For release: June 19, 2009
Heartland Multiple Listing Service/Kansas City Regional AOR provides access
to Clarus MarketMetrics®
LOS ANGELES (June 19) - Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS) and the
Heartland Multiple Listing Service (MLS) today announced that Heartland MLS has
signed an agreement to provide its members access to Clarus
MarketMetrics®.
Heartland MLS, with nearly 8,000 members, is among the growing number of
multiple listing services nationwide providing their members with the
competitive advantage they need in today’s challenging marketplace through
Clarus MarketMetrics®.
“We are pleased to partner with Clarus MarketMetrics®, which enables our
members to access localized market trends in a timely fashion and be more
competitive,” said Chris Collins, president of the Kansas City Regional
Association of REALTORS®, the holder of Heartland MLS.
Clarus MarketMetrics® is designed to enhance a REALTOR®’s or listing agent’s
real estate market knowledge using market-oriented, comprehensive Web-based
tools. Heartland MLS members now have access to the most current, relevant
local market data that even the savviest client will value. Heartland MLS
members may purchase a Clarus MarketMetrics® account at
www.clarusresource.com/mm. Accounts are available on
a monthly or annual subscription basis.
“We’re pleased that Heartland MLS has recognized the value Clarus
MarketMetrics® provides and has decided to join the more than 75 associations
and MLSs nationally that offer these essential real estate market reports,”
said REBS Chairwoman Liz Fitzgerald
Since its inception in 1993, Heartland Multiple Listing Service has
strategically pursued the goal of providing the most complete and accurate
source of real estate information in the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan area.
Currently, Heartland MLS aggressively caters to more than 8,000 active members
working in both Kansas and Missouri.
Clarus MarketMetrics® is powered by Terradatum Inc., a provider of real estate
technology products based in Glen Ellen, Calif. All agreements regarding the
MLS data are between Terradatum and the participating MLS. Terradatum has been
generating real estate technology solutions since 1994. In addition to Clarus
MarketMetrics®, Terradatum has several other bold and exciting real estate
technology products: BrokerMetrics® and BrokerMetrics® Web Tools.
(REBS) is a subsidiary of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) and
is the leading provider of real estate products and services to practitioners
in California. Through its ZipLogix subsidiary, REBS is the creator of ZipForm®
and WINForms® electronic forms software, available to more than 1,055,000
REALTORS® nationwide. For more information on how you can offer Clarus
MarketMetrics® contact Ana Montoya at (213)739-8214 or
anam@car.org.