05/20/2009 - Easy-to-use IDX Search Tools Speed Up and Simplify the Online Real Estate Search for Potential Home Buyers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 20, 2009

EUGENE, ORE. – The IDX, Inc. team is more than happy to announce today its newest client addition Apple Realty, Inc.'s Amy Hudgins in joining the rapidly expanding network of real estate agents and brokers opting to give the search functionalities of their websites an advantage over their competitors by incorporating a custom IDX solution. This highly customizable Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology has the capabilities to extract raw listing data details from local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) systems, and in this case the Georgia MLS (GAMLS), and formats the information to be displayed as an easily searchable and seamlessly integrated part of Hudgins website. Home seekers can not only execute the most comprehensive real estate search on the web, but they also have the option to save their search preferences and receiving automatic updates from the GAMLS, the moment a property matching their specifications arrives on the McDonough, Georgia real estate market.

Hudgins is able to view her website visitors saved search criteria through an administrative login dashboard, provided to her by this custom IDX Broker addition, aiding her in developing a much more personalized relationship and face-to-face feel with each individual, which is often uncommon when dealing with real estate online. She has the ability to give her website its own sense of individuality and uniqueness by editing the look, layout, design, format and search options available, making her website one that is truly her own, to best fit both her and her clients wants and needs. Hudgins also has the tools to receive email updates, coming directly from the GAMLS, regarding property additions and removals from the market, as well as price changes. Each of these resources help Hudgins to manage her online real estate business more efficiently, and in turn, generate more revenue.

Five distinct and original search options have been chosen by Hudgins to display on her website for her clients to browse, those being: a basic search, an advanced search, an address search, a listing ID search, and a map search. Each of these search categories contain their own comprehensive traits and characteristics, aiding prospective home buyers to narrow their search results, in efforts to find their perfect property. Each listings page provides user-friendly and convenient links to email property details, contact the listing agent for more information, take a virtual tour, print a flyer, schedule a showing, pinpoint their chosen location on an interactive Google Map, view large photo galleries and even calculate likely mortgage payments.

About Amy Hudgins

Residing in McDonough, Georgia, Amy Hudgins is a successful realtor and a key member of the Apple Realty, Inc. team. She prides herself on being a trustworthy, organized and hardworking real estate professional, in a competitive and ever-changing market, and will do whatever it takes to ensure that her clients find the home of their dreams, in the most personalized and time efficient manner possible.

About IDX, Inc.

Based in Eugene, Oregon, IDX Inc. is nationally known as a leading provider of real estate search applications. IDX, Inc. manages over $1 trillion worth of active listings data from over 275 Multiple Listings Services (MLS). IDX Broker is IDX, Inc.’s principle real estate software utility. The easy to manage and customizable software helps real estate professionals display home listing data from their multiple listing service (MLS) on their individual and/or office websites. For more information on the services provided by IDX, Inc. please visit www.idxbroker.com.