RealPlus LLC RealPlus is a full service business-to-business technology company which has been designing, developing, and delivering essential software, listing syndication, data solutions, and consulting services to the New York City residential real estate industry for over 30 years. In addition to Jaguar, its industry-leading listings and customers management system currently in use at over 300 firms, RealPlus is the architect and operator of the first successful NYC based electronic listings exchange. About Move, Inc. and realtor.com® Move, Inc., a subsidiary of News Corp, is a leading provider of online real estate services. Move operates the realtor.com® website and mobile experiences, which connect people to the most important and accurate information they need to find their perfect home and to the REALTORS® whose expertise guides consumers through buying and selling. As the official website of the National Association of REALTORS®, realtor.com® empowers consumers to make smart home buying, selling and renting decisions by leveraging its direct, real-time connections with more than 800 multiple listing services (MLS) via all types of computers, tablets and smartphones. In addition to the industry's most comprehensive and accurate information, Move's network of websites provides consumers a wealth of innovative tools, including Doorsteps®, Moving.com™, SeniorHousingNet and others. Move supports real estate agents and brokerages by providing many services to grow their businesses, including ListHub™, the nation's leading listing syndicator and centralized intelligence platform for the real estate industry; TigerLead®; Top Producer® Systems; and FiveStreet; as well as many free services. Move is based in the heart of Silicon Valley – in San Jose, Calif.
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Zillow to Launch Zillow Pro for Brokers Plus; Will Include Improved Brokerage Branding on For-Sale Listings
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Press Releases Zillow Forms New Customer Support Team Exclusively For Real Estate Professionals
SEATTLE, Jan. 13, 2015 -- Zillow, Inc., the leading real estate information and home related marketplace, today announces the formation of a new customer support team specifically to support MLSs and brokerages who send direct feeds to Zillow, as well as providing support to agents and brokers who use Zillow services. Zillow has hired experienced customer support expert JR Gast to lead the new Client Experience and Account Management Team as director of client experience and account management. Gast brings nearly 15 years of customer support experience to Zillow. Prior to joining Zillow, Gast served as a senior director of global support for online music service Rhapsody, helping 2 million customers across 35 countries. "We are developing a new, world class customer support experience," said Greg Schwartz, Zillow chief revenue officer. "Real estate professionals have very different needs than the consumers who use Zillow, and they need a dedicated team of people who can quickly resolve any issues that may arise. Under JR's experienced leadership, this team is streamlining the customer experience and taking customer support at Zillow to a new level." In addition to providing customer support to agents and brokers, the new team has a specialized group of support specialists who will focus on direct feeds, including multiple listing services and brokerage feeds, as well as the new Zillow Data Dashboard. Now, customer support will be available to industry professionals seven days a week. "I'm very excited to be building this world class support team from the ground up," said Gast. "Real estate pros are critical to Zillow's success, and my team will ensure that the services we are providing them are working flawlessly. I'm looking forward to making the customer support experience as seamless as possible." About Zillow, Inc. Zillow, Inc. operates the leading real estate and home-related information marketplaces on mobile and the Web, with a complementary portfolio of brands and products that help people find vital information about homes, and connect with the best local professionals. Zillow's brands serve the full lifecycle of owning and living in a home: buying, selling, renting, financing, remodeling and more. In addition, Zillow offers a suite of tools and services to help local real estate, mortgage, rental and home improvement professionals manage and market their businesses. Welcoming more than 74 million unique users in November 2014, the Zillow, Inc. portfolio includes Zillow.com®, Zillow Mobile, Zillow Mortgages, Zillow Rentals, Zillow Digs®, Postlets®, Diverse Solutions®, Mortech®, HotPads™, StreetEasy® and Retsly™. The company is headquartered in Seattle.
