MORGANTOWN, W.Va.,
July 10, 2013
/PRNewswire/ -- ListHub, the
leading distributor of property listings and provider of
performance metrics in real estate, operated by Move,
Inc., (NASDAQ: MOVE) launches ListHub Global, giving
ListHub's 48,000 brokerage subscribers the opportunity to advertise
listings internationally. A new agreement with Switzerland-based EdenHome represents
ListHub's first global offering, bringing ListHub customers
exposure to a network of 23 portals in 19 countries.
Prudential New Jersey Properties is the first to enter
into an advertising agreement with ListHub to provide exposure on
the EdenHome network as a benefit to their network of agents.
EdenHome provides ListHub's 48,000 broker subscribers with
the opportunity to gain exposure to clients in Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, France,
Greece, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, Morocco, Portugal, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Additionally, EdenHome will now be able to
include accurate and fresh U.S. listings in the data set they
display in their network of websites around the
world.
"ListHub Global allows brokers to market their listings to
a new group of home buyers. The estimated volume of international
sales increased by 24 percent between 2011 and 2012," said
Luke Glass, general manager of
ListHub. "While the international home buyer community is growing
significantly year-over-year, it has always been a challenge for
U.S. real estate professionals to market to this group. ListHub
Global makes it easy for listing brokers to put their homes in
front of international home buyers."
According to a recently published ListHub whitepaper that
studied a sample of 200 listings on two leading international
websites 75 percent of the U.S. listings displayed on the sites
contained inaccurate property information. ListHub's global
offering is the solution to accuracy concerns regarding the
international advertising of U.S. listings. ListHub customers who
choose to use ListHub Global will benefit from ListHub's standard
publisher contract terms, especially around data protection, as
they enter the international real estate marketing
landscape.
EdenHome has a unique model for working with international
websites. Listings provided to EdenHome are never distributed or
leave EdenHome's servers. Instead, the portals within the EdenHome
network are powered by EdenHome by framing the search experience or
providing listings via a real-time application programming
interface (API).
"When selecting a U.S. listings provider, we were looking
for an industry veteran with large scale coverage that is committed
to the integrity of listing content. We also wanted to find a
provider that has established trusted relationships with industry
professionals," said Vincent Moindrot, EdenHome business
development director. "ListHub met all our expectations and we're
proud to bring U.S. listings to our portals. We look forward to a
successful business relationship with ListHub in service to U.S.
real estate professionals."
"Our seller clients are increasingly demanding
international marketing as a fundamental component of our property
marketing program," said Bill
Keleher, CEO of Prudential New Jersey Properties in
Somerset, NJ. "We have experienced
first-hand the challenges of gaining safe and accurate
international exposure, and we are thrilled to now have the
opportunity to advertise through ListHub's trusted platform to meet
our international marketing goals."
Brokers who wish to participate in the EdenHome
opportunity will have the ability to purchase access to the network
through ListHub. Visit ListHub's website for more
information on ListHub Global and the EdenHome Network.
ABOUT LISTHUB
ListHub is operated
by Move, Inc., (NASDAQ: MOVE), the leader in online real estate.
ListHub provides a platform to MLSs and real estate brokers to
effectively manage every aspect of advertising listings online,
including tools for making informed advertising choices, flexible
options for routing consumer traffic and leads, and reporting for
accurately measuring the results of their online marketing. Listing
information is kept up-to-date to provide today's homebuyers with
the most accurate information available from the MLS. ListHub is
the leading platform nationwide for listing management, serving
more than 48,000 brokerage firms, and synchronizing listing
information from over 450 MLS data sources with more than 125
publisher websites.
ABOUT MOVE, INC.
Move, Inc. (MOVE), the leader in online
real estate, operates:
realtor.com®, the
official website of the National Association of
REALTORS®; Move.com, a leading
destination for new homes and rental listings, moving, home and
garden, and home finance; ListHub™, the leading syndicator of real
estate listings; Moving.com™;
SeniorHousingNet; SocialBios; Doorsteps, TigerLead®; and
TOP PRODUCER® Systems. Move is based in San Jose, Calif.
ABOUT EDENHOME
EdenHome is a
pioneer in building international networks for helping local real
estate portals to improve their worldwide performance. The
company offers the biggest global network of real estate sites
bringing together leading portals from across the world. Belonging
to the Swiss ImmoStreet group, EdenHome is born from the
acquisition of beezBEEZ, a software development company founded in
2006 which operates the EdenWay
network.
www.edenhome.com
SOURCE Move, Inc.