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Showing posts with label Zillow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zillow. Show all posts
Friday, March 13, 2015
Update your Zillow profile to be the featured Agent on your listings
Your Zillow profile is like an online resume, and it is often what buyers and sellers will consult before they decide to contact you. Having a strong, regularly updated profile helps you stand out to consumers plus YOU will be the featured agent on your listings..
Below are helpful steps for updating your profile.
How to activate your profile in 4 easy steps:
How to edit your profile:
How to add past sales:
How to request reviews:
Below are helpful steps for updating your profile.
How to activate your profile in 4 easy steps:
How to edit your profile:
How to add past sales:
How to request reviews:
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Syndicating to Zillow.com and Trulia.com
In our last announcement, we discussed that both Zillow and Trulia will no longer be receiving listing information and photos via ListHub. Recognizing that many of our members utilize both of these customer portals, RealtyWEB.Net has contracted with both websites to allow broker's to continue to send listings via FlexMLS. Click here for Frequently Asked Questions.
The decision to syndicate to both or either of these portals is still yours, the broker.
The option to syndicate to Zillow/Trulia is now available and can be found in Flexmls under Preferences>Syndication.
The default is off so
if you do not want to syndicate to either of these customer portals, no action is needed.
If you would like to send your company/office listings to Zillow.com and/or Trulia.com,
If you are currently syndicating to either or both
of these sites, MLS staff has made every effort to update your
Syndication Preferences for you but we urge you to verify the selection.If you are part of a multiple office corporation, please check with your corporate office before making any changes.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at (904) 394-9494 x 1605.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Syndicating to Zillow and Trulia
Syndicating to Zillow.com & Trulia.com
By Gonzalo Mejia, 2015 NEFMLS President
As you know, there are a many changes taking place within the
customer portals or national listing display marketplace. First, Zillow.com will no longer be accepting
listing data via ListHub, which is the product RealtyWEB.Net MLS uses to allow
you to send your listings to the various national websites, effective April 7th.
And now that Zillow.com has acquired Trulia.com,
Trulia will no longer be receiving listing data from ListHub either.
Recognizing that many of our members utilize both of these consumer portals, RealtyWEB.Net MLS has successfully negotiated an agreement to provide listing data for display on Zillow.com on behalf of our members.
This agreement also includes the following features for all our members who choose to send their listings to Zillow and Trulia:
As stated in last week’s press release,
If you have questions, please contact RealtyWEB.Net Tech Support at (904) 394-9494 x 1605, also again, click here for details on how you set your preferences in Flexmls. We will be sure to keep you updated when this option will actually be released.
Recognizing that many of our members utilize both of these consumer portals, RealtyWEB.Net MLS has successfully negotiated an agreement to provide listing data for display on Zillow.com on behalf of our members.
This agreement also includes the following features for all our members who choose to send their listings to Zillow and Trulia:
- The broker maintains complete control over the decision to send listings to Zillow.Com/Trulia.com. This will be accomplished direct from your Flexmls login. Click here for details.
- RealtyWEB.Net MLS staff will make every effort possible to ensure there will be no interruption in your services/listing data if are you currently syndicating to Zillow.com/Trulia.com. However, please be sure to watch for notifications.
- All RealtyWEB.Net MLS listing agents will be prominently displayed on all of their listings.
- RealtyWEB.Net listing brokers receive attribution, branding, and a link back directly to your websites.
- Listing Brokers will have access to daily analytic reports.
- Better leads – listing data will be more accurate and up to date.
- Access to the Zillow Data Dashboard, a free listing management and reporting platform for more control over your listings.
As stated in last week’s press release,
If you have questions, please contact RealtyWEB.Net Tech Support at (904) 394-9494 x 1605, also again, click here for details on how you set your preferences in Flexmls. We will be sure to keep you updated when this option will actually be released.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Zillow lands more direct listing feeds
Portal will get 67,000 listings from 2 Florida MLSs
Two Florida multiple listing services have agreed to send top real estate portal Zillow a direct feed of their combined 67,000-plus listings.
The deals come as Zillow is scrambling to obtain listings directly from brokers and MLSs before the expiration of its agreement with Move-owned listing syndicator ListHub on April 7. Zillow rival Realtor.com, also operated by Move, already obtains listings directly from virtually all of the nation's MLSs through it's agreement with the National Association of Realtors.
Announced today, the Jacksonville-based Northeast Florida Multiple Listing Service, also known as RealtyWEB.Net, has joined Zillow's direct feel program, the Zillow Partnership Platform, to send its more than 15,000 residential listings (more than 1,600 of them rentals) directly to Zillow on behalf of it's 6,000 members.
"Zillow is providing a service to a significant portion of our members," said Ron Stephan, CEO of NEFMLS, in a statement.
"A direct relationship will improve the quality of our listings data and ensure the timeliness that is crucial to real estate, especially in terms of price and status updates."
Further south along Florida's Atlantic coast, the Jupiter-Tequesta-Hobe Sound Association of Realtors has also agreed to send Zillow a direct feed of its more than 52,000 active residential listings, including 24,000 single-family homes, 24,000 condominiums and 4,000 townhomes.
The state's largest MLS, My Florida Regional MLS, agreed to proved Zillow a direct feed in December.
Listing agents whose MLSs participate in the Zillow Partnership Platform are prominently displayed on all of their listings, and listing brokers receive attribution, branding, a link back directly to their websites and access to daily analytic reports, the company said. Listings are updated on Zillow as often as every 15 minutes.
