Technology

ANCHORAGE, AK - October 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) recently announced that AHFC's Home Energy Rebate Program is one of the exceptional state-led energy-efficiency programs in the United States. ACEEE recognized a total of just 18 top programs from 14 states. AHFC's Home Energy Rebate Program received one of 10 honorable mentions awarded

Needham, MA - October 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- HubConnected LLC, a provider of social media solutions for the real estate industry, announced its official launch today. With 95% of real estate consumers using the Internet and the exponential growth of social networking sites such as Facebook, HubConnected provides innovative Web 2.0 solutions for Realtors® and real estate settlement agents who want to use social media to grow their business.

EUGENE, OR - October 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida property searches are now available online, thanks to Palm Beach real estate agent Ann Melendez and IDX, Inc. The revolutionary IDX solution, now adopted by and displayed by Melendez, takes Palm Beach Regional MLS (RMLSFL) and seamlessly integrates them onto her real estate website, giving potential home buyers the ability to partake in a comprehensive and thorough property search online. The dynamic tools now available on her website have made the search page Melendez hosts the smartest place to begin the online search for a new Palm Beach home

EUGENE, OR - October 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce that Robert Picciariello has become the latest real estate professional to upgrade the search functions and capabilities of his website, with IDX Broker software. As a Chicago, Illinois agent, Picciariello has proven his dedication and devotion to serving his clients and their every real estate need. Now, his IDX solution helps him further accomplish these goals by syncing his search page directly to the Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) listings database, making thousands of Chicago area properties appear for home seekers to browse through during their online property search. Picciariello has forever changed the way potential buyers find homes online by simply adding the innovative IDX Broker software to his page; his real estate business will never be the same.

Port Charlotte, FL - October 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- AgentWebsite Inc. is pleased to welcome Manfred Bussek to the group of real estate agents who are leveraging advances in online real estate technology to further empower home buyers to find deals in this challenging economy. Bussek, an active member of the Realtors® Association of Palm Beaches Inc. (RAPB) and Regional Multiple Listing Service, Florida (RMLS FL) has launched a new website which provides home buyers the ability to find homes and condos for sale with a high degree of precision. Property search options mimic those formerly only available to real estate agents who had exclusive access to mls data. For example, Palm Beach and Boca Raton area properties can be searched by advanced criteria including subdivision and distressed property types such as short sales and foreclosures

EUGENE, OR - October 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome Donald DeLuca of Royal Shell Real Estate to the growing group of real estate agents and brokers adopting IDX Broker software for their professional websites. DeLuca and his membership in the Sanibel MLS (SANCAP) have helped to revolutionize the properties he supplies to home seekers. But now, with the IDX enabled website DeLuca hosts, his clients can search for thousands of SANCAP listings instantaneously. By syncing an IDX solution to his website, DeLuca has forever changed the way Sanibel Island potential buyers begin their online property search.

EUGENE, OR - October 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Austin, Texas potential home buyers are in luck! IDX, Inc. and Chad Cardani have teamed up to bring home seekers a customized IDX solution on the real estate website Cardani hosts. Austin MLS (ACTRIS) listings are seamlessly displayed right on his website, thanks to the IDX technology that automatically syncs up-to-the-second ACRTIS property listing information online. The online property search is easier than ever before, when home seekers utilize the amazing and dynamic IDX solution on the website of Cardani.

October 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- As the end of 2010 approaches, we at LuxuryRealEstate.com wish to connect with our peers, clients, colleagues and partners to thank them for working together for another successful year. This holiday season, our annual card to the entire Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate network will feature a photograph provided by one of our members. We invite you to submit photography to be considered for this opportunity. Please consider the following criteria when making a submission

EUGENE, OR - October 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Jim Johnson is the latest real estate professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution for his online search feature. Through his membership and partnership with the Central Oregon MLS (COMLS) Johnson has long been able to scan thousands of up-to-the-minute property listings. Now, IDX Broker software integrates COMLS listing data conveniently on the website of Johnson, giving his clients the ability to begin a thorough property search from the comfort of their own home. Never before has a home seeker in Bend, Oregon been able to easily find the perfect property online.

