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News for RealtyWEB.Net MLS Members
Friday, March 25, 2016
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Enhancements to the Opt-In Status Reports
On April 6, the Opt-In
Status Report, which shows subscription statuses for all of your
contacts in a real-time, easy-to-read report, will be improved to include the
following:
· A Summary tab that contains a quick
overview of contacts who are and are not receiving subscription emails.
· A Contact Information screen will
appear as a pop-up when you click a contact.
· A Search Contacts bar allows you to
search for specific contacts.
· Tool Tips to explain features within
the report.
· And more! Summary Tab
When you access the Opt-In Status Report, it will open on the Summary tab.
The Contacts Receiving Subscription Emails section contains the number of contacts who have opted in and are receiving emails, the number of contacts who have opted in during the last seven days, and the number of contacts whose Confirmed opt-in status will become Inactive in the next seven days. Clicking on a link will take you to the corresponding tab on the report.
The Contacts Not Receiving Subscription Emails section shows the number of contacts whose emails can't be delivered (bounced or returned to sender), the number of contacts who haven't opted in (Pending) for more than seven days, the number of contacts that have become Inactive within the past seven days, and the number of contacts who have opted out of receiving subscription emails in the past seven days. Clicking on a link will take you to the corresponding tab on the report.
Contact Information
Clicking on a Contact's name will bring up an overlay with basic contact information, along with all of their email addresses. For each email address, you can see the opt-in status, last click in a subscription email, and you can send or resend an opt-in request (if applicable). There's no need to leave the page to get more information. You can close the overlay or, if you like, you can go to the contact's record by clicking View in Contact Management. To open Contact Management in a new window, right-click the link.
Search Contacts Bar
Click in the Search Contacts bar to bring up a list of your contacts or type in the name of a specific contact to search for them. This searches all of your contacts, not just the contacts on the current screen. Selecting a contact opens the contact information overlay (as shown in the screenshot above).
Active Status
On the Confirmed tab, you may see a new status called Active; this indicates that they were receiving subscription emails before Flexmls required contacts to complete the confirmation email process (before 9-29-2015). Subscription emails are sent even though the contact has not confirmed yet that they want to receive the emails. Since they are not yet Confirmed, they are considered Active. All Active contacts will eventually change to a different status by the end of October, 2016. They'll automatically become Confirmed if they click any link in any subscription email; Inactive if they never click a link in a subscription email; and Opted Out if they click an opt-out link in a subscription email.
Removed Contacts
If you remove a contact from Flexmls, their name will not appear anywhere in the Opt-In Status report. However, even though you have removed the contact from Flexmls, the status associated with the contact's email address is still stored in Flexmls. Since you have already removed the contact, they are no longer relevant and are not displayed in the report other than the note that there were contacts that have been removed.
Tool Tips
Hover over tool tip icons to learn more information about the selected feature.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
New Look for Hot Sheet in Mobile Flexmls
On March 28, Flexmls Mobile Web will update the interface
for its Hot Sheet. This update will make the mobile website more like the
Flexmls Pro app by removing the option to run a custom hot sheet and keeping
the labels consistent between platforms. In addition to these changes, several
minor bugs will also be fixed.
Even though the Custom Hot Sheet option has been removed, you can still select the time frame and property types to be included. Just as before, go to the Hot Sheet menu and select the Time Frame. Notice the first option is now labeled Time Frame rather than Options. Additionally, the time frame options have been relabeled to Today, Past Two Days, Past Three Days, and Past Week.
Even though the Custom Hot Sheet option has been removed, you can still select the time frame and property types to be included. Just as before, go to the Hot Sheet menu and select the Time Frame. Notice the first option is now labeled Time Frame rather than Options. Additionally, the time frame options have been relabeled to Today, Past Two Days, Past Three Days, and Past Week.
Please note: Along with the label
changes, instead of running back a set number of hours, the Time Frame
selection will run back to 12:00 a.m. of the selected option.
Just as before, tap the Property Type to select the specific property types to be included in the hot sheet.
Other Changes
In addition to the changes listed above, the update will also contain minor improvements and bug fixes including:
· When viewing the hot sheet in the Map view,
then viewing the listing details, then tapping Back, now returns the
user to the hot sheet.
· Hot sheets with more than 100 listings are
now viewable in the Map view.
· A bug that limited users to viewing only the
first 20 listings on the hot sheet has been fixed.
· A bug that
prevented users from changing the sort applied to the hot sheet has been fixed.
Monday, March 21, 2016
NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH INFOSPARKS & FASTSTATS-WEBINARS
DATA TOOLS TO ANALYZE LOCAL TRENDS QUICKLY
We're
thrilled to announce that we have partnered with ShowingTime to provide you
with elegant and easy-to-use stats in a new suite of market reports and
interactive tools – Infosparks, Faststats, Local Market Updates and Monthly
Indicators. These products should go a long way toward a broader
understanding of the prevailing trends in our local housing market.
There
will be two training webinars to learn more about these products:
• Thursday, March 24 at 11:00 am EDT
• Tuesday, March 29 at 3:00 pm EDT
To sign up for either of these training sessions, please click here.
