Technology

EUGENE, OR - June 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Realtor Karen Schwieger has updated her professional website, thanks to IDX, Inc. and their IDX software. With the ability to draw raw listing data off of the Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) listings, the IDX Broker software then displays these properties conveniently her website. Now, it is easier than ever before for home seekers in Chicago, Illinois to get matched with a property that suits them, with the technology utilized on the Crane Chicago website.

EUGENE, OR - June 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Colorado Realtor Christi Reece of the GBR Team has adopted the IDX, Inc. IDX Broker software on her real estate website to bring her clients thousands more listings, and in turn to bring her more potential buyers. Her partnership with the Colorado Real Estate Network (CREN) gives her the ability to display all of their listings directly on her website. Now more than ever, her clients can have the most detailed and thorough online home search experience around.

EUGENE, OR - June 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Eugene real estate broker Heather Romito joins with IDX, Inc. to launch the new and highly effective Heather Romito Team real estate website. With the addition of IDX Broker software, her website can now extracts raw listing data from the Regional Multiple Listing Service (RMLS) and displays the information directly on her website to give her clients and potential home buyers a more diverse and thorough search process. The RMLS properties and those represented by Romito give Eugene area home seekers a hugely beneficial real estate website to aid in their home search.

WASHINGTON, Dc - June 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to better serve the American people, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has embraced social media and streamlined its Web site contact tools to facilitate open communication and total transparency.

Salem, OR - June 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today Governor Ted Kulongoski and Senator Ron Wyden broke ground at ZeaChem, a new cellulosic biofuels facility, and toured Shepherds Flat Windmill Farm, which broke ground late last month on the first of three phases.

Omaha, NE - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Nebraska’s Senator Ben Nelson cosponsored legislation enabling substantial wind power development in Nebraska that could create jobs and provide Nebraskans with more electricity generated from renewable energy.

EUGENE, OR - June 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Weber of White Sands Realty in Naples, Florida has chosen to update his real estate website with a customized IDX solution. IDX Broker provides software that cuts down on search time for agents, brokers and potential buyers alike. The innovative technology of IDX Broker software allows the Sunshine MLS (SSMLS) listings to be seamlessly integrated with listings of Mark Weber, giving his clients the most comprehensive database of property listings available.

EUGENE, OR - June 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Weber of White Sands Realty in Naples, Florida has chosen to update his real estate website with a customized IDX solution. IDX Broker provides software that cuts down on search time for agents, brokers and potential buyers alike. The innovative technology of IDX Broker software allows the Sunshine MLS (SSMLS) listings to be seamlessly integrated with listings of Mark Weber, giving his clients the most comprehensive database of property listings available.

EUGENE, OR - June 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Weber of White Sands Realty in Naples, Florida has chosen to update his real estate website with a customized IDX solution. IDX Broker provides software that cuts down on search time for agents, brokers and potential buyers alike. The innovative technology of IDX Broker software allows the Sunshine MLS (SSMLS) listings to be seamlessly integrated with listings of Mark Weber, giving his clients the most comprehensive database of property listings available.

EUGENE, OR - June 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Weber of White Sands Realty in Naples, Florida has chosen to update his real estate website with a customized IDX solution. IDX Broker provides software that cuts down on search time for agents, brokers and potential buyers alike. The innovative technology of IDX Broker software allows the Sunshine MLS (SSMLS) listings to be seamlessly integrated with listings of Mark Weber, giving his clients the most comprehensive database of property listings available.

AUSTIN, TX - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- HomeAway®, Inc. regrets to announce Andrew Harris, the company’s chief operating officer (COO), passed away at his home in Austin on June 2, 2010, after a long and valiant battle with cancer. The company extends its deepest condolences to Mr. Harris’ family, especially his beloved wife, Lisa.

LOS ANGELES, CA - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The board of directors of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® on June 12 approved a new structure for the statewide MLS that will merge the efforts of calREDD® with the Multi-Regional Multiple Listing Service Inc. (MRMLS)

Albany, NY - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is partnering with Broadway Stages in Brooklyn, one of New York’s premier sound stage facilities, on a solar energy project that will reduce the film stage’s energy costs by more than $70,000 annually.

EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Crested Butte, Colorado real estate broker Channing Boucher has teamed with IDX, Inc. to create an easy-to-use professional website, changing the way he conducts business online. The efficient IDX Broker software syncs Boucher's website directly with Gunnison Country MLS (GCMLS) listings, to display a comprehensive real estate listings database from the convenience of the Benson Sotheby's International website. Combining GCMLS listings with the properties Boucher represents gives home seekers in and around Crested Butte the most in depth and reliable online property search around.

EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Crested Butte, Colorado real estate broker Channing Boucher has teamed with IDX, Inc. to create an easy-to-use professional website, changing the way he conducts business online. The efficient IDX Broker software syncs Boucher's website directly with Gunnison Country MLS (GCMLS) listings, to display a comprehensive real estate listings database from the convenience of the Benson Sotheby's International website. Combining GCMLS listings with the properties Boucher represents gives home seekers in and around Crested Butte the most in depth and reliable online property search around.

EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Crested Butte, Colorado real estate broker Channing Boucher has teamed with IDX, Inc. to create an easy-to-use professional website, changing the way he conducts business online. The efficient IDX Broker software syncs Boucher's website directly with Gunnison Country MLS (GCMLS) listings, to display a comprehensive real estate listings database from the convenience of the Benson Sotheby's International website. Combining GCMLS listings with the properties Boucher represents gives home seekers in and around Crested Butte the most in depth and reliable online property search around.

EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real estate broker Jimmy Nevius has chosen to update his professional website with the revolutionary IDX Broker software created by IDX, Inc. The unique search capabilities afforded to Nevius' clients with the new customized Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology, allows home seekers to scan thousands of properties in the Greater Las Vegas MLS (GLVAR) from the convenience of Nevius' own website.

EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real estate broker Jimmy Nevius has chosen to update his professional website with the revolutionary IDX Broker software created by IDX, Inc. The unique search capabilities afforded to Nevius' clients with the new customized Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology, allows home seekers to scan thousands of properties in the Greater Las Vegas MLS (GLVAR) from the convenience of Nevius' own website.

EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kirby Nicol, CEO of Capitola Realty, has partnered with IDX, Inc. to revolutionize his professional website, bringing potential home buyers in Capitola, California the most comprehensive search available online. Through the MLSListings database, Nicol's clients can access thousands of coastal California listings from the convenience of Nicol's own website. Never before has searching for a home online been easier for both agents and potential buyers.

EUGENE, OR - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the new addition of Miami Realtor Rafael Rodriquez and the Foster & Clark Real Estate team to the growing number of professionals updating their websites with the revolutionary IDX Broker software. The easy-to-use Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology integrates Greater Miami and the Beach MLS (GMBMLS) raw listing data with the listings Rodriguez represents, giving Miami residents and home seekers a comprehensive search package. Rodriguez can now sit back and relax as the IDX Broker software changes the way he manages his online real estate business.

Washington, DC - June 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites interested parties to submit comments to assist in developing a voluntary National Energy Rating Program for Homes.

Denver, CO - June 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- As the government, lenders and banks work together to curb foreclosures, RE/MAX agents are using their certified training and new technology to facilitate short sale transactions including Short Sale Commander™, a best-selling short sale platform from Elk Software

EUGENE, OR - June 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- With a growing number of real estate professionals choosing to update and simplify their real estate website, IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the newest addition of Abby Oglesbee of Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate. Florida Keys MLS (FLKMLS) listings are now integrated with Oglesbee's own listings on her real estate website, to deliver her clients with the most comprehensive property search available online. The innovative Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology provided by IDX Broker and now available on Oglesbee's website makes searching for a home simpler than ever.

EUGENE, OR - June 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Prudential California Realty's Forrest O'Connor and IDX, Inc. have collaborated to give Los Angeles area home seekers the most comprehensive real estate website around. Combined LA-Westside MLS (CLAW) listings sync directly with the search tool IDX Broker software provides on O'Connor's website to display properties in Silver Lake and the surrounding areas. Searching for a home online has never been easier for real estate professionals, like O'Connor, and potential home buyers. The addition of IDX Broker software has simplified O'Connor's real estate website and made his online business easier to manage.

LOS ANGELES, CA - June 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS) today announced that the Victor Valley Association of REALTORS® (VVAR) has signed an agreement to provide Clarus MarketMetrics® as a free MLS member benefit for an additional two years. Clarus MarketMetrics® retails for $240 for an annual subscription

EUGENE, OR - June 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Realty One Group of California has partnered with IDX, Inc. to apply IDX Broker software onto their real estate website. CEO Joseph Scrofani can now manage and display his listings along side the California Real Estate Tech Service (CARETS) listings to bring thousands of Laguna Niguel area properties together in one place. The comprehensive listing data now brings potential home buyer the most up-to-the-minute details right to the home seeker, with the ease and efficiency of never leaving Scrofani's website.

EUGENE, OR - June 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is proud to welcome Judy Hardy of LoveThoseMountains Realty to the team of real estate professionals choosing to update their real estate website with IDX Broker software. The Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology pulls raw listing data from the Northeast Georgia MLS (NEGMLS) and displays it directly on Hardy's website, giving her the most comprehensive listings in the area. Her website now boasts a user-friendly and thorough database of listings to meet every potential buyers' needs.

BOSTON, MA - June 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Saugus based Eastern Property Management Group, Inc. (“Eastern Property”) is being sued by Attorney General Martha Coakley for allegedly posting discriminatory rental advertisements on the popular classified advertising website Craigslist.org (“Craigslist”). This latest filing stems from the Attorney General’s ongoing statewide investigation into reports of widespread discriminatory Internet advertising in housing. The Attorney General’s Office is seeking an order prohibiting Eastern Property from engaging in housing discrimination, requiring fair housing training for its employees, compensatory and punitive damages, civil penalties, and attorney’s fees and costs.

EUGENE, OR - June 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kansas City real estate professional, Gail Dicus, has joined with IDX, Inc. to revolutionize her realty website by adding IDX Broker software. As a member of Heartland MLS (HMLS), Dicus has long had access to thousands of listings around Leawood, Kansas. But now, thanks to the integration available with IDX Broker, Dicus' clients can also view and search in the HMLS database of property listings, all from the convenience of Dicus' website. This tool helps to simplify the home search process for both real estate agents and brokers and potential buyers by giving Realtors more control and giving buyers more freedom.

EUGENE, OR - June 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome Creigh Hill of Southern Homes of the Carolinas to the group of agents and brokers who are revolutionizing the way potential buyers search for homes online. With the Carolina MLS (CMLS) listings on Hill's website, plus his own properties, he can draw more attention than ever from home seekers online. Now, Hill's website can deliver the most efficient search results due to the customized IDX solution implemented on his search page by the IDX Broker software, providing his clients with the most comprehensive property search around.