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Weekly Lockbox Report 2/1

This is the fourth week since the relaunch of this report with a new style and methodology. We now include more data in our report that counts as “activity”. For example, when a Subscriber places a lockbox on a new listing or when a Subscriber removes a lockbox because the property is sold, this now counts as activity. This week, activity was up 0.01% at the 49,820 level from last week. We’ve gone back 5 weeks with this new methodology.

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As in the past, we’ve taken ZIP code information from each lockbox, that contains ZIP code info, and calculated hot and cold spots of showing activity. The bigger and hotter the dot, the more activity for that area. Dots are placed on the center of each ZIP code range, and we now use red and blue as hot and cold.

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Real Estate News This Week

What’s making headlines this week?

  1. Today, a Freddie Mac survey said 30-year mortgage rates may have jumped up from 3.42% to 3.53% for the first time in more than four months.
  2. A new national ad campaign is set to launch by Builders Homesite Inc, a consortium of 32 of the nation’s largest builders, to push new builds over existing homes. They also hope to attract REALTORS to help them win back buyers.
  3. Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.5 percent in November compared with the same month a year ago.

ARMLS.com Website Changes

In the coming weeks our main information website, ARMLS.com, will undergo some changes. These changes will help move ARMLS into the mobile era, including a redesign to Responsive Design in Q1 of 2013. Please note we are talking about ARMLS.com, not flexmls in this post.

The banner Login box will be phased out in mid-March on ARMLS.com
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The My ARMLS tab is located next to Home.

The My ARMLS login box is on all pages of ARMLS.com. It is not necessary to login to ARMLS.com first to be able to login to flexmls, as was the case many years ago. Subscribers will use the My ARMLS tab in the main navigation bar to login in the future.

The navigation bar was be re-ordered on Friday, 2/1/2013
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We’ve move important navigation items closer to the left so they are faster to find. For example, Training & Events is the second most popular section on ARMLS.com and so it was moved to the left.

Lockbox Report 1/25/2013

This is the third week since the relaunch of this report with a new style and methodology. We now include more data in our report that counts as “activity”. For example, when a Subscriber places a lockbox on a new listing or when a Subscriber removes a lockbox because the property is sold, this now counts as activity. This week, activity was up 2.43% at the 49,812 level from last week. We’ve gone back 5 weeks with this new methodology.

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As in the past, we’ve taken ZIP code information from each lockbox, that contains ZIP code info, and calculated hot and cold spots of showing activity. The bigger and hotter the dot, the more activity for that area. Dots are placed on the center of each ZIP code range, and we now use red and blue as hot and cold.

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Get More Shares by Sharing

social-sharingSubscribers who blog or create video often struggle with gaining the exposure they need to sustain their efforts. In the video below, Rand Fishkin talks about how you can help people you know and in-turn how they will help you spread your content. If you’re creating video for real estate, check out the Best of Real Estate Video Google+ community moderated by Subscriber John Wake.

iPhone 5 / Supra eKey Fob Available

The wait is over for iPhone 5 Supra eKey users as the new fob, which doesn’t require a 30 pin / Lightning adapter, is here. The iPhone eKey fob is available at all ARMLS Support Centers. As pictured below, the fob doesn’t insert into the iPhone like previous models as Bluetooth is used instead.

While this post is mainly about iPhone 5, the fob itself is universal. Blackberry, Android and Apple devices will now use this new fob.

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Where Can I Get Help with zipForm?

WebzipForm, often called zipForms or Zip Form, is an AAR product. While ARMLS does have a webinar and class on zipForm, AAR provides support for that product.

The ARMLS Helpdesk cannot answer questions about zipForm, please call AAR Support at (480) 304-8930. The following information is from AAR:

GETTING ZIPFORM®

Never had a zipForm® account before?
Registration for 1st Time Users

Need to reinstall zipForm® to a new computer?
Download zipForm® 6 Standard (desktop)

Can’t remember username and/or password?
Call AAR Support:
Direct: (480) 304-8930 | Toll Free: (866) 833-7357
Email AAR Support

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Lockbox Report 1/18/2013

This is the second week since the relaunch of this report with a new style and methodology. We now include more data in our report that counts as “activity”. For example, when a Subscriber places a lockbox on a new listing or when a Subscriber removes a lockbox because the property is sold, this now counts as activity. This week, activity was up 20.1% at the 48,626 level from last week. We’ve gone back 5 weeks with this new methodology.

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As in the past, we’ve taken ZIP code information from each lockbox, that contains ZIP code info, and calculated hot and cold spots of showing activity. The bigger and hotter the dot, the more activity for that area. Dots are placed on the center of each ZIP code range, and we now use red and blue as hot and cold.

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