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Is Your IDX Plugin Invalidating Your Website Security (SSL)?
Late in 2016 Google announced that it would begin marking sites which collect sensitive information as non-secure unless they were HTTPS secure. For real estate professionals, this change is having a direct impact on their SEO rankings and the ability to capture leads. Since 2014,
4 Ways a CRM Can Increase Quality Leads
When it comes to leads, it all comes down to conversions. While a 5% conversion rate is considered a great conversion rate within the real estate industry, many industry professionals see numbers closer to 1%. So the question then becomes, how do you reduce lousy
Dallas Area Home Prices Still Increasing Ahead of National Rates
Dallas area home prices are seeing growth at a much faster rate than nationwide rates. In January, Dallas home prices saw a 9.8 percent increase in comparison to the start of 2015, while U.S. home prices were 6.9 percent higher in January. The Dallas area
Florida to Consider Harsher Penalties for Crimes Against Real Estate Agents
With the growing concern of attacks on real estate agents, the need to further protect agents when showing homes has been a growing movement. The state of Florida is currently considering legislation that would put harsher penalties in place for attacks on real estate agents.
Why do Denver Metrolist IDX large photos sometimes look terrible?
We recently upgraded our Denver Metrolist IDX feed to receive the large, high-resolution images. Although this was meant to a be positive development with an enhanced quality for you and your clients, we are now receiving complaints and questions from our Denver Metrolist Agents and Brokers about the fact that
An update on data sharing agreement between IRES and REColorado
Laurie Hansen, CEO of IRES MLS in Colorado, recently put out a statement regarding how data is shared between IRES and RE Colorado. It is included below in its entirety. Regarding the communications between RE Colorado and IRES, we believe the time has come to
Is Your IDX Plugin Invalidating Your Website Security (SSL)?
Late in 2016 Google announced that it would begin marking sites which collect sensitive information as non-secure unless they were HTTPS secure. For real estate professionals, this change is having a direct impact on their SEO rankings and the ability to capture leads. Since 2014, when Google first called for SSL everywhere on the web, many agents have taken action
4 Ways a CRM Can Increase Quality Leads
When it comes to leads, it all comes down to conversions. While a 5% conversion rate is considered a great conversion rate within the real estate industry, many industry professionals see numbers closer to 1%. So the question then becomes, how do you reduce lousy leads and increase quality ones? A quality CRM may be the answer. According to a
Dallas Area Home Prices Still Increasing Ahead of National Rates
Dallas area home prices are seeing growth at a much faster rate than nationwide rates. In January, Dallas home prices saw a 9.8 percent increase in comparison to the start of 2015, while U.S. home prices were 6.9 percent higher in January. The Dallas area is the number three on the list of major U.S. markets for home price gains,
Florida to Consider Harsher Penalties for Crimes Against Real Estate Agents
With the growing concern of attacks on real estate agents, the need to further protect agents when showing homes has been a growing movement. The state of Florida is currently considering legislation that would put harsher penalties in place for attacks on real estate agents. The measure, SB 214, would increase the classification of battery, aggravated battery, assault, aggravated assault,
Why do Denver Metrolist IDX large photos sometimes look terrible?
We recently upgraded our Denver Metrolist IDX feed to receive the large, high-resolution images. Although this was meant to a be positive development with an enhanced quality for you and your clients, we are now receiving complaints and questions from our Denver Metrolist Agents and Brokers about the fact that some properties have photos that appear to be thumbnails rather than full size images. blocktext
An update on data sharing agreement between IRES and REColorado
Laurie Hansen, CEO of IRES MLS in Colorado, recently put out a statement regarding how data is shared between IRES and RE Colorado. It is included below in its entirety. Regarding the communications between RE Colorado and IRES, we believe the time has come to address our issues in the best interests of our brokerage community and the real estate
