Yearly Archives: 2010

EUGENE, OR - April 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Naples, Florida real estate broker Susan Hubly is joining with IDX, Inc. to create a customized professional website. The Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology helps to integrate listings from the Naples area Sunshine MLS (SSMLS) with Hubly's own listings to create the most diverse pool of properties for potential home buyers to explore and choose from online. Prudential Florida Realty can now display listings on Hubly's site from all over the Southern Florida market, to make searching for a home easier on both buyers and real estate professionals

EUGENE, OR - April 27, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. eagerly announces today the addition of RE/MAX Elite's Jennifer McCoy of Cocoa Beach, Florida, to its ever growing real estate client roster. This innovative and enhanced IDX Broker software and support system will allow easy consumer access to a multitude of property listings on McCoy's website, smoothing and simplifying the online real estate search process for potential home buyers and Realtors alike. This custom IDX solution addition simplifies and attractively presents Brevard MLS (BMLS) listing information onto her website, which can then be altered and personalized by McCoy, to best fit both her and her clients wants and needs.

EUGENE, OR - April 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- With new clients being added on a daily basis, IDX, Inc. is happy to welcome yet another real estate professional, Corneau & Associates very own Perry Corneau of Sarasota, Florida, who has chosen to incorporate a custom IDX solution into the search functionality of his website. This innovative Internet Data Exchange (IDX) software enables Corneau to provide potential home buyers with a truly unique and personalized online real estate search experience, where they can browse thousands of properties and utilize detailed search features to quickly and easily find what they want and need out of their new home. IDX Broker has the one-of-a-kind technology to extract raw listing data from the Mid Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS), and then formats the information to be viewed as a seamlessly integrated form on Corneau's website

TALLAHASSEE, FL - April 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida CFO Alex Sink today announced the appointment of Harold M. Knowles to the Board of Governors for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, effective April 21, 2010, through July 31, 2011. Citizens is one of the largest property and casualty insurance companies in the nation and the largest property insurer in Florida.

Miami, FL - April 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Condo.com, the world’s largest marketplace has appointed Cristian Sturek as their Chief Technology Officer. The announcement marks an exciting time for the Company as its technology platform has positioned the Company into an industry-leading domain and world-class search site. Choosing the right IT leader was of vital importance to Condo.com as their IT strategy so closely aligns with their overall corporate strategy and objectives. Hiring an industry expert like Mr. Sturek will greatly impact operations since site development and technological components have been a leading forefront to much of the Company’s success to date. Mr. Sturek’s addition to the team opens a new window of growth and opportunity yet to be discovered by the Company and its category domain

TALLAHASSEE, FL - April 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida CFO Alex Sink today released a letter to OIR Commissioner Kevin McCarty inquiring whether any additional actions may be necessary by OIR prior to hurricane season to ensure authorized property insurers are financially capable of meeting their obligations through the course of the 2010 hurricane season. A copy of the letter follows below

April 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Affordable Housing Department will hold an evaluation committee meeting to review a Request for Qualifications they held for a group home provider. The meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 26, from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m., in the Code Enforcement Training Room, 10119 Windhorst Road., Tampa.

EUGENE, OR - April 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the help of IDX, Inc., Bob Dratler with Team 1 Real Estate, has recently incorporated a custom IDX solution into his site, developing a truly custom and user-friendly search experience for prospective home buyers browsing properties in Naples, Florida and its surrounding areas. This innovative and advanced Internet Data Exchange (IDX) software and its unique relationship with the MLS of Naples (Naples), enables Dratler to provide home seekers with the ability to view thousands of the most up-to-date property listings on the market, in a simple and timely fashion. IDX Broker gives him the resources to quickly and prominently display properties matching consumers specified search preferences, by extracting raw data from Naples, and then displaying the information on his own personal website, in a seamlessly integrated format

ORLANDO, FL - April 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Florida’s existing home sales rose in March, which means that sales activity has increased in the year-to-year comparison for 19 months, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®.Existing home sales increased 24 percent last month with a total of 16,294 homes sold statewide compared to 13,090 homes sold in March 2009, according to Florida Realtors. Statewide existing home sales last month increased 37 percent over statewide sales activity in February. Also noteworthy: While March’s statewide existing-home median price of $137,000 was down from the same time a year ago, it was 4.3 percent higher than February’s statewide existing-home median price.

