For real estate agents, open houses just might be getting a little easier to manage, thanks to ShowingTime, which has expanded its offering to eight more MLSs.
Those areas now offering the showing management and market stats technology provider include Georgia MLS, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board in British Columbia, all remaining markets of California Regional MLS, Aspen Glenwood Springs MLS, the Darien Board of REALTORS®, the Bayou Board of REALTORS® and others to be announced soon.
“ShowingTime’s advanced technology will be a great resource for our 34,500 members,” said Richard Boone, CEO at Georgia MLS. “ShowingTime’s services align with our vision to provide innovative tools that are easy to use and help make agents more effective.”
ShowingTime for the MLS uses patented technology to streamline the appointment scheduling process, resulting in quicker showing confirmations and less phone tag.
It includes online and mobile features to schedule and manage showings, providing 24/7/365 tools through the MLS system, the ShowingTime mobile app or through other technology platforms.
The ShowingTime Appointment Center, staffed with 400-plus appointment specialists, equips users to call 24/7/365 or schedule showings online so no request is missed.
“We are pleased these new customers selected ShowingTime to provide great service and the latest technology for scheduling showings,” said ShowingTime President Michael Lane. “We’re able to add measurable efficiencies to the appointment scheduling process with both ShowingTime for the MLS and the ShowingTime Appointment Center. When the two products are used together, requests are handled and confirmed quickly to the benefit of listing agents, showing agents, buyers and sellers.”
ShowingTime’s showing-related products and services are used to schedule more than 50 million showings per year in 180 MLSs across the U.S. and Canada representing 900,000 real estate professionals.
ShowingTime is the leading showing management and market stats technology provider to the residential real estate industry, with more than 1.2 million active listings subscribed to its services. Its MarketStats division provides interactive tools and easy-to-read market reports for MLSs, associations, brokers and other real estate companies.
The company also tasks showing trends with its ShowingTime Showing Index.
Home showings on the national level increased 7.3 percent year over year in September, according to the September Index.
“Hurricane Irma had a significant impact on showing activity in coastal areas from Florida to South Carolina, with some markets seeing a 10- to 30-percent decrease compared to last September,” ShowingTime Chief Analytics Officer Daniil Cherkasskiy said.
“Other areas in the South not affected by Irma actually saw a substantial year-over-year increase, which explains why the region as a whole experienced only a slight increase.
Cherkasskiy said t will be interesting to monitor the South’s showing activity in the coming months to see if demand quickly bounces back, or remains somewhat subdued until the first quarter of 2018.
