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New Home Source Professional Launches New Home Data to California Regional Multiple Listing Service

 MLS will begin incorporating new home community and plan data from New Home Source Professional directly into MLS dashboards and portals

Builders Digital Experience, Inc. (BDX) announced today that members of the California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS) in Los Angeles, CA now have access to new home data via New Home Source Professional.

Designed specifically for real estate agents, New Home Source Professional has the largest collection of new homes available anywhere. CRMLS is part of a growing list of MLS’ across the country who are working with New Home Source Professional to bring this new home data to the MLS membership. As part of the agreements, these MLSs have a turnkey, branded “new home channel” on their MLS interface. MLS members can then search and view all builders’ new home inventory directly from their MLS dashboard through a customized version of NewHomeSourceProfessional.com.

MLS integrations will debut soon for members of the following MLSs:

  • Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS) in the Washington, D.C. metro area;
  • Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) in Chicago, Ill.;
  • East Bay Regional Data Inc. (EBRDI) in Concord, Calif.;
  • Contra Costa Association of REALTORS (CCAR) in Walnut Creek, Calif.;
  • Bay East Association of REALTORS in Pleasanton, Calif.

MLS integrations are already active and available for members of the following MLSs:

  • California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS);
  • Northeast Florida Multiple Listing Service (RealtyWeb) in Jacksonville, Fla.;
  • Jupiter Tequesta Hobe Sound Association of REALTORS (JTHS MLS) in Jupiter, Fla.;
  • Austin Board of REALTORS (ABOR) in Austin, Texas;
  • San Diego County Regional Multiple Listing Service (Sandicor) in the San Diego metro area;
  • Regional MLS (RMLS) in Portland, Ore.;
  • Tucson Association of REALTORS MLS (TAR/MLS) in Tucson, Ariz.;
  • Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS) in Phoenix;
  • MLSListings in the Greater San Francisco, Calif. bay area;
  • Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS (GLVAR) in Las Vegas.

With 48 percent of home shoppers considering new construction when they start their home search, New Home Source Professional allows agents to serve buyers in an increasingly competitive digital landscape.

“In the Los Angeles area, nearly 30 percent of new homes are sold by agents and our relationship with CRMLS allows them to bring an unprecedented level of new home information and tools directly to their members,” said Tim Costello, chief executive officer, Builders Digital Experience.

MLSs interested in adding new home community and plan listings to their member dashboard should contact Gary Bush at GBush(at)thebdx.com or 512-651-8919.

 

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Major Multiple Listing Services to Bring New Home Data From NewHomeSourceProfessional.com Directly To Agents

 MLS organizations in California, Arizona, Nevada, Florida, Oregon and the District of Columbia incorporate new home community and plan data from New Home Source Professional directly into MLS dashboards

May 13, 2013, Austin, TX – Builders Digital Experience, Inc. (BDX) announced today they are bringing the leading New Home Source Professional agent outreach solution to eight of the top multiple listings services in the nation.

Designed specifically for real estate agents, NewHomeSourceProfessional.com has the largest collection of new homes available anywhere. As part of the agreement, the MLS has a turnkey, branded “new home channel” on their MLS interface. MLS members can then search and view all builders inventory directly from their MLS dashboard through this customized version of NewHomeSourceProfessional.com.

The goal of these agreements is to allow the MLS organization to more effectively help their agents serve buyers in an increasingly competitive digital landscape.

MLS integrations are active and available for agent members of the following MLSs:

  • Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS) in Phoenix
  • Regional MLS (RMLSFL) in Southeast Florida
  • MLSListings in Northern California
  • Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors (GLVAR)

MLS integrations will debut soon for agent members of the following MLSs:

  • Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS) in the Washington, DC, metro area
  • San Diego County Regional MLS (Sandicor)
  • Regional MLS (RMLS) in Portland, OR
  • Tucson Area MLS (TAR/MLS)

“Across the country, over 63% of new homes are sold by agents and our relationships with these MLSs allow them to bring an unprecedented level of new home information and tools directly to their members,” said Tim Costello, chief executive officer, Builders Digital Experience.

