Three MLSs offer Clarus™ MarketMetrics™ as a Member Benefit
For release: Feb. 17, 2009
Three MLSs Offer Clarus™ MarketMetrics™ as a Member Benefit in Northern
California
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 17) – Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS) today
announced that the Bay East AOR/MLS, the Contra Costa AOR/MLS (CCAR), and East
Bay Regional Data (EBRD) signed an agreement to provide their approximately
14,000 MLS members Clarus™ MarketMetrics™ as a member benefit.
“This new benefit gives our members access to invaluable market trend reports
that they can use in client presentations. It will help them meet their
client’s expectations about the market and allow them to provide a higher level
of service,” said Pat Huffman, president of the Bay East Association of
REALTORS®.
“We’re very happy that our MLS subscribers will have access to relevant market
trend reports to share with their clients,” said Steve Reiser, 2009 CCAR
President. “The fact that the data is pulled directly from our MLS gives us
even more incentive to partner with Clarus™ MarketMetrics™.”
Clarus™ MarketMetrics™ generates market and price-point analysis charts and
reports derived from MLS data for REALTORS® to share with their clients. These
reports can be invaluable as a prospecting tool, an aid to setting seller
expectations, or as a companion set of data to justify a buyer’s offer. With
Clarus™ MarketMetrics™, REALTOR® members now have access to the most current,
relevant local market data that even the savviest client will value.
“As a regional MLS, we understand the differences in local market trends,” said
Becky Tobin, president and CEO of EBRDI. “A mobile application such as Clarus™
MarketMetrics™ gets our users fast and significant statistics for each
neighborhood or subdivision.”
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.
Leading the way...® in California real estate for more than 100 years, the
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state
trade organizations in the United States, with more than 175,000 members
dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is
headquartered in Los Angeles.
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.
EBRDI is comprised of five shareholder partners: Alameda Association of
REALTORS®, Berkeley Association of REALTORS®, Delta Association of REALTORS®,
Oakland Association of REALTORS® and West Contra Costa Association of REALTORS®
and services over 4,400 real estate professionals throughout Alameda and Contra
Costa counties. EBRDI was incorporated in 1991 as a means to provide brokers
and agents with a centralized and online source for real estate data.
The Bay East Association of REALTORS® is a professional trade association
serving over 5,900 real estate professionals throughout the San Francisco Bay
Area by providing programs and services to enhance their ability to conduct
business with integrity and competence.
The Contra Costa Association of REALTORS®, located in Central Contra Costa
County, has been serving its members since 1921. The Association and its MLS
are dedicated to providing the most innovative and highest quality services,
programs, and products to positively impact the success of its members and MLS
subscribers who provide real estate brokerage services to clients throughout
the East Bay and beyond.
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