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Sharpen Your Skills

Now is the perfect time to learn something new or brush up on old skills before busy season hits. Over the next few weeks, we have multiple professional development opportunities: Get More Out of Public Records: Join us on Thursday, March 20 at the Fort Collins Board of REALTORS® for an in-person course on howContinueContinue reading “Sharpen Your Skills”

IRES Acts: Public Records Import in Add/Edit

https://videopress.com/v/b7H9JRa0?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.files.wordpress.com%2Fb7H9JRa0%2Fimport-from-public-record_mp4_std.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Last month, we shared updates we made to save subscribers time when creating new listings by automatically importing public record information. Good news, this new feature is live and ready to use! Here’s how it works: Go to the Add/Edit dropdown. Select the county then search for the property by address, owner last nameContinueContinue reading “IRES Acts: Public Records Import in Add/Edit”

February 2025 Stat Shot

As we enter a new year in our constantly evolving industry, we’re introducing ‘Stat Shot’ to present important data on the current state of the market. It’s also a reminder that you have tools available at your fingertips that provide a wealth of data to help serve your clients. Closed Residential Units This month, we’reContinueContinue reading “February 2025 Stat Shot”

Staff Spotlight: Juliet Frank, Lead Instructor

Juliet Frank is our education guru. As IRES’ Lead Instructor, Juliet manages all our educational offerings – like webinars, continuing education, certifications – to help our subscribers enhance their skills, remain current with evolving marketplace trends and best practices, and effectively serve their clients. She also helps oversee our customer support team, making sure IRESContinueContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Juliet Frank, Lead Instructor”

2024 Letter from CEO Jeff Bosch

MLS and the Changing Real Estate Landscape We’re in the closing weeks of a tumultuous year for real estate. All of us here at IRES hope that for our subscribers, this has been background noise for you while serving clients, selling properties and enjoying professional success. There is good news for us to consider asContinueContinue reading “2024 Letter from CEO Jeff Bosch “

2024 Wrap Up

As we approach the end of 2024 and the start of the holiday season, we would like to take a moment to reflect on our remarkable journey and achievements throughout the year. We made it a priority to listen to what our subscribers need and make improvements that allow you to do your job moreContinueContinue reading “2024 Wrap Up”

Updates on the REcolorado Data Sharing Agreement

As we shared last month, we reached a data exchange and integration agreement with REcolorado that ensures listing information on residential properties on both systems remains visible to each other’s subscribers. We’ve recently reached an agreement with REcolorado to extend the availability of historical listings to five years, increasing from the original three years inContinueContinue reading “Updates on the REcolorado Data Sharing Agreement”

Our Promise to IRES Subscribers

We recognize that it’s a time of unprecedented disruption in our industry, especially here in Colorado. Every day seemingly brings new changes in the MLS landscape or more debate over rules and roles for real estate professionals, to say nothing of the cyclical ups and downs of real estate. The IRES Board of Managers metContinueContinue reading “Our Promise to IRES Subscribers”

The Value of the MLS

In the midst of tremendous change and turmoil in the industry, IRES firmly believes in the value of the MLS for real estate professionals including buyers, sellers and real estate brokers. Listing Exposure The MLS enables broader exposure for all listings. From a listing perspective, this increases exposure and the chances of securing competitive offersContinueContinue reading “The Value of the MLS “

Data Sharing Agreement with REcolorado

Continued Access to REcolorado Listing Data We’re excited to share that as of August 16, we have an updated formal datasharing agreement in place with REcolorado. While you’ve had access toREcolorado listing data for the last several years, the purpose of this agreement isto ensure you continue to have access in the future, providing stabilityContinueContinue reading “Data Sharing Agreement with REcolorado”