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Sharpen Your Skills: Public Records, Market Trends, Essentials

Sharpen Your Skills There are plenty of professional development opportunities in June to brushup on old skills and learn new ones. Here are a few highlights: Research Public Records & More Jun 20, 2025 — Fort Collins Board of Realtors Register This course will help you learn how to interpret the wealth of information providedContinueContinue reading “Sharpen Your Skills: Public Records, Market Trends, Essentials”

June Stat Shot: Takeaways

As peak homebuying and selling season approaches, we want to highlight a couple of new reports that provide insight on what buyers and sellers are looking for as they shop for real estate. We hope this data gives you some actionable ideas to help you better target potential clients. Generational Trends NAR’s 2025 Home BuyersContinueContinue reading “June Stat Shot: Takeaways”

IRES Staff Spotlight: Tiffany Thatcher, Customer Care Specialist

Tiffany Thatcher handles customer support for IRES and is a key part of the IRES team. She supports subscribers and the IRES team with her careful attention to detail, kindness and dedication to IRES. Thank you for everything you do, Tiffany! Get to know Tiffany better through a Q&A: What do you do at IRES?ContinueContinue reading “IRES Staff Spotlight: Tiffany Thatcher, Customer Care Specialist”

IRES Acts May: Latest Enhancements

We’ve been busy fine-tuning many of the new features we released in April, including the new Hotsheets, Public Record Import, and Drag & Drop Listings. Much of that work has been thanks to your feedback on our new enhancements. Here are a couple of updates we made to make your jobs a little easier. LatestContinueContinue reading “IRES Acts May: Latest Enhancements”

Jeff’s Corner

RESO Spring Conference Last month, I attended the RESO 2025 Spring Conference, where I connected with colleagues across the country and participated in important conversations about real estate standards.   I was also fortunate to host the Broker Spotlight: Why Brokers Need RESO, and What Brokers Want From Us panel alongside Nina Dosanjh of Vanguard Properties.ContinueContinue reading “Jeff’s Corner”

Subscriber Report Card for IRES

We’re happy to share that results from the WAV Group 2024 MLS CustomerExperience Index are in and IRES has beat the industry average in everycategory, including overall satisfaction and customer service! These resultsare a testament to our partnership with subscribers, to the quality of ourstaff and the strong feedback loop we’ve created. Your valuable inputenablesContinueContinue reading “Subscriber Report Card for IRES”

Updates to NAR Clear Cooperation Policy

As you’ve seen and as we shared last week, NAR recently announced a new MLS policy, Multiple Listing Options for Sellers, that aligns with its Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP). This policy creates a new listing category called Delayed Marketing Exempt Listings, which allows brokers to delay the public marketing of a listing through IDX andContinueContinue reading “Updates to NAR Clear Cooperation Policy”

Jeff’s Corner: Nearing 5 Years with Clear Cooperation Policy

CCP It’s hard to believe, but NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) turns five this May.  CCP has been the topic of much controversy since it was adopted, with high profile lawsuits, DOJ inquiries and countless blogs, videos and debates on conference stages around the country on this topic. I expect CCP to remain in theContinueContinue reading “Jeff’s Corner: Nearing 5 Years with Clear Cooperation Policy”