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Real Estate To Go – Mobile Version of www.equitygroup.com Now Available

About NW Real Estate — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:52:45 +0000

With the launch today of RE/MAX equity group’s mobile website, www.equitygroup.com, local real estate search is now available to any consumer with a web-enabled mobile device.

The mobile version of RE/MAX equity group’s website is built specifically for cell phone and other mobile browsers. The mobile web site allows consumers to search all real estate listings from the Internet Data Exchange (IDX) feeds of the Realtor Multiple Listing Service (RMLS) and the Willamette Valley Multiple Listing Service (WVMLS), in addition to RE/MAX equity group’s Realtors and open houses.

Consumers can view listing details as well as photos directly from their web-enabled cell phone, making it easy to find listings when driving through a neighborhood or find open houses in an area they are searching.

“Consumers are more and more using their cell phones as pocket computers,” says RE/MAX equity group President Jim Homolka. “They expect to be able to access the same information on their web-enabled cell phones as they can on their desktops. Now, they can look up details on a home they are driving by. And it’s simple to use. If you can look up sports scores, you can look at houses now too.”

Because the site is not an application, it is not limited to specific devices nor does it require any downloads. If consumers have access to the web using their mobile device, they can use this site to get the information they need, when they need it.

For consumers without web access on their cell phones, RE/MAX equity group offers the Mobile Audio Home Finder program. Mobile Audio Home Finder enables consumers to call a single phone number from their mobile phones and hear listing details on any property in the IDX feeds of RMLS or WVMLS. In Portland, the Mobile Audio Home Finder number is 503-270-4666 (HOME). In Vancouver, it is 360-258-2355 (CELL), and in Salem it is 503-371-5200. Details are available in both English and Spanish and can be sent to the consumers’ phones as a text message.

“Technology is changing the way consumers want to access and receive information and we are committed to meeting the needs of today’s consumers to have real estate information available on the go in whatever format fits their lifestyles,” said Homolka.

RE/MAX EQUITY GROUP INTRODUCES MOBILE AUDIO HOME FINDER TO PROVIDE BUYERS WITH INSTANT AUDIO ACCESS TO LOCAL LISTING INFORMATION

About NW Real Estate — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:00:45 +0000

RE/MAX equity group’s branded “Audio Home Finder,” powered by VoicePad’s Mobile IDX Audio Search technology, allows home buyers immediate access from any telephone to all the broker shared listings from the Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS) in Portland and Vancouver and from the Willamette Valley Multiple Listing Service (WVMLS) in the Salem area.

RE/MAX equity group “For Sale Signs” will now include a local number for home shoppers to call for immediate and detailed information, in both English or Spanish, on homes listed in the local multiple listing service, 24 hours a day – seven days a week. In the Portland Metro area, the phone number is 503-270-HOME (4663). In Vancouver, the local number is 360-258-CELL (2355). In Salem, the local number is 503-371-5200.

“Buyers can easily receive instant information about the home they are interested in by calling our system and simply entering the house address, on our listings or other listings in the local MLS,” said Jim Homolka, President of RE/MAX equity group. “Home shoppers who call the RE/MAX equity group Audio Home Finder can also receive the estimated mortgage payment and opt to receive a text message with the home’s features sent directly to their cell phone.”

In addition, the Audio Tours for RE/MAX equity group listings will also be available, in both English and Spanish, on the company’s website at www.equitygroup.com. This provides greater accessibility to listing information on the site.

RE/MAX equity group agents can also register the buyers they’re working with on the new RE/MAX equity group Audio Home Finder. It enables a home shopper who’s out and about and finds a home of interest to instantly get more information on a specific property and alert their agent at the same time. They will also receive an email with the details on the homes they were interested in.

“Consumers are the real winners with this service,” said Homolka. “They get the information they want, when they want it, without scrambling for paper to write an address down, collect flyers, or having to research houses they saw later. They will have it all on their phone.”