06/04/2009 - Unique IDX Search Tools Provide Clients with the Most User-friendly and Comprehensive Property Search on the Web

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June 4, 2009

EUGENE, ORE. – Alex Shay Real Estate's very own Alex Shay has chosen to give his real estate website an energetic boost by integrating a custom IDX solution into his property search function. Home Seekers in Miami Beach, Florida and its surrounding areas can now browse Shay's site and view an abundant amount of property listings and details, all the while getting the most up-to-date listing information, courtesy of the Southeast Florida MLS (SEFL). Extracting raw listing data from the SEFL, this innovative and unique Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology displays the property information on Shay's site as a seamless integration, making it easy and efficient for prospective home buyers to shop for real estate online.

Access to his own personal administrative login page enables Shay to edit his custom CSS and global wrappers, providing him with the ability to maintain his own sense of unique branding throughout each page of his website. He can then decipher which search functionalities he wants to have available to his website visitors, in which he has chosen basic, advanced, map, address and listing ID search categories. The map search option, powered by the infamous Google Maps, is one of the most unique, beings that potential home buyers have the capabilities to pinpoint their desired property on an interactive terrain, road or satellite map. They are then able to determine their relativity to nearby main roads, landmarks, convenience locations, school districts and other cities. If home seekers decide to save their specified search preferences, Shay will be granted access to this information, via his administrative login.

This IDX Broker addition provides Shay with the resources to increase his listings visibility, as well as their chances of being syndicated to other major real estate search engines, with the option to create dynamic title tags and custom XML codes. He can also receive daily updates from the SEFL, alerting him the moment a property is removed or added to the Miami Beach, Florida real estate market, along with when prices increase and decrease. Each of these user-friendly IDX tools aide Shay in managing his business more efficiently, and in turn generating more revenue.

About Alex Shay

“Alex Shay specializes in luxury real estate in Miami Beach and surrounding South Florida communities. Since 1986, he has provided buyers and sellers of luxury homes with in-depth professional assistance in the sale and purchase of residential real estate. Shay is one of Miami's top producers in real estate sales, is admired by his fellow realtors, and has earned the respect of buyers and sellers who have come to him to seek the assistance of an expert in Miami Real Estate.”

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.