It's that time of year again! It's time for REW.com's12 Days Of Christmas promotion. 

This year's promotion has some of the best deals ever offered at Real Estate Webmasters and it's just in time for the release of our brand new #Renaissance website platform & CRM.

We've been running Renaissance now in beta for quite some time testing it for speed (WPO), Accessibility (ADA), optimizing it for SEO and conversion. 

The site is performing very well and by the January release date it will be the world's fastest, most accessible, and best SEO'd real estate website period! 

To celebrate this monumental product launch and to help our customers ensure they are in the best position possible with their existing platforms or to help them upgrade to

This year will go down in history as one of the strangest and most chaotic years ever. A global pandemic, a US presidential election, murder bees! I mean seriously, you can't write this stuff. There were just so many unexpected twists and turns, and so much uncertainty. 

I can remember back in March, we were blogging about economic impact, potential major negative shifts in the real estate space, and even offering our customers deferred payments on their SAAS bills to help them make it through the year. At that time we were all cautious (as we should have been) because we seriously didn't know what was going to happen this year.  

The Real Estate Market Blew Up! 

What most of us didn't see coming was that instead of crashing, the real estate

It's our favourite time of year here at Real Estate Webmasters.

Not only is it the holiday season, it's also a time to reflect on successes of the past year and a time to look forward to the year ahead.

At REW, we've immensely grown our business over the years, but that doesn't mean it's time to take the foot off the gas.

Looking ahead to 2020, REW is investing in our technology, people, and marketing more than ever before. Because that's what it takes to be an industry leader.

And the same applies to you. Whether you're an agent, team, or broker—it's a great time to ask:

"What am I doing to make 2020 MY YEAR? What am I doing to get ahead or to stay ahead in my extremely competitive market?"

What is the 12 Days of Christmas Promotion?

We strive toward a software best practice to deliver the best products and experiences for our clients. Old technology is prone to security risks and performance standard declines. They also become cost prohibitive to maintain. We are proud of every product we have released, yet retirement is required to keep up with the pace of technology changes.

The active management of our product suite is intended to sustain product simplicity and meet innovation standards.

Product Announcements

Our in-market products can expect to receive quarterly improvements and optimizations. These releases are available to products that have not reached their end of service life and deprecated. Our account management team strives to have upgrade discussions regularly

I've just returned from Inman Disconnect and it was an absolutely amazing gathering of real estate's most brilliant and engaged minds. Our group was dynamic, passionate and driven to try to figure out what the future of our industry might look like (in the next 5 years). 

One of the themes that was most prevalent in our discussions was change. Phrases like "we must adapt to new challenges," and "adjust our models to accommodate new competition," or "meet new expectations of our customers." Our customers in this case are agents, teams and brokers whether you are on the franchise side like RE/MAX or on the vendor side like Real Estate Webmasters Inc. 

We talked a lot about listening to our customers (our agents) and responding to those things that

Having your own home search app offers an unprecedented level of client engagement. Over the past few months, we’ve seen huge adoption of the branded REW IDX App by top agents and brokers.

But how do you get your branded real estate app into the hands of home buyers?

We’ve assembled a list of actions that you can take today to get more people downloading and using your app.

But First... What is REW IDX App?

REW IDX App is a branded home search app for agents and brokers.

We've previously discussed why every real estate agent and brokerage should have their own app.

In short, apps offer a superior mobile experience, they drive customer engagement and follow-up, and they showcase you as a market-leading innovator.

But, you don't receive

It's our favourite time of year here at Real Estate Webmasters.

Not only is it the holiday season, it's also a time to reflect on successes of the past year and a time to look forward to the year ahead.

At REW, we've successfully grown our business by every conceivable metric every single year since our inception in 2004. But that doesn't mean it's time to take the foot off the gas.

Looking ahead to 2019, REW is investing in our technology, people, and marketing more than ever before. Because that's what it takes to be an industry leader.

And the same applies to you. Whether you're an agent, team, or broker—it's a great time to ask:

"What am I doing to make 2019 that. much. better. than 2018? What am I doing to get ahead or to stay ahead in

We no longer measure distance in miles or kilometers. We measure distance in time.

In this post, we'll explore how this will impact real estate in a big way.

Table of Contents:

• Measuring distance in minutes, not miles
• Why you should care about drive time
• What is INRIX Drive Time™?
• Two driving distance real estate myths
• How Drive Time makes you a better agent
• How to add INRIX Drive Time™ to your website

We Measure Distance in Minutes, Not Miles

Test yourself:

If you were driving to work and your boss called you, would you say, "I'm 1 mile away," or "I'm 5 minutes away?"

If someone asked "how far is it to the nearest gas station?" Would you say, "5 miles down the road" or "10 minutes down the road?"

If

Look out for some exciting improvements coming to how leads can be prioritized in the REW CRM.

At Real Estate Webmasters, our goal has always been to make following up with your most valuable leads as quick and intuitive as possible. We want you to spend your time on the highest quality leads that are most likely to engage with you.

As part of the upcoming 2018 Spring C REW CRM update, we’re introducing two brand new ways for you to sort leads, so you can get in touch with your website’s hottest leads first.

The new update will allow you to arrange your website’s leads from highest to lowest based on two advanced metrics: Score and Value.

But how will Lead Score and Lead Value change the way I view my leads? We’re glad you asked!

Lead

The VR experience on Vision is going to the next level in the latest REW CRM release.

Enhanced listings can now feature fully stereoscopic images and videos—taking your site visitors deeper into the places and properties they love.

Virtual reality is an emerging technology that is rapidly becoming more accessible and expected in the real estate industry. Property seekers today have increasing time and affordability constraints that make property purchases a high stakes game.

By employing VR, agents can help buyers choose which properties to view in person or make better decisions from afar without an in-person inspection. For sellers, VR offers another opportunity to create an emotional attachment between potential buyers and their property,