You
can access these tools through Flexmls under the Applications menu or from the Detail Tab of your listings.
ABOUT THE TOOLS
Infosparks is a mobile-ready,
simple-to-use interactive stats product that will change the way you use and
share housing information. It is multifaceted in its ability to combine local
geography with customizable housing variables, timeframes and market metrics in
order to quickly analyze and share trend data in a clean, intuitive interface.
Use
Infosparks to generate charts that will support your recommendations at listing
presentations by comparing local to regional numbers, forecasting, managing
client expectations and answering the emotional point of price.
Emphasize
your expertise and knowledge on your website, in blog posts, through email
marketing campaigns and on social media.
Write
specifically about a neighborhood, highlight a metric like months’ supply of
inventory to show supply and demand, drill down into segments like condominiums
or new construction. You can position yourself as the market expert by
including stats in all marketing materials:
• Compare up to four areas by many housing
variables and market metrics at once.
• Define variable categories like property
type, square footage and bedroom count.
• Scan important market metrics like days
on market and median sales price for your defined areas.
• Share live charts and snapshots of the
market, or download raw data to make your own charts.
Local Market Updates are monthly one-page market
reports for 21 counties in the region covering nine key housing metrics for
single-family and condominium properties.
Monthly Indicators is a monthly
market-wide report that covers each of the key metrics in further depth with
written analysis, overview pages for single-family and condominium properties
and historical trends for each metric.
Faststats is a tidy, map-based
interface that displays the Local Market Updates and Monthly Indicators reports.
Simply select from a drop-down menu or from a map of the local region, and
there will be a report waiting for you to absorb and share!
The
ShowingTime offering allows us to support your needs in a meaningful way
without you having to spend hours creating your own data tables and charts.
It's really all right there!
Flexmls Pro version 2.03 March 28
On March 28, Flexmls Pro version 2.03 will be released and
available in the Apple App Store. The latest version will include additional
sharing options when sharing searches, the ability to mark all messages as
having been read, and more.
Share a New or Saved Search - More Share Options
The option to share a new or saved search as a text message, email link, etc. will be available (as allowed by your MLS). Just as before, share a new or saved search by tapping the Share icon in the upper right corner. If you are sharing a new search, you will be asked to name it and tap Save and Share before continuing.
From the share screen, you can select a contact, create a message and turn on a subscription, or you can tap More Share Options to send the search results via text message or other available options on your mobile device (as allowed by your MLS).
Mark All Messages as Read
When viewing your messages, you can now mark all messages as having been read. To mark all messages as having been read from the More screen, tap Messages. Then select the Read All option at the top of the screen.
If you select Yes, all of your current messages will be marked as having been read. The next time you tap Read All when checking your messages, you will receive the same confirmation dialogue box.
If you select Yes, don't ask again, all of your current messages will be marked as having been read, and the next time you tap Read All when checking your messages, you will not receive a confirmation dialogue. Instead, all messages will automatically be marked as read.
If you select Cancel, you will cancel the request to mark all messages as read.
To refresh your messages, tap the screen and pull down.
Other Changes
In addition to the changes listed above, Flexmls Pro 2.03 will also contain minor improvements and bug fixes including:
Share a New or Saved Search - More Share Options
The option to share a new or saved search as a text message, email link, etc. will be available (as allowed by your MLS). Just as before, share a new or saved search by tapping the Share icon in the upper right corner. If you are sharing a new search, you will be asked to name it and tap Save and Share before continuing.
From the share screen, you can select a contact, create a message and turn on a subscription, or you can tap More Share Options to send the search results via text message or other available options on your mobile device (as allowed by your MLS).
Mark All Messages as Read
When viewing your messages, you can now mark all messages as having been read. To mark all messages as having been read from the More screen, tap Messages. Then select the Read All option at the top of the screen.
If you select Yes, all of your current messages will be marked as having been read. The next time you tap Read All when checking your messages, you will receive the same confirmation dialogue box.
If you select Yes, don't ask again, all of your current messages will be marked as having been read, and the next time you tap Read All when checking your messages, you will not receive a confirmation dialogue. Instead, all messages will automatically be marked as read.
If you select Cancel, you will cancel the request to mark all messages as read.
To refresh your messages, tap the screen and pull down.
Other Changes
In addition to the changes listed above, Flexmls Pro 2.03 will also contain minor improvements and bug fixes including:
· Improved scrolling animation when viewing a
chain of messages.
· Using the Quick Launch bar to start a search
will include a View Results link.
· A warning message will be displayed if you
attempt to save a collection with more than 50 characters in its name.
· And more! Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Northeast Florida MLS Launches ShowingTime Analytics Reports
DATA TOOLS ENABLE USERS
TO ANALYZE LOCAL TRENDS QUICKLY
Coming Monday March 21st!
Coming Monday March 21st!
We are pleased to announce, in conjunction with ShowingTime, the launch of two new data tools for our members
- Infosparks, an interactive residential real estate market analytics product
- Faststats, a map-based tool producing PDF reports of statistical based data
You can easily add your logo to the Infosparks reports via a profile and share it on your blogs and websites. The data points for complete months are updated daily and live-data will keep the charts current.