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California Regional MLS Signs Direct Data Share Agreement with Ventura County Regional Data Share (VCRDS)
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Cape Cod & Islands Multiple Listing Service, Inc. Joins Zillow Partnership Platform
SEATTLE, Jan. 9, 2015 -- Zillow, Inc., the leading real estate information and home related marketplace, today announced the Cape Cod & Islands Multiple Listing Service, Inc. has joined the Zillow® Partnership Platform. The Zillow Partnership Platform empowers brokers with a choice to market their inventory directly on Zillow through the MLS. Now, members of the Cape Cod & Islands MLS will have their listing data sent directly to Zillow as often as every 15 minutes, ensuring that current, active listings always are up-to-date and in sync with the MLS data. "Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard have always been attractive places to live and work, and recent home value growth in the area reflects that inherent desirability," said Curt Beardsley, Zillow vice president of industry development. "Their housing market moves fast, and we're thrilled to become a partner with the Cape Cod & Islands MLS, and help their more than 2,300 members market their listings efficiently and effectively." "Our goal is to empower our members to have better control when it comes to marketing their listings and strengthen our commitment to data integrity as an MLS," said Ryan Castle, CEO of the Cape Cod & Islands MLS. "Forming this direct relationship with Zillow achieves those goals and provides our members with benefits they would not otherwise receive ensuring their listings will be seen by the millions of consumers using Zillow for their home search every day." Through this program, real estate agents from brokerages that choose to participate will be prominently displayed as the listing agent on all of their listings and be able to receive leads directly from Zillow. Brokerages will receive attribution, branding, a link back directly to their website and have daily reporting access. In addition, members of the Zillow Partnership Platform can choose to implement the Zillow Data Dashboard, a new listing management and reporting platform that puts increased control of listings in the hands of MLS members and brokers who send direct feeds to Zillow. To learn more about the platform, email [email protected] or call 206-757-4250. About Zillow, Inc. Zillow, Inc. operates the leading real estate and home-related information marketplaces on mobile and the Web, with a complementary portfolio of brands and products that help people find vital information about homes, and connect with the best local professionals. Zillow's brands serve the full lifecycle of owning and living in a home: buying, selling, renting, financing, remodeling and more. In addition, Zillow offers a suite of tools and services to help local real estate, mortgage, rental and home improvement professionals manage and market their businesses. Welcoming more than 74 million unique users in November 2014, the Zillow, Inc. portfolio includes Zillow.com®, Zillow Mobile, Zillow Mortgages, Zillow Rentals, Zillow Digs®, Postlets®, Diverse Solutions®, Mortech®, HotPads®, StreetEasy® and Retsly™. The company is headquartered in Seattle.
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Homes.com® Receives RETS 1.7.2 Client Certification
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Zillow Pro for Brokers Program Tops 1,000 Partners
SEATTLE, WA, April 30, 2014 -- Zillow, Inc., the leading real estate information marketplace, today announced that the Zillow® Pro for Brokers program has exceeded more than 1,000 brokerages nationwide. Launched in June 2012, Zillow Pro for Brokers is a free, five-point program that improves listings accuracy, provides better reporting, includes a powerful contact follow-up system and increases the visibility of listing agents for participating brokerages. "Zillow Pro for Brokers has experienced phenomenal growth in the past six months," said Errol Samuelson, Zillow chief industry development officer. "The pace of growth is really amazing - we went from approximately 200 brokerages in October 2013, to more than 1,000 by the end of April. Having a direct relationship with Zillow for listings makes a lot of sense for many brokerages. Their listings appear immediately on Zillow, while the brokerages retain control over listing data. It's an ideal scenario for brokerages who want to market their listings to the largest audience of home shoppers on mobile and Web." Among the many new Zillow Pro for Brokers participants are: Coldwell Banker Premiere Realty, Las Vegas, Nev. Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage, Wilmington, N.C. Keller Williams NY Realty, Bedford, N.Y. Partners Trust, Beverly Hills, Calif. RE/MAX INTEGRA's US regions Realty World Cape Fear, Wilmington, N.C. "Partners Trust has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to embracing technology and getting the most out of strategic partnerships for our associates," said Audie Chamberlain, vice president of marketing at Partners Trust. "We are really excited about working closely with Zillow now and in the future." In addition to retaining ownership of their data, brokerages' agents will always be displayed first next to their listings, as well as have their logo and outbound link to their websites included with the listings. To learn more about Zillow Pro for Brokers, email [email protected] or call 206-757-4250. About Zillow, Inc. Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ:Z) operates the leading real estate and home-related information marketplaces on mobile and the Web, with a complementary portfolio of brands and products that help people find vital information about homes, and connect with the best local professionals. Zillow's brands serve the full lifecycle of owning and living in a home: buying, selling, renting, financing, remodeling and more. In addition, Zillow offers a suite of tools and services to help local real estate, mortgage, rental and home improvement professionals manage and market their businesses. Welcoming nearly 77 million unique users in March 2014, the Zillow, Inc. portfolio includes Zillow.com®, Zillow Mobile, Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, Zillow Rentals, Zillow Digs®, Postlets®, Diverse Solutions®, Agentfolio®, Mortech®, HotPads™ and StreetEasy®. The company is headquartered in Seattle. Zillow.com, Zillow, Postlets, Mortech, Diverse Solutions, StreetEasy, Agentfolio and Digs are registered trademarks of Zillow, Inc. HotPads is a trademark of Zillow, Inc.
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