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MLS Barriers Falling: Local Realtors join new MLS aggregation

The Southern California real estate community has a new tool in its arsenal to better serve its clients. Marking its debut in the 2nd quarter of 2008, California Real Estate Technology Services -- known as CARETS -- is a first-of-its-kind, region-wide Multiple Listing Service database available to real estate practitioners serving a wide geographic area -- from Santa Clarita Valley to the north, to most Southern California coastal cities to the west, and from Palm Springs/Palm Desert region to the east, to San Clemente to the south. The alliance represents nearly 120,000 real estate professionals. read more

MLS Barriers Falling as Local Realtors join new MLS aggregation

For top Internet Service, Use an e-Pro

What is an e-Pro? And, why should home buyers or sellers use one? When searching on the Internet, consumers want quick, efficient searches that hone in on pertinent, useful real estate information. They want to get things done quickly and without hassle. read more

Internet generates nearly half of Realtors' new clients

Nearly half - 44 percent - of a Realtors' business originates from the Internet, a recent survey conducted by the California Association of Realtors reported recently.read more

SRAR helps form new mega-data sharing group

The Southland Regional Association of Realtors has signed a joint data sharing agreement with nine other MLS organizations in California, forming the California MLSAlliance, a new MLS gateway providing agents and brokers with a single source for accessing real estate information throughout California. read more

C-REX.org -- Regional Commercial Database

C-REX.org is a commercial real estate database designed and operated by commercial real estate brokers for commercial brokers that offers a sophisticated, user-friendly database featuring detailed information on thousands of commercial real estate properties for sale or lease throughout the region.read more

First-Time Buyers Favor Use of Internet For Home Searches

Nearly two-thirds of all first-time homebuyers used the Internet as a significant part of the homebuying process, while less than half of repeat homebuyers used the net.read more

Largest California Multiple Listing Service Announced

By STEVE WHITE, President, and DAVID R. WALKER, Southland Regional Association of Realtors� Southern California Multiple Listing Service (SoCalMLS) and the Southland Regional Association of REALTORS� have announced an agreement that will form the second largest multiple listing service in the nation.read more

Marketing: Even with the Internet, it's back to basics

Despite the public's perception that multiple offers have vanished, dozens of Realtors at a recent meeting raised their hand when asked if they had encountered offers from multiple buyers on any recent sales. Yes, the market is far more vibrant than many would believe, yet, the public and Realtors must accept that today's reality differs greatly from the sellers' boom market of just a short while ago. read more

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