Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) announced today that the company will no longer be offering access to Walk Score in connectMLS and MRED’s Share My Listings (SMyL) widget. Walk score is a private company that provides walkability services and

Staying mobile has become essential for today’s real estate agents. Here are 20 apps to get in 2015. As previously reported, mobile apps, as swiftly as they were introduced, are seizing control of the overall mobile market, steering users

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” Helen Keller I love this time of year. The holidays always bring a smile to my face and a flutter to my heart.

Move, Inc., the company that oversees NAR’s realtor.com website, has filed a lawsuit against Curt Beardsley, a former VP of product marketing who, earlier this year, left Move for a new position at competing syndication site Zillow. This marks the

Real estate syndication company Zillow has found itself in hot water over sexual harassment allegations from a former employee. A former employee of real estate syndication firm Zillow has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company, alleging that

Contract signings are down late in the year but still above average. The latest Pending Home Sales Index report from the National Association of Realtors showed a slight dip in pending home sales in October. Still, levels remain healthy

The manner in which prospective homebuyers search for residences suggests very interesting things about the housing market. About a month ago, we reported on what has been a radical upheaval to how real estate functions: 43 percent of homebuyers

The popularizing of smartphones introduced the world to the mobile Internet, but now apps have overtaken Web usage. Though smartphones are a relatively new innovation in the longer and more encompassing transition into digital, which started with the introduction

In the sports world, there’s a draft pick every year. This systematic event forces coaches to compare their existing players to the new players out there. Selling homes is another performance-based career, but we don’t tend to think of

Though not as quick as email, direct mail still offers considerable advertising value. The real estate world is constantly abuzz with talk of the newest mobile app or search platform. So much so, in fact, that agents often forget

There are many types of homes for sale on any given day, but what trends are consumers gravitating towards? Tall, short, skinny, fat, new, old, historic, modern, urban, rural – the possibilities are endless when it comes to the

President Obama came out in support of net neutrality this week, and his proposals could be instrumental in protecting the Internet – and your business. Advocates for net neutrality received a huge vote of confidence this week from President

Second Century Ventures’ REach Accelerator hosted a leadership panel and technology demonstration at the National Association of Realtor’s Annual Conference, featuring top executives from many of the world’s leading real estate firms: Steve Berkowitz, CEO, Move Inc. Gino Blefari, incoming CEO,

There’s a new player in the real estate data town, and it’s coming with substantial offerings. Google is poised to make a bold introduction into the real estate data sphere with “Nowcast,” an exclusive report that it will issue

The Chicago Association of Realtors (CAR) and WikiRealty recently signed an agreement to enhance the exchange of real estate knowledge in Chicagoland. WikiRealty is filling a critical gap in the real estate ecosystem by providing a uniquely useful platform to everyone

Millennials will be a major force in future housing markets, but they’ll also bring with them considerable changes. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before – Millennials are the next big source of housing demand, the generation that