Multiple Listing Services who are interested in adding new home community and plan listings to their member dashboard should contact Gary Bush at GBush@thebdx.com or 512-651-8919.

About Builders Digital Experience

Builders Digital Experience, LLC (BDX), a joint venture between Move, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE) and Builder Homesite, Inc., was founded in October 2009 to combine the industry’s leading new home resources under one roof and offer builders innovative online marketing options, streamlined customer service and support, and greater value. Capitalizing on over 11 years of building industry experience, BDX operates www.newhomesourceprofessional.com and other sites, while also providing other services to builders, including video production, rich media rendering, mobile search, custom website production and more. For more information, visit www.thebdx.com.

BDX now gives builders access to 9 of the top 10 general real estate websites

Austin, TX – September 2, 2010 – Builders Digital Experience (BDX), leading provider of digital marketing resources for builders, announced today a recently signed distribution agreement with HotPads.com, a map-based housing search engine and listing service. As a result of this agreement, builders who list their communities with BDX will now have their homes included on HotPads.com at no additional charge and expanded distribution to the site’s two-million monthly visitors[1].

“We are excited to partner with HotPads.com as their preferred provider of new home listings for their dynamic site,” said Tim Costello. “It is our deep relationships with companies like HotPads that allow us to deliver greater online marketing value to our builders and give them the confidence in knowing that when they list their homes with BDX, they have the Internet covered.”

HotPads.com joins the extensive BDX network of leading websites – a network that reaches over 40 million potential new home buyers2 each month. With just a single listing with BDX, builders are not only gaining exposure on NewHomeSource and Move New Homes, the #1 and #2 new home listing sites in the nation, but also hundreds of other leading real estate, new home, general news, newspaper and social network websites.

“HotPads constantly strives to provide our housing shoppers access to high quality housing listing information,” says Douglas Pope, co-founder of HotPads.com.  “Partnering with BDX allows HotPads to bring our housing shoppers together with new home developers giving them more housing options and a better search experience.”

The award-winning HotPads.com is known across the industry for its innovative mapping technologies. The site features over 3.5 million homes for sale and empowers visitors to search for their next home by location.

For more information about listing new home communities across the Internet with BDX, builders can visit www.thebdx.com or email info@thebdx.com.

[1]SOURCE: Hotpads.com

Consumers visiting HomeFinder.com and newspaper sites in the HomeFinder.com Network can now search the largest collection of new homes provided by NewHomeSource.com

Chicago, IL – May 19, 2010 – HomeFinder.com and Builders Digital Experience (BDX) today announced that they are expanding their existing partnership to bring together one of the fastest growing real estate sites and the largest database of new construction data, to become a new home listings powerhouse. Now consumers who visit HomeFinder.com or one of the newspaper Web sites in their robust Network, including LATimes.com, AZCentral.com, ChicagoTribune.com and MiamiHerald.com, will have access to comprehensive information about new homes and communities from NewHomeSource.com.

“With this newly expanded partnership, everyone wins,” said Tim Costello, CEO of BDX. “Not only will consumers who search for real estate on HomeFinder.com have more choices than ever, but this expanded relationship also gives our builders even more opportunities to reach home buyers locally and nationally through HomeFinder.com’s unparalleled Network and reach.”

NewHomeSource.com is the #1 new home listing Web site built by leaders in the building industry, helping builders market their new homes online for more than a decade. As an effective media partner and trusted consumer resource where homes and people find each other and connect with a real estate professional, HomeFinder.com offers over 3.5 million homes for sale and online listing enhancement solutions to more than 20,000 agent, broker and builder advertisers.

“BDX and NewHomeSource.com has always been a great partner for us and we’re thrilled to expand our relationship,” said Tim Fagan, CEO of HomeFinder.com. “We’re proud of our long history of commitment to delivering new home listings to home buyers and sellers and effective, trackable solutions to our builder customers. Builder and new home data has always been a part of the HomeFinder.com strategy, and we look forward to generating qualified phone calls and emails to BDX’s consortium of builders.”

Builders who list their communities on NewHomeSoure.com will automatically have their home and community details included on HomeFinder.com and across the 130+ newspaper real estate sites that are part of the HomeFinder.com Network. Builders can also enhance their listings on HomeFinder.com to include features such as priority placement, premier branding, trackable toll-free number and on demand ROI reporting.

