IRES RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

At the 2008 Colorado Association of Realtors convention in Colorado Springs, IRES was honored to receive the “2008 Distinguished Service Award” from CAR President Greg Zadel for our data sharing efforts with the Denver area MLS.

One of Mr Zadel’s Strategic Initiatives for 2008 was to “Encourage the development of data sharing (MLS) across the state of Colorado”. Although data sharing has occured since 2003, in February 2008, IRES received the first comprehensive data feed from the Denver area MLS. Since that time, IRES has performed an in-depth review to match fields and currently displays nearly 100% of all Residential fields received.

IRES has also modified our MLS interface so brokers are aware of search options for Denver area listings. In addition, shared listings have been integrated into the online Contracts system, Prospect searches, Hotsheets, Quick Search, and Public Records system on IRESis.com. IRES efforts will not stop there, however. Continued data mapping for Attached Dwellings/Condos, Vacant Lots and Income properties is on the horizon.

IRES is grateful and proud to receive this prestigious award. We extend our thanks to Greg Zadel for the recognition.

IRES DATA SHARE JOURNEY CONTINUES...

As we travel down the datasharing highway, IRES has taken the opportunity to stop and review fields used by Metrolist plus the recommendations of the Uniform Input Group. Each field is scrutinized to determine its value to consumers and brokers throughout Colorado. After a recent review, we decided to add a few fields/features that we felt would enhance IRESis.com and also mapped Metrolist data into them:

• We clarified our Concessions fields for Sold properties and mapped Metrolist data into them. Down Payment Assistance is also now displayed for Metrolist listings.
• Sump Pump (in the Basement/Foundation group)
• Media Room (in the Design Features group)
• Unincorporated (in the Location Description group)
• Builder (in the Ownership group)
• Exclusions – a text field of 100 characters

As we move forward, IRES will continue this detailed field review to offer the “best in show” MLS system along the Colorado Front Range.