For release: July 23, 2009
The Inland Gateway Association of REALTORS® offers Clarus MarketMetrics®,
Clarus Investor®, and Real Estate Profit Navigator™ as member benefits
LOS ANGELES (July 23) – Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS®) today
announced that The Inland Gateway Association of REALTORS® (TIGAR) signed an
agreement to provide Clarus MarketMetrics®, Clarus Investor®, and Real Estate
Profit Navigator™ as member benefits to its more than 1,700 REALTOR® members.
TIGAR is the eighth REALTOR® association that uses MRMLS as its multiple
listing provider to provide Clarus MarketMetrics® as a member benefit.
“We’re fortunate to have three valuable new tools to offer to our REALTORS®,”
said TIGAR President Jason Francis. “We’re especially excited to give our
brokers and office managers a means to help plan their profitability through
Real Estate Profit Navigator™.”
Real Estate Profit Navigator™ is a powerful Web-based tool designed to help
brokers and managers plan for the survival of their brokerage. Brokers can
quickly and easily create multiple “what if” scenarios to instantly forecast
strategies to improve their bottom line. Real Estate Profit Navigator™ also is
seamlessly integrated with Steve Murray’s “Real Trends” performance data,
enabling brokers to compare how they’re performing regionally or by office
size. Real Estate Profit Navigator™ was created by REBOS, a subsidiary of the
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) and the Kansas Association of
REALTORS®.
Clarus MarketMetrics® generates market and price-point analysis charts and
reports derived from MLS data for REALTORS® to share with their clients. These
reports are invaluable as a prospecting tool, an aid to setting seller
expectations, or as a companion set of data to justify a buyer’s offer.
“If you want to fully engage consumers in today’s market, REALTORS® have been
given a great tool in the Clarus MarketMetrics® product,” said Art Carter,
Multi Regional Multiple Listings Service (MRMLS) CEO. MRMLS is the MLS provider
for TIGAR members. “With data pulled daily from our MLS, REALTORS® are
empowered to have localized market trend and price point discussions with their
clients and prospects.”
Clarus Investor® enables agents to engage clients in a healthy discussion about
adding real estate to their investment portfolio. The online application will
give a quick picture of a property’s value and profit potential by generating a
seven-page report that can be saved or printed.
It is the mission of The Inland Gateway Association of REALTORS® to pursue
nothing short of the highest standards of excellence in supporting and
enhancing its members’ abilities to successfully and ethically pursue their
real estate professions. It seeks to reach out to the community at large, and
to provide and encourage active legislative advocacy at every level in pursuit
and defense of the rights of property ownership for all.
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.
The MRMLS delivers, through local member associations, the most affordable,
reliable, and convenient listing technology service available, and provides
products and services that support REALTORS® in maximizing use of property data
to achieve business goals. Representing nearly 30,000 MLS subscribers, MRMLS is
governed by the brokerage community, and owned by Inland Valleys, Tri-Counties,
Palos Verdes Peninsula, Arcadia, Citrus Valley, East Valley, Inglewood,
Montebello, South Bay, Southwest Riverside County, The Inland Gateway, and West
San Gabriel Valley associations of REALTORS®.
REBOS is a partnership between Real Estate Business Services (REBS), a
subsidiary of the
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.), and Real Estate Business
Resources (REBR),
a subsidiary of the Kansas Association of REALTORS® (KAR). For more information
on Real Estate
Profit Navigator™ go to
www.rebos.com.
REBS® is the leading provider of real estate products and services to
practitioners in California. For more information on providing Clarus
MarketMetrics®, Clarus Investor®, and Real Estate Profit Navigator™ as a member
benefit call (213)739-8214 or e-mail
clarus@car.org.
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 163,000 members
dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is
headquartered in Los Angeles.