NAR Webinar Recording: Using a Reverse Mortgage to Buy a Home

Your clients can use an FHA-insured reverse mortgage to buy a home. In this webcast, recorded live, a real estate broker and a mortgage lender who have a lot of experience with this type of mortgage, talk about how it works and what real estate agents need to know about it so they can help their clients who are interested in using it.

Are Smartphones Killing Digital Cameras?

“The best camera is the one that’s with you”. This phrase, coined by the award-winning photographer Chase Jarvis, probably best describes the impact that smartphone cameras had and still have on the world of photography. The cameras built into our phones may still be inferior to dedicated digital cameras in general and SLR cameras in particular, but they are constantly getting closer and they have the priceless advantage of always being within reach.

When the first touchscreen smartphones made waves in 2007 and 2008, the camera industry was doing very well. In 2008, members of the CIPA, an association of the world’s most renowned camera makers, shipped almost 120 million digital cameras and probably didn’t worry too much about the upcoming competition. Back then, smartphone cameras were no match in terms of image quality and photo apps such as Instagram or Snapchat hadn’t been invented yet.

Less than 10 years later, the situation of the camera industry looks very different. At the same time as smartphones became more and more ubiquitous, the lenses and sensors built into them became ever more powerful. The soon-to-be-released iPhone 7 Plus has two camera lenses, bringing its capabilities even closer to those of sophisticated SLR cameras. As our chart illustrates, the camera industry could be in serious trouble as a consequence. In 2016, CIPA members shipped 24.2 million digital cameras, down 80 percent from peak sales in 2010 – the year that Instagram was launched.

This chart shows how many digital cameras the world’s largest camera vendors shipped between 2003 and 2016.

Infographic: Are Smartphones Killing Digital Cameras? | Statista You will find more statistics at Statista

AgencyLogic Releases New Single Property Website Service – PowerSite Concierge

New product offering includes full service single property Website creation process

Wappingers Falls, NY (February 24th 2017) AgencyLogic today announced the release of PowerSite Concierge, a new product offering that provides full service single property Website creation for agents, brokers, home owners and vendors supporting the real estate industry to market a single home using the highest form of personalized marketing. The Websites are used in listing presentations and serve as the single richest source of information about one home online.

The news follows the recent announcement about the release of a new single property Website product, PowerSite Premium.

agencylogic single property websites

Each PowerSite single property Website is accessible via a unique domain name that traditionally reflects the properties street address, a feature that is included with the product.

Every PowerSite built as part of the PowerSite Concierge service includes:

  • Custom Domain Name
  • Sophisticated Lead Capture
  • Integrated QR Codes
  • Unlimited High-definition Photos
  • Full Screen Slideshow with Detailed Captions
  • Custom Photo Banners
  • Video, Blog, Podcast and Audio Integration
  • Unlimited Property Description Text
  • Automated Property Maps & Area School Links
  • Unlimited Custom Links and Custom Pages
  • Email and Print Flyers
  • HTML Flyer
  • Apple iPad/iPhone Compatible More
  • Unbranded MLS Link
  • Enhanced SEO and Free Syndication
  • PowerSite Showcase: Seamless Integration with your Website
  • Facebook Business Pages Listings and Landing Page
  • Direct post to Realtor.com
  • Social Sharing via Facebook, Twitter and hundreds more social networks
  • Track & Share Website Statistics
  • Google Analytics Support
  • Professionally Designed Templates
  • Open House Announcement
  • Unlimited Changes
  • The Activity Center
  • Free Training

An example single property Website can be seen at:

www.123AnySt.com

The PowerSite Concierge service ensures single property Websites are created by AgencyLogic support staff thereby removing the need for agents to learn any form of technology, reducing the time it takes to market a home and building listing Websites that are as informative as possible.

AgencyLogic single property Websites also work seamlessly with Facebook business pages, another service the company provides.

Example Single Property Website

Example Single Property Website

Mark Wayman

Mark Wayman

“Our focus over recent months has been on developing and creating new products and features that are centered on two very important objectives; to make agent marketing easier and more effective,” stated AgencyLogic CIO Mark Wayman adding “With the release of PowerSite Concierge not only do we achieve both of these things but we are also saving our customers money.”

The news is one of several announcements the company will be making during the first half of 2017.

About AgencyLogic:

AgencyLogic (www.agencylogic.com) is a division of Network Earth, Inc. (www.netearth.com), a technology company founded in 1995 with a history in developing complex Web-based software for financial institutes and startups. Located in California and New York AgencyLogic has provided Web-based marketing services to the real estate industry since 2004. Products include single property Websites, Facebook business pages, Facebook applications and Follr personal profile Websites. The products, working seamlessly together, provide an impactful social marketing platform for REALTORS® and the property they market. AgencyLogic’s marketing focus is on growth through white label and affiliate relationships. The company has acquired single property Website companies 123MainStreet.com, SmartStreets.net, Realasites.com, MyMarketWare.com and iPropertyWebsites.com and continues to lead Web-based marketing software innovation.