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Mark Giberson (213) 739-8304
E-mail: markg@car.org
For release:
Monday, Feb. 5, 2007
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 5) – RELAY®, an Internet tool for real estate professionals to manage transactions and collaborate with clients and affiliates through a custom Web site, today announced the release of RELAY® Version 4.0, a new, streamlined version of the popular software featuring dozens of improvements for agents, brokers, clients, and transaction coordinators.
RELAY® Version 4.0 enables real estate professionals to save time by importing, tracking, and managing contacts across transactions. The latest version of the software also incorporates direct service provider access, allowing users to invite escrow, title, attorneys, and other service providers to participate directly in RELAY® online real estate transactions. Users can now import and update transactions from ZipForm® or WINForms Online® directly from RELAY® Version 4.0, adding to the already popular sync with RELAY® features.
Certified RELAY® users may now distinguish themselves with a RELAY® badge on their listing in the “Find a REALTOR®” directories of www.REALTOR.com and www.REALTOR.org, under a new search category called REALTOR® Business Tools, to attract new clients and highlight their services as a RELAY® agent.
RELAY® already enables agents to thoroughly track documents, activity checklists, communications and contacts through a branded Web site that clients can access 24/7. The Web-based software also offers an enhanced online listings capability, enabling users to publish property information on a branded RELAY® Web page which can be shared with potential clients. RELAY® also allows users to invite guest agent access and cross-brokerage transaction access. Guest agent and cross-brokerage access enable both sides of the real estate sale to work together in one transaction file, making communication smoother for both real estate teams and clients.
Hailed by industry leaders as a mission critical enhancement to the services provided by REALTORS® to home buyers and sellers, RELAY® has maintained a rapid schedule of advancements in quality features development since its launch in 2005.
RELAY® features one-click integration with ZipForm®Online and WINForms Online®, the electronic forms software used by nearly 400,000 REALTORS® nationwide. With one-click integration, users can easily sync transaction data and completed electronic forms with a RELAY® transaction Web site.
RELAY® has been declared compliant with security standards set by Cybertrust Inc., a global information security specialist, and was awarded the REALTOR® Secure designation by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ Center for REALTOR® Technology (CRT), certifying that best practices are in place to protect client data and systems from risk.
For more information about RELAY® Version 4.0, go to www.rebt.com.
Real Estate Business Technologies LLC (REBT) in partnership with the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR), has developed RELAY®, a transaction management tool., REBT, a subsidiary of Real Estate Business Services Inc., provides technological solutions to real estate professionals that enhance the value of services delivered to clients while improving productivity and efficiency.
Developed by RE FormsNet® (REFN), ZipForm® is the exclusive real estate forms software of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. Both REBT and REFN are subsidiaries of Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS), which has an established track record of fulfilling REALTOR® strategic imperatives while delivering positive economic returns.
RE FormsNet® (REFN) is a joint venture between Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS) and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR) and is the developer of ZipForm®, the exclusive forms software of NAR.
REFN and REBT, LLC are proud members of NAR’s REALTOR BenefitsSM Program.
Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS) is a subsidiary of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) and the leading provider of real estate products and services to practitioners in California.
Leading the way...® in California real estate for more than 100 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States, with nearly 200,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.
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