EUGENE, OR - April 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. publicized today, the addition of Richard Palmano with Palmano Group Real Estate in Winter Park, Floria, to the growing list of real estate agents and brokers using their primary software application, custom IDX Broker. This new and modernized IDX addition will enable Palmano to immediately and directly link potential home buyers with a plethora of realty prospects, from houses to lots, and everything in-between, making the initial real estate search much more simple and efficient

EUGENE, OR - April 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- As a member of the Sunshine MLS (SSMLS), Pam Schultz has access to real estate listings all over Naples, Florida and the surrounding areas. But now, as she joins with IDX, Inc. to improve the search capabilities and functionalities of her website, her clients also have access to the SSMLS listings, previously unavailable to potential home buyers. Schultz's use of IDX software will now enable her clients to search through thousands of properties in Southern Florida with great ease and efficiency

ATLANTA - April 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding eight communities in Florida with $3 million in brownfields grants to help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, turning them from problem properties to productive community use. Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. The communities in Florida receiving brownfields assessment grants include:

EUGENE, OR - April 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Naples, Florida real estate professional Nic Neumann has joined the expanding number of brokers and agents syncing their websites with constantly updated real estate listings. Thanks to Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology, Neumann, a member of the Sunshine MLS (SSMLS), can display listings from all over the Naples and Pelican Bay areas right on his personal website. Customizable IDX Broker gives Neumann and his clients the ability to view property listings as they come on the market, because of the relationship IDX, Inc. has with SSMLS. This technology makes searching for a property online monumentally easier for both real estate professionals like Neumann, and their clients.

Washington, DC - April 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Kathy Castor, Mayor Bill Foster and community leaders marked the groundbreaking today of new housing in the city of St. Petersburg under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. Neighborhood Stabilization initiative funds will provide safe and clean affordable housing for Tampa Bay area residents.

EUGENE, OR - April 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Announcing today, IDX, Inc.’s newest client addition, Kristi Ross with Keller Williams- The Ross Team, who has chosen to conjoin with the growing list of elite rank real estate professionals incorporating a custom IDX solution into the search portions of their websites. Prospective home buyers in Fort Collins, Colorado and its surrounding areas can now sift through thousands of property listings, details and photo galleries, provided by the Information and Real Estate Services MLS (IRES) and its unique relationship with the IDX Broker software. This innovative Internet Data Exchange (IDX) software is capable of extracting raw data from the IRES, and then formats and transfers the information to indistinguishably match Ross' already existing page preferences and specifications, creating a user-friendly and hassle-free way for home seekers to find their perfect property online

EUGENE, OR - April 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Coldwell Banker real estate professional David Barr has elected to incorporate a custom IDX solution into the search portion of his real estate website, in efforts to create a simple, user-friendly and comprehensive online property search for prospective home buyers. Home seekers in Sarasota, Florida and its surrounding areas will now have immediate and directly access to a multitude of property listings, photo galleries and virtual tours, thanks to this unique Internet Data Exchange (IDX) software, and its relationship with the Mid Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS). IDX Broker works by taking raw data from the MFRMLS, and then formats the information to be displayed as a seamlessly integrated part of Barr's website.

Washington, DC - April 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a senior member of the Florida Congressional Delegation, has recently signed on to letters, along with a bipartisan group of her fellow Members of Congress, expressing their concern with the failure to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

EUGENE, OR - April 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mike Fagan with John R. Wood- The Fagan Team of Bonita Springs, Florida, has recently chosen to employ IDX, inc. to improve, advance and simplify the search functionality of his real estate website, with the addition of a custom IDX solution. This particular Internet Data Exchange (IDX) software is the most highly customizable of its kind, enabling potential home buyers to create personalized search quarries, all the while viewing the most current and up-to-date property listing information on the market. Fagan is an active member of both the Fort Myers MLS (FortMyers) and the Sunshine MLS (SSMLS). This IDX Broker software has the capabilities to extract raw data from the SSMLS and FortMyers, and then formats the information to be viewed as a seamlessly integrated part of Fagan's website

Stuart, FL - April 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Tom Rooney (R-Fla.) today advised struggling homeowners in South Florida to take advantage of an opportunity this month for free counseling and guidance to help reduce their monthly mortgage payments. The event, hosted by the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA), will take place in Miami from April 15-19.

EUGENE, OR - April 9, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is excited to include their newest client addition, Scott Nappier with Real Estate Brokerage & Consultation, Inc. to the rapidly growing database of elite rank real estate professionals benefiting from the usage of their primary application, custom IDX Broker software. Potential home buyers interested in Miami, Florida and surrounding area properties will be able to search from the convenience of their own personal computers, at any point in time, through the search tools provided on Nappier's website. This custom IDX solution has the technology to extract raw data from the Greater Miami and the Beach MLS (GMBMLS), and then formats the information to be displayed as a seamlessly integrated and easily searchable form on Nappier's website, making the online property search much more simplified and efficient.