“We have worked with Builder Homesite for years to market our new homes and we’re excited that through the newly formed BDX and this expanded partnership with HomeFinder.com, we will now be able to provide our home and community information once to reach more consumers and enhance our exposure across the HomeFinder.com Network,” said Kira McCarron, Chief Marketing Officer of Toll Brothers, Inc.

ABOUT HOMEFINDER.COM

HomeFinder.com is one of the most trusted Web sites for consumers to search for a home and connect with a real estate professional. Distinguished by its inventory of comprehensive property listings and rich content, HomeFinder.com provides more than 3.5 million listings with customized searches and multiple options to view and manage results. HomeFinder.com also provides simpler, more valuable online advertising solutions for agents, brokers and builders, combining the brand power of more than 130 local newspaper Web sites with exposure on a national scope, in a platform that tracks every phone call, email and click a consumer makes. Owned jointly by three leading media companies, Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI), The McClatchy Co. (NYSE: MNI) and Tribune Co., the HomeFinder.com Network includes The Arizona Republic, Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times and The Indianapolis Star.

ABOUT ABOUT BUILDERS DIGITAL EXPERIENCE

Builders Digital Experience, LLC (BDX) a joint venture from Move, Inc. and Builder Homesite, Inc. combines the industry’s leading new home resources, and offers new home builders innovative online marketing solutions, streamlined customer service and support, and greater value. BDX is based in Austin, Texas and operates, NewHomeSource.com from Builder Homesite, Inc., and the new home channel from Move.com. Additional services include mobile marketing capabilities, interactive floor plans, photo realistic renderings, video and rich media production, email creative and fulfillment services, and digital marketing products for real estate professionals. For more information, visit www.theBDX.com.

Through the extensive BDX network of websites, builders can list homes and communities once and be everywhere.

Austin, TX (April, 27 2010) – Builders Digital Experience (BDX), LLC, a joint venture of Move.com and Builder Homesite, Inc., today announced the addition of several real estate distribution partners for Move New Homes. Now, builders who list on Move New Homes will also automatically have their homes and communities included on Vast, Oodle, MySpace Classifieds, WalMart.com, Military.com, Facebook Marketplace, Local.com, Google Base/Maps, GreatSchools, and TheStreet. These sites join existing partners such as MSN and Comcast who are already part of Move New Homes distribution.

“We are constantly looking for ways to increase value for builders who list on the BDX network. When builders partner with BDX to market their homes and communities online they truly are able to list once and be everywhere,” said Tim Costello, CEO of BDX. “These new distribution partners are the latest in a long list of high quality web sites that are part of the BDX network – a network that reaches over 30 million potential new home buyers each month.”

At the heart of the BDX network are the #1 and #2 largest websites dedicated to new homes – NewHomeSource and Move New Homes. NewHomeSource from Builder Homesite was built for builders by leaders in the building industry and for nearly 10 years has been helping builders market their new homes online. Move New Homes is part of the Move network of real estate sites and recently upgraded the architecture and design of the site to improve the customer search experience. Now, both NewHomeSource and Move New Homes are powered by the BDX platform.

BDX is a builder’s one-stop-shop for digital resources. In addition to the top new home listing sites, BDX offers mobile marketing capabilities, interactive floor plans, photo realistic renderings, video and rich media production, email creative and fulfillment services, and digital marketing products for real estate professionals.

ABOUT BUILDERS DIGITAL EXPERIENCE

Builders Digital Experience, LLC (BDX) a joint venture from Move, Inc. and Builder Homesite, Inc. combines the industry’s leading new home resources, and offers new home builders innovative online marketing solutions, streamlined customer service and support, and greater value. BDX is based in Austin, Texas and operates, NewHomeSource.com from Builder Homesite, Inc., and the new home channel from Move.com. Additional services include mobile marketing capabilities, interactive floor plans, photo realistic renderings, video and rich media production, email creative and fulfillment services, and digital marketing products for real estate professionals. For more information, visit www.theBDX.com.