09/01/2010 - Northwest properties easy to search and virtually tour on the IDX enabled website of Joseph Mercado

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 1, 2010

EUGENE, ORE. – IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Joseph Mercado, of Gig Harbor, Washington and Properties NW, has adopted a dynamic IDX solution to improve the accessibility and functionality of his real estate search page. As a member of the Northwest MLS (NWMLS), Mercado has long had the ability to scan thousands of listings to show his clients. Now, IDX Broker software gives home seekers the same opportunity to search through the NWMLS listings, from the convenience of his website. Never before has it been simpler or more effective to find the perfect home online, than it is with Mercado and his IDX synced real estate resource.

The five unique search tools IDX Broker displays online allow potential buyers to create their own specified property search from the comfort of their own home. The dynamic features available on the site Mercado hosts even enable home seekers to search the NWMLS listings on the go, with the myAgent IDX application for iPhone. Potential buyers can even save the parameters of their customized searches and return at a later time to continue their property shopping, or they can elect to receive automatic email notifications alerting them when a property that matches their request is listed with NWMLS. Together, all of these tools and features work to deliver home seekers with a pleasant and beneficial online home search experience.

With all of the tools his IDX solution brings to Mercado and his clients, it is only fair that he also gains with his own unique tools for managing his real estate website. He can access his own administrative login page from home, his work computer and even his cell phone, in an effort to make communicating with clients and scanning NWMLS listings all the more simple. Tools, such as the ability to edit CSS and global wrappers to design a professional look for his page and the opportunity to create RSS and XML codes to syndicate listings are just a few ways Mercado can connected with up-to-the-minute real estate happenings, thanks to his IDX enabled website.

About Joseph Mercado
“Properties NW is a small real estate office comprised of our owner/broker/agent, Joseph P. Mercado, and five additional agents. While we are located in the lovely water-side town of Gig Harbor in Pierce County, we offer real estate services throughout six counties in and around the South Puget Sound.”

About IDX, Inc.
Based in Eugene, Oregon, IDX Inc. is nationally known as a leading provider of real estate search applications. IDX, Inc. actively manages over $1 trillion worth of active listings data from over 350 individual Multiple Listings Services (MLS).  IDX, Inc. provides integrated IDX software, customizable listing search utilities and lead management tools for real estate based websites (IDX Broker).  In addition to the primary web-based software, IDX also provides an integrated WordPress widget for use in WordPress based blogs and websites (IDX Broker Wordpress Plugin) as well as a dedicated mobile application available for the iPhone (myAgent IDX).  The entire suite of real estate software available from IDX is easy to manage and maintain and helps real estate professionals display real estate data from their multiple listing service (MLS) regardless of their technical ability.  For more information on all the services provided by IDX, Inc. please visit www.idxbroker.com.