HomesDatabase.com is the only listing search website in the Mid-Atlantic region powered by the MLS. Therefore, it provides consumers all Real Time Local ListingsTM.
With thousands of listings available, HomesDatabase.com connects potential buyers and sellers to Real Estate Professionals, both agents and brokers. When consumers find a property of interest, they have the option to contact the listing agent via phone or web. HomesDatabase.com provides thousands of inquiries to Agents and Brokers monthly.
In addition, consumers have the option to search for agents and real estate offices and contact them.
In March 2011 there were 36,569 inquiries sent to Agents and Brokers:
- Agent Phone Inquiries: 17,711
- Agent Website Click-throughs: 6,248
- Broker Phone Inquiries: 2,949
- Broker Website Click-throughs: 9,661
With a steady increase of monthly inquiries, make sure that consumer inquiries reach you by going to www.mris.com and updating your contact information, under My Account. This will ensure that interested consumers who visit HomesDatabase.com can actually reach you!
I think that as long as I have access to the same listing data then it is up to me to target my market with content rich in the keywords I want a high ranking. Linking to social media, post ads on line and and offer good quality information to my clients I will be found. So find you treat market or area and focus. Check what the largest sites do to rank high and copy that idea for you narrow keywords.
Homedatabase.com is a slap in our (the member’s) faces. We pay our dues and have more restrictions on RETS data than 80% of the boards. We only have one person at MRIS in charge of RETS and their terms to even get access to the system are unrealistic – “build-out and map all our data (60 hours x 150 per hour=$9,000) and them once you pay a developer another 5-10k to build out your website we you can submit it for approval. I discontinued my Homedatabase website after they rolled out with their regional marketing campaign a few years ago. Furthermore, their agent websites offer todays Realtors no value, seo or blog capabilities. I would NEVER refer one of my clients to this website and will continue to speak poorly about their services to every agent I come in contact with.
Does anyone see the extinction of the typical "Realtor" with all this MRIS is doing? I was once told, when I objected to a "fine" from MRIS, that "Do you know how much money we make off you stupid Realtors in fines every month?" I replied No how much and was told MRIS makes over $30,000 a month in fines to us!
I don't work for MRIS, I was under the impression that THEY were providing a service for us, I think the worse day for all of us is when they TOOK OVER!
Hi Debbie,
Can you please provide me with the date that you called and were told that. I can investigate internally, our Support Center and Compliance staff are very professional and deeply care about each of our customers. Our compliance department is in place to protect the users of the system. We monitor the data for accuracy to help you better serve your buying clients and we also protect listing agents from possible lawsuits. Our new compliance system emails out compliance notifications to help you avoid fines and correct the issue. We also provide pop-up notifications upon login. The integrity of the data is the cornerstone of what we do. Our additional products and services are there to help enhance our customers' businesses. We are constantly seeking out new technologies to help you and the rest of our customers list more, sell more and earn more. We build and enhance our products based on customer feedback, so if there is something you believe we could be doing better, email me at marie.still@mris.net.
The only fines we should receive, should come from the Association of Realtors. They should monitor and not lazily pass that job on to MRIS. I'ts not their job. We pay for all of those persons to be at that Division, working for their salaries every day. Without us, there would be no Real Estate Division. Not hire out a company, and delegate it to do one of the most important of jobs; monitor that accurate listing data is written, approved first and then allowed to post. Instead of pay the price that MRIS charges; hire a computer software company to write our own system's website. Hire Editors to monitor the listing data. I'll bet it would cost less after creation; once it's created. Putting your important jobs in the hands of others' to do is not intelligent. Delegation comes after thought, creation and then assessment. Then you delegate. The whole MRIS system is defunct and does not work as well as I'd like it to for individuals.
Mr. Gioia, we appreciate your feedback and will reach out to you directly to learn how we can manage RETS more effectively, as well as any best practices you have seen by the other Boards you reference. I do believe the agent websites we offer (specifically XactSite : http://mris.com/mris-products/premium-products/xa… offers more modern features with regard to SEO and other aspects.
We can certainly improve and modernize and that our #1 goal. If your comments will assist in that effort, MRIS and our customers will be better for it.
Thanks again and we'll be in touch directly. Respectfully, John Heithaus
Hmmm, I read the comments complaining that MRIS sends consumers to the listing agents. Why shouldn't they? It is the listing agent who has spent their time to take all the photos, gather all the data and enter it into the system. It is the listing agent who has spent their time getting the listing. And we should then take pity on other agents or agents who prefer to be buyer agents and give away our work product to them? I don't think so.