The U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Home Upgrade Program and Home Energy Information Accelerators work with partners across the nation and are making important progress in lowering the costs of energy upgrade programs, while improving overall...
The key to the success for the future of all real estate brokerages will be data standards. This is not hyperbole, it is a fact, and let me explain why. Today real estate brokerages struggle with profitability. Shrinking margins have become the business norm. To keep...
Joining the Real Estate Standards Organization, or RESO, may be one of the smartest tactical moves that a real estate startup can make, according to the leaders of two hot real estate tech startups. Both Krishna Mayala, co-founder and CEO of TLCengine, and Charles...
Home Energy Efficiency Information: Coming to your MLS by 2018 Technology empowering home buyers to find homes based on efficiency ratings is available and currently being tested. Imagine the next time you are ready to buy a home, going online and being able to search...
OMG, It’s Almost January: Is Your MLS Data Dictionary Certified and Implemented? The New Year is upon us and so is the National Association of REALTORS® mandated requirement that every NAR affiliated MLS must adopt the RESO Data Dictionary – the...
When the National Association of REALTORS® mandated last fall that every NAR affiliated MLS must adopt the RESO Data Dictionary by January 1, 2016 we knew we had a herculean task ahead of us. Ever since, RESO has been working tirelessly to facilitate testing to...