Finding a Tucson Home Just Got Easier
June 3, 2009
Post Tags: internet data exchange , Search for Tucson Homes , Tucson IDX
Finding A Tucson Home Just Got Easier
IDX Solution, what kind of solution is that? IDX Stands for Internet Data Exchange. It makes it possible for us to provide you with detailed information about homes listed for sale in the Tucson MLS.
Gone are the days when the agent “controls” THE BOOK. Good riddance. What a difference today. Now we/you/ us can search for properties meeting our criteria without spending hours and hours paging through a book of tiny print and a single black and white picture of the front of the house.
Now we can search on a myriad of criteria and get the results sent directly to us in our email.
New IDX Solution in Tucson
With IDX on our site you have more choices. You can have us enter your criteria the way we always have into the Tucson MLS for you and you will get the results in email.
Or you can set up as many searches as you want and come back as often as you want to create new ones. The IDX store is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
If you haven’t found the new page yet check out the new button at the top Search Tucson Homes. See it looks like this.
Nice button don’t you think? That button opens the door to finding whatever type of home in Tucson. Whatever you are looking for it should be here. We have even included the Pre-foreclosure and Foreclosure buttons should you want to be bold and search for those properties.
If you haven’t tried it out yet, take it for a spin.
Registration
This is simple, if you want properties emails to you we need a valid email address so you can receive them. You can create an account for yourself right away and start saving searches and setting up favorite properties. After 5 searches we ask that you register. However, the only email you will get from us is the response acknowledging your registration. We hate spam and we don’t like to be bothered. We want our questions answered promptly but on our terms.
We feel the same way about you. The only correspondence you will get from us is when you ask for it.
Customize Search Result Pages
I’m also adding an number of custom search result pages. An example of this is: Sam Hughes Homes for Sale This is a page created on the fly when you click on it. The homes on that page are always up to date. When a home is sold it rolls off the page, when a new one comes on it will appear with it’s listing date on the first line.
Click on the address and it will take you to a full detailed page with complete information, map location and lots more information.
Just the Picture Please
If you don’t want to go through all the detail on the page click on a listing photo. All the photos on that page will be put in a slideshow for you to view.
The Quick Search
In the sidebar just above the Featured Listings section is the Quick Search. Fill in the basics and hit search. You will be taken to the Search page with the results of your search. There you can add more criteria to refine the results of your search even more.
We are working hard to make it easier for you to Search Tucson Homes. Look for more community pages and special searches for areas and types of homes to be included over the coming weeks. As new features are made available we will point those out in short IDX Updates.
We think this is going to provide all of us with a better search experience. There is more, much more but I won’t take the fun out of discovering some of the great things you can do and see with this new Tucson IDX Solution.
Any Questions or Comments?
This is a new product in the Tucson market. I don’t know if we are the first to implement it, if not we are close to the first. When I worked for our brokerage as the database administrator one of my tasks was writing the data exchange interface between the Tucson MLS and the Brokerage website. That experience gave me a unique perspective and opportunity.
I’m working with the company to provide all of us with more features for search criteria. I want them to have the best product possible so you have the best data available for making informed decisions.
If you have questions or request please leave a comment below. I’ll be glad to present them to the company.
Now we have a better tool for finding those properties of interest to all of us.