EUGENE, OR - October 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bruce Hines and IDX, Inc. have teamed up to deliver North Texas Real Estate MLS (NTREIS) listings to home seekers around the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with the new IDX solution Hines has employed. Thousands of NTREIS listings are now automatically integrated onto the website of Hines, giving potential buyers a diverse group of property listings to search through from the comfort of their own homes and the convenience of his website.

EUGENE, OR - October 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Winston Salem, North Carolina real estate agent Kathy Robin has selected IDX, Inc. and the dynamic IDX Broker software to sync her search page with the Triad MLS to bring thousands of property listings to her clients and those utilizing her website. Her customized IDX solution gives Robin the opportunity to seamlessly display a variety of property types. Never before have home seekers had a more comprehensive or complete real estate website to search for North Carolina properties through, than now on the search page Robin hosts

EUGENE, OR - October 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has integrated a custom IDX solution onto the website of Georgia Pyne. Now, thousands of Sunshine MLS (SSMLS) listings are available on the search page Pyne hosts. With IDX Broker software, Pyne can give her clients the best online property search experience for Naples, Florida homes. Potential buyers can sit back and relax as her website works to quickly and efficiently match them with their perfect property.

EUGENE, OR - October 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. welcomes Gary Grimm to the growing group of enlightened real estate agents and brokers choosing a customizable IDX solution for the professional websites. With the time saving tools IDX Broker software enables on the website of Grimm, thousands of Connecticut Statewide MLS (CTStatewide) listings are available for potential buyers to search through. The online real estate search just became simpler for those home seekers interested in buying a property in Connecticut.

EUGENE, OR - October 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Chicago, Illinois real estate broker Greg Kohlhagen and IDX, Inc. have teamed up to deliver thousands of Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) listings to home seekers, on the professional website Kohlhagen hosts. With the addition of his own customizable IDX Broker software, Kohlhagen has revolutionized the way potential buyers scan the MRED listings and begin their property search processes online. Home seekers can now look at every single listing in Chicago without ever leaving the convenience of the real estate website Kohlhagen supports with an IDX solution

EUGENE, OR - October 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Suburban properties have long been the coveted prize for Boston, Massachusetts area home seekers. Now, IDX, Inc. and real estate agent Nikki Devaux have revolutionized the way potential buyers search for homes online with her IDX enabled website. Massachusetts MLS (MLSPIN) listings are seamlessly integrated onto the search page Devaux hosts, bringing thousands of Boston homes to the fingertips of buyers. The convenience and ease that her website brings to home seekers has forever changed the way buyers search for homes online.

EUGENE, OR - October 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. announces the latest real estate professional to adopt a customizable IDX solution for their realty website: Heather Richie of Wicker Rocker Realty. Charleston Trident MLS (CTARMLS) listings are now seamlessly integrated onto the search page of her website, offering a more dynamic property search to those searching for homes online around Charleston. With all of the benefits of adopting IDX Broker software, Richie has truly revolutionized the online home search for her clients and other potential buyers.

EUGENE, OR - October 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Sharon Gavin has adopted a highly adaptable and customizable IDX solution for her real estate website. Gavin, a Los Angeles, California area real estate agent, has updated her professional website with a dynamic technology. The IDX Broker software now enabled on her search page pulls listing data directly from properties on the California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS) database and displays the information on her search page. Whereas the online property search used to slowly deliver one home at a time to home seekers, the website Gavin supports brings thousands of homes to the fingertips of potential buyers instantly

EUGENE, OR - October 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Robert Graham and IDX, Inc. have joined forces to develop an easy-to-use real estate search page for Tampa, Florida home seekers. Graham and his new customizable IDX solution display tools to display Mid-Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) listings seamlessly on his real estate search page. Now, thousands of homes are available for potential buyers to search through on the dynamic search page Graham represents.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an historic step forward in the nation’s clean energy future, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today approved the first large-scale solar energy plants ever to be built on public lands. The two projects, both located in California, are the first in a series of renewable energy projects on public lands under final review by the Department of the Interior that would provide thousands of U.S. jobs and advance U.S. clean energy technologies

AUSTIN, TX - October 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- HomeAway , Inc. – the world’s leading online vacation rental marketplace – today announced its acquisition of Instant Software, Inc. (ISI), the top vacation rental management software provider.

