06/01/2009 - Unique IDX Search Tools Provide Home Seekers with the Most Comprehensive and Personalized Property Search on the Web

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June 1, 2009

EUGENE, ORE. – Shelly Barrett with Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate has chosen to employ IDX, Inc. to create a much more organized, user-friendly and comprehensive online real estate search for their clients, by incorporating their primary product, custom IDX Broker software. The innovative IDX solution has a distinguishable relationship with realtors local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) systems, in which it can take raw listing data details from the Martin County MLS (MCMLS), and then format them in a way to be displayed on Barrett's website as through they are seamlessly integrated. Prospective home buyers in Stuart, Florida and its surrounding areas will then have access to thousands of the most current and up-to-date property listing information on the web, and all throughout the comfort of one particular website.

Five comprehensive and original search categories are displayed on the property search portion of Barrett's website, in hopes to provide consumers with the most resourceful and easy-to-navigate online property search possible. One of the most unique of the search categories is the map search. Powered by the well-known and reliable Google Maps, the map search enables potential home buyers to locate their desired property on an interactive terrain, road or satellite map. They may then use this information to evaluate their closeness to main roads, other cities, park, malls, school districts, landmarks and convenience locations, to determine if this is a neighborhood they could envision themselves living.

This custom Internet Data Exchange (IDX) incorporation enables Barrett to create a truly custom and personalized online real estate website, with the capabilities to edit the look, layout, design and format, as well as which search options will be available to her clients. Here, she not only has the accessibility to her website visitors property search information, helping to to develop a more personalized relationship and face-to-face feel for each individual during their online home search, but Barrett will also receive daily MLS updates, coming directly from the MCMLS, regarding property additions and removals from the Stuart, Florida real estate market, as well as price increase and decreases, keeping her constantly informed of the latest property listings and details information on the market.

About Shelly Barrett

“Shelly, brings more than 15 years of marketing, sales and extensive customer service background which makes her clients buying and selling experience an enjoyable process. She is originally from Ohio where she spent 10 years in the real estate escrow and title business and 5 years as a construction project manager. She's made it her business to provide the best service and expertise in the business.”

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.