Metro Brokers Partners With Terabitz to Deliver a Technology-Advanced, Information-Rich...

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Metro Brokers Partners With Terabitz to Deliver a Technology-Advanced,
Information-Rich and Consumer Friendly Website
New Metro Brokers Website Will Integrate MLS Listings to Give Consumers the
Industry's Most Up-to-Date Inventory of Homes in Colorado

    ENGLEWOOD, Colo. and PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Metro
Brokers today announced a partnership to deliver the real estate industry's
most advanced website targeted at real estate buyers and sellers, as well as
anyone looking for local and national information on any property address.
Based on technology from Terabitz, the new Metro Brokers website will be a
complete "Property Information Portal" that will provide direct access to
Colorado MLS feeds, rentals, foreclosures, for sale by owner, condos, as well
as neighborhood information, local area expertise, and professional service
providers.
    With its new website, Metro Brokers will be the only website to provide
complete and updated MLS listing information for all of Colorado.  In the
past, consumers used to access national sites such as Trulia and Zillow for
this information, but these sites were often incomplete or outdated because
they had no direct links to local MLS systems.  The Terabitz platform
re-invigorates the local broker community by enabling brokers such as Metro
Brokers to integrate MLS and also provide substantial local information, local
expertise, mapping techniques and a unique ability to search and customize all
this information to meet the users' individual needs.
    "We have long envisioned a technology that would enable us to provide the
best MLS search and also integrate every bit of information on any given piece
of real estate," said Mike Bradley, Metro Broker Board Member and Co-Chair of
Metro Brokers IT Committee. "Terabitz delivers on that vision by creating an
easy-to-use platform that keeps consumers engaged and satisfied from the start
of their property search to well beyond the final real estate transaction."
    "The time has come for brokers nationwide to gain control of their local
real estate markets," said Ashfaq Munshi, Founder and CEO of Terabitz.  "The
only thing that has prevented them from doing this in the past is access to
leading-edge technology and a powerful website platform.  Terabitz can quickly
solve this problem by enabling brokers such as Metro Brokers to be much more
technology-advanced and user-friendly than the national sites who took control
of their business years ago."
    The types of Information Metro Brokers Will Provide:
    The new Metro Brokers site contains more information than any other local
and national real estate website on the internet. In addition to extensive
area information, Metro Brokers will unveil with the top seven (7) premier MLS
listing feeds in the state. These MLS feeds will provide some 85,000 homes for
sale throughout the state of Colorado. Below is a sample of the types of
information consumers will find, and this list will continue to grow over time
as Terabitz continues to invest in its core technology and industry
partnerships. In addition, Metro Brokers is also working towards having all 22
MLS systems in the State on the map, which will be a first for any real estate
company.

    Listings:      Visual tours, properties for sale, exclusive listings, open
                   homes, for sale by owner, Google for sale, Craigslist for
                   sale, Craigslist rentals, etc.

    Local:         Local reviews, photos, airports, banks, cafes, restaurants,
                   childcare, cinemas, fast food, fire department,
                   gas stations, grocery stores, health care, hospitals,
                   jails, libraries, pharmacies, places of worship, police,
                   post offices, senior care, etc.

    Market:        Housing market, recent sales, demographics, local news,
                   weather, career builder

    Education:     Preschools, elementary schools, middle school, high
                   schools, colleges, tutoring, school districts

    Safety:        Crime statistics and sex offenders

    Financing:     Home equity, how much can I afford, mortgage payments,
                   mortgage rates, value my home, etc.

    Professional:  Office staff, our agents, our offices, our appraisers,
                   mortgage companies, attorney services, insurance, home
                   inspectors, pest control, cleaning services, landscapers,
                   chimney, utilities, etc.


    Added Mike Bradley, "We looked at many new technologies and realized that
it was going to take more than just cool maps and homes for sale to keep
people interested in real estate sites.  People want 'ALL' the information on
any address and thanks to Terabitz, our website will be a one-stop-shop for
everything a potential buyer/seller or existing home owner needs to know. In
fact, Terabitz not only sends consumers to our site, but it also enables us to
keep them there and have them keep coming back for more information."
    About Terabitz
    Terabitz delivers the industry's only complete marketing platform that
enables brokers and real estate agents to get more listings, sell more homes
and attract more buyers and sellers than ever before. The Company is the power
behind leading broker websites across the nation and these Terabitz
BrokerSites deliver more local and national information than any other place
on the Internet.  For more information, please visit http://www.terabitz.com.
    About Metro Brokers
    Metro Brokers, Inc. is an association of independent real estate brokers
who specialize in Colorado residential, commercial and investment properties.
Our network of 2,000 highly experienced real estate professionals have been
helping buyers and sellers make the most of their real estate transactions
since 1976, designating 30 years of excellence. Unlike most other real estate
companies Metro Brokers, Inc. is actually owned and controlled by its brokers.
SOURCE  Terabitz

Tim Smith of SparkPR, +1-415-321-1880, Terabitz@sparkpr.com; or Dirk Freeman
of IPTVBoyz, +1-303-800-1006, Dirk@IPTVBoyz.com, both for Terabitz

 

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