San Francisco, CA - October 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Interactive Media Awards has announced that Zephyr Real Estate is a recipient of the 2010 Outstanding Achievement award for its new website. In worldwide competition with more than 60 other related industry websites, Zephyr scored 471 of a possible 500. Website scores are based on five criteria: design, content, feature functionality, usability, and standards compliance and cross-browser compatibility.

EUGENE, OR - October 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Linda Caldwell as the latest real estate professional to adopt IDX Broker software for her real estate website and search page. The unique IDX solution now employed on her website extracts raw listing data from the Carolina MLS (CMLS) and displays it directly in the search area Caldwell hosts. Now, home seekers can scan thousands of properties, take virtual tours, calculate likely monthly mortgage costs and begin the property buying process without ever leaving the website Caldwell supports or their own home.

EUGENE, OR - October 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Carolina MLS (CMLS) listings just became monumentally easier to search for with the partnership between IDX, Inc. and real estate agent Scott Tyler. With a dynamic customized IDX solution, Tyler and his website deliver potential buyers up-to-the-minute property listings conveniently and quickly. This efficient and effective technology works to match buyers with homes before they even begin the formal buying process with a Realtor. Never before has a such a unique capability managed to simplify the online home search

Dayton, OH - October 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- ThankfulHome.org, a program of St. Mary Development Corporation, has launched a photo contest to allow people to share what they're most thankful for in their homes. Photos can be of people, rooms or items -- new or old. In addition to the photo, entrants can add a caption of up to 100 words. The contest ends Thanksgiving at midnight and the winner will receive a Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera.

October 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- This is the time of year to get your furnace cleaned and ready for winter. Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth (DELEG) Acting Director Andrew S. Levin offers some sensible tips to avoid getting burned by furnace fixing "scam artists."

EUGENE, OR - October 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tony Fernandez has chosen to revitalize his real estate website with the IDX, Inc. dynamic IDX Broker software. Thousands of Austin MLS (ACTRIS) listings are now available for home seekers around Austin to search through. Fernandez has long had access to the ACTRIS listings, but now the revolutionary IDX technology brings property listings to the fingertips of those looking for homes. Never before has a simpler or easier-to-use online real estate solution been available to home seekers on the go

EUGENE, OR - October 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- DX, Inc. has revolutionized real estate agent Brett Balance supports his professional website with the customizable IDX Broker software. Now, thousands of Greater Las Vegas MLS (GLVAR) listings are seamlessly displayed on the website of Balance, thanks to the incredible IDX technology. Home seekers around Las Vegas, Nevada can now partake in one of the most comprehensive property search processes available online, on the search page Balance hosts.

EUGENE, OR - October 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real estate agent Todd Breen has joined IDX, Inc. in creating a comprehensive and complete online real estate search page, by updating his professional website with IDX Broker software. As a member of the Palm Beach Regional MLS (RMLSFL), Breen has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings. Now, his website hosts all of these properties in one place. Never before has the online home search process been easier or more effective.

EUGENE, OR - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Dream Homes by Jodi just became one of the easiest places to search for real estate online, thanks to Jodi Marfia and her adoption of a custom IDX solution. The IDX, Inc. premier IDX Broker software syncs thousands of MAX/East Bay Regional Data MLS (MAX/EBRD) listings right to the website of Marfia. This incredible addition gives East Bay Area home seekers the opportunity to scan all area listings at once, from the convenience of one page. Marfia has truly revolutionized the way potential buyers search for California homes online

EUGENE, OR - September 30, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Realtor Shana Larson have joined forces to bring Mid-Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS) to online home seekers instantaneously, on her website. The dynamic IDX Broker software extracts raw listing data from the MFRMLS and syncs it to the search page Larson represents, giving potential buyers thousands of opportunities to find the perfect property around Orlando, Florida. With the customizable tools her IDX solution provides on the website of Larson, the online property search process has never been easier or more effective.