Last night we released version 1.3 of the RPR application. This release brought numerous enhancements, starting with a new and improved site-wide search bar at the top of the site and several tweaks to the homepage. The updates also included improvements to our big map search and the comps selection process. We've also been working hard to clear out tickets submitted by our users, this release includes fixes to over 160 requests. Let’s take a look at this release in [Read more...]
If you attended NAR’s Midyear meetings in Washington, D.C. last week, you probably heard about RPR’s progress on a number of fronts: we now have more than a thousand Realtors beta testing in twelve MLS markets, including a mobile application in Charlottesville, Virginia, and we have signed licenses with almost four dozen MLSs, comprising more than 210,000 Realtors, or more than 18% of NAR’s Realtor membership. We’ve come quite a way since the company was [Read more...]
It's been a few weeks since we first released the RPR Content License Agreement, and if you follow such things, you will have noted that it attracted a good deal of public attention, and much more private discussion. In the public arena, there were thoughtful checklists of issues to consider with regard to our agreement (and beyond) posted by Mike Audet of WAV Group, and by John Rees. And over at MLS Tesseract, Brian Larson made a series of posts expressing [Read more...]
When you design a new logo, you invariably hear it all... and everyone has an opinion. Now, I could give you an essay on what makes a strong logo. It's relevance and meaning, the finer points of typography, colour theory, and the designers fave... "white space". But the thing with logos is that doesn't matter to most people. When you see a logo, you tend to have an opinion - most often, you simply like it or you don't... it's a gut reaction. If it's a memorable logo it [Read more...]
As the Director of Social Media for Realtors Property Resource™ (RPR), let me be the first to welcome you to the new RPR blog. For us, the launch of this new blog is very exciting. In the beginning we will share the various aspects to the RPR, answer product related questions, highlight beta markets and join in on relevant industry conversation. If you're ready to start learning about RPR today, I've highlighted a few areas of the blog that you may find [Read more...]
Realtors Property Resource TM (RPR), began in 2008 as one of NAR’s Second Century Initiatives RPR’s goal was to create an online real estate library that will provide NAR’S REALTOR® members with valuable data on every property in the United States. This initiative is based on the collaborative efforts of REALTORS® and the real estate community, including Brokers, MLSs and Associations. RPR’s core mission is to reinforce the REALTOR’S® value in the market [Read more...]
Version 1.11 of Realtors Property Resource® went live last night and includes a number of new features, in particular a redesigned and
Hope you all had a happy and healthy holiday season. We are just a few weeks into the New Year and RPR programs are already making progress. Here
At RPR we have some exciting news to share; Karen France has joined our team as Vice President of Programs and Events. Karen comes to RPR after
