Expanding Access
South Central Kansas MLS Announces Adoption of the ShowingTime Appointment Center
In February, the 1,500+ users of South Central Kansas MLS gained access to the ShowingTime Appointment Center:
“We are pleased that the South Central Kansas MLS selected ShowingTime to provide 24/7/365 appointment scheduling efficiencies to members, who can call one number, schedule online, or use our mobile app,” said ShowingTime President Michael Lane. “The ShowingTime Appointment Center is tailor-made to meet the needs of the South Central Kansas’ MLS members to excel in their business. It will add measurable efficiencies to the appointment scheduling and confirmation process to benefit listing agents, showing agents, buyers and sellers.”
More real estate professionals in Canada also enjoyed the benefits of