In addition, NEFMLS will receive a direct link to its MLS website in the rare cases that a broker does not have a website; full analytic reports for its listings; and credit and branding to the MLS, Stephan said.
"This region of Florida is incredibly attractive to buyers-which is great for sellers," said Curt Beardsley, Zillow Vice President of industry development, in a statement.
"Now that JTHS is sending listings directly to Zillow, sellers will be assured their listings are being seen by the many shoppers looking for their new home."
A large share of JTHS brokers previously syndicated to Zillow via ListHub, and that drove the decision to syndicate directly from the MLS, JTHS MLS CEO Wes Wiggins and NEFMLS's Stephan told Inman.
JTHS and NEFMLS expect to continue their current agreements with ListHub for listing syndication to other third-party portals, Wiggins and Stephan said.
Both MLSs will also deploy the recently launched Zillow Data Dashboard, a free listing management and reporting platform that the company says puts more control over listings in the hands of MLS members and brokers.
The dashboard allows brokers to opt in or out of sending their listings to Zillow with one click; keep customized MLS fields; set lead routing rules; include links to individual listing pages on their website; and get free daily reports of listing performance metrics such as search result impressions, total listing views and total leads delivered.
Zillow has declined to disclose the number of MLSs that are part of the Zillow Partnership Platform, putting the figure at "dozens". Last month, the nation's second most popular real estate listing portal, Trulia, announced it had signed direct feed agreements with 125 MLSs, though Trulia's agreement wiht ListHub does not expire until June 2016.
Zillow is set to aquire Trulia any day now, and when it does Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff has said the company plans to combine the portals' listings into one database. Rascoff said Zillow's MLS contracts typically allow it to share listings with sites it owns, which will include Trulia.
Trulia exec Alon Chaver said Trulia would abide by its contractual obligations with MLSs after the merger, but declined to say whether those agreements would or would not allow the listings Trulia obtains from MLSs to appear on Zillow.
Editors Note: This story has been updated with comments from NEFMLS's Ron Stephan and Trulia's Alon Chaver.
Questions, corrections, news tips? Send them to andrea@inman.com
Two Florida multiple listing services have agreed to send top real estate portal Zillow a direct feed of their combined 67,000-plus listings.
The deals come as Zillow is scrambling to obtain listings directly from brokers and MLSs before the expiration of its agreement with Move-owned listing syndicator ListHub on April 7. Zillow rival Realtor.com, also operated by Move, already obtains listings directly from virtually all of the nation's MLSs through it's agreement with the National Association of Realtors.
"Zillow is providing a service to a significant portion of our members," said Ron Stephan, CEO of NEFMLS, in a statement.
"A direct relationship will improve the quality of our listings data and ensure the timeliness that is crucial to real estate, especially in terms of price and status updates."
Further south along Florida's Atlantic coast, the Jupiter-Tequesta-Hobe Sound Association of Realtors has also agreed to send Zillow a direct feed of its more than 52,000 active residential listings, including 24,000 single-family homes, 24,000 condominiums and 4,000 townhomes.
The state's largest MLS, My Florida Regional MLS, agreed to proved Zillow a direct feed in December.
Listing agents whose MLSs participate in the Zillow Partnership Platform are prominently displayed on all of their listings, and listing brokers receive attribution, branding, a link back directly to their websites and access to daily analytic reports, the company said. Listings are updated on Zillow as often as every 15 minutes.
In addition, NEFMLS will receive a direct link to its MLS website in the rare cases that a broker does not have a website; full analytic reports for its listings; and credit and branding to the MLS, Stephan said.
"This region of Florida is incredibly attractive to buyers-which is great for sellers," said Curt Beardsley, Zillow Vice President of industry development, in a statement.
"Now that JTHS is sending listings directly to Zillow, sellers will be assured their listings are being seen by the many shoppers looking for their new home."
A large share of JTHS brokers previously syndicated to Zillow via ListHub, and that drove the decision to syndicate directly from the MLS, JTHS MLS CEO Wes Wiggins and NEFMLS's Stephan told Inman.
JTHS and NEFMLS expect to continue their current agreements with ListHub for listing syndication to other third-party portals, Wiggins and Stephan said.
Both MLSs will also deploy the recently launched Zillow Data Dashboard, a free listing management and reporting platform that the company says puts more control over listings in the hands of MLS members and brokers.
The dashboard allows brokers to opt in or out of sending their listings to Zillow with one click; keep customized MLS fields; set lead routing rules; include links to individual listing pages on their website; and get free daily reports of listing performance metrics such as search result impressions, total listing views and total leads delivered.
Zillow has declined to disclose the number of MLSs that are part of the Zillow Partnership Platform, putting the figure at "dozens". Last month, the nation's second most popular real estate listing portal, Trulia, announced it had signed direct feed agreements with 125 MLSs, though Trulia's agreement wiht ListHub does not expire until June 2016.
Zillow is set to aquire Trulia any day now, and when it does Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff has said the company plans to combine the portals' listings into one database. Rascoff said Zillow's MLS contracts typically allow it to share listings with sites it owns, which will include Trulia.
Trulia exec Alon Chaver said Trulia would abide by its contractual obligations with MLSs after the merger, but declined to say whether those agreements would or would not allow the listings Trulia obtains from MLSs to appear on Zillow.
Editors Note: This story has been updated with comments from NEFMLS's Ron Stephan and Trulia's Alon Chaver.
Questions, corrections, news tips? Send them to andrea@inman.com
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