Faststats
generates market reports for 21 counties in Northeast Florida as well as a market-wide
report. Again, using NEFMLS data, these PDF reports detail statistics providing both a Local Market Update and a Monthly Indicator Report.
Infosparks
and Faststats both access current and historical market information by area, county,
region, legal district, ZIP code and self-drawn areas, with output derived
directly from the NEFMLS data.
These statistical programs can only be accessed through FlexMLS after you login. Watch for upcoming webinar training.
These statistical programs can only be accessed through FlexMLS after you login. Watch for upcoming webinar training.
Learn More about RatePlug Program for NEFMLS Brokers & Agents
RatePlug may be just the edge you’re looking for
to close more deals and win more business
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS
A no additional cost benefit for all
NEFMLS brokers and agents, RatePlug is an automated marketing program that
integrates real-time mortgage payment information with MLS property data. Now,
every time you send your clients property information through the MLS system,
you will also be able to automatically include complete payment information
that is based on real-time market interest rates.
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS
You
identify the lenders with whom you want to partner. RatePlug then integrates
live mortgage data from your selected lenders into the property reports you
send to your clients.
The system displays monthly real estate taxes,
insurance, and HOA fees, if applicable, in order to provide an accurate
estimate of what the “total” monthly housing payment would be for each property
viewed – homebuyers love this.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR BROKERS?
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WHAT’S IN IT FOR AGENTS?
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LEARN MORE
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According
to NAR, 72% of homebuyers look for mortgage info during their home search –
RatePlug provides this information
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Automated system helps homebuyers with
valuable financing information to assist them with their home affordability
questions
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Studies
show RatePlug users are experiencing shorter list-to-contract times than
non-users
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Easy to use – no need to learn any new
software or join any more websites; completely integrated with MLSListings
data in FlexMLS
• No additional cost for NEFMLS subscribers – lenders
are required to pay a license fee to be displayed in the program.
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Join a Free Webinar
March 30
10:00-10:30 am ET
OR
March 31
3:00-3:30 pm
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Promote your
affiliated lending company to increase mortgage capture
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For those
who do not have an affiliated mortgage group, your individual agents may
display payment information from their trusted lenders
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Ensure
agents are using compliant technology, ie TRID, FTC-MAP, RESPA-TILA
• Helping your agents sell properties faster than
non-participating agents
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Ability to display up to three of your own
trusted lenders
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Marketing flyers for listings and open
house events co-branded with your lender
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Edge to sell properties faster
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For details, visit rateplug.com/nefmls
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Seller's Waiver Form - How and Why is it Important
What is the form titled "SELLER'S WAIVER OF ENTRY INTO THE NEFMLS AND ADDENDUM TO THE LISTING AGREEMENT".
This form/addendum was released in December of 2014 and is to be used anytime a listing will not be entered into the NEFMLS database within the 24 hour time frame stipulated by Rules & Regulations. Once completed, the Seller's Waiver form/addendum is to be sent to the NEFMLS office within 24 hours of obtaining signature(s) on the listing agreement (see form for details).
It is not illegal or unethical to privately market a listing as part of a "coming soon" campaign, for example, but we caution that it can be complicated. This type of decision MUST BE MADE WITH THE SELLER'S BEST INTEREST IN MIND (see Code of Ethics - Article 1) and can be justified as such to avoid an issue. You should always disclose the Pros & Cons of using such a strategy with your seller In general, maximizing exposure often times brings higher selling prices and more potential buyers.
This form/addendum was released in December of 2014 and is to be used anytime a listing will not be entered into the NEFMLS database within the 24 hour time frame stipulated by Rules & Regulations. Once completed, the Seller's Waiver form/addendum is to be sent to the NEFMLS office within 24 hours of obtaining signature(s) on the listing agreement (see form for details).
It is not illegal or unethical to privately market a listing as part of a "coming soon" campaign, for example, but we caution that it can be complicated. This type of decision MUST BE MADE WITH THE SELLER'S BEST INTEREST IN MIND (see Code of Ethics - Article 1) and can be justified as such to avoid an issue. You should always disclose the Pros & Cons of using such a strategy with your seller In general, maximizing exposure often times brings higher selling prices and more potential buyers.
You are also cautioned to watch out for possible Fair Housing Violations. Limiting advertising to a select group or medium could be construed as a violation of any/all Fair Housing laws.
Watch this video from Florida Realtors for more information.
The "Seller's Waiver of Entry into the NEFMLS and Addendum to the Listing Agreement" form outlines issues the Seller should consider and understand before signing. It is also intended to help protect all parties involved in the transaction.
To access from Flexmls, go to Daily Function>Forms/Info>RealtyWEB.Net Listing Agreements.
Watch this video from Florida Realtors for more information.
The "Seller's Waiver of Entry into the NEFMLS and Addendum to the Listing Agreement" form outlines issues the Seller should consider and understand before signing. It is also intended to help protect all parties involved in the transaction.
To access from Flexmls, go to Daily Function>Forms/Info>RealtyWEB.Net Listing Agreements.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
MMT Announces Expanded Data for 13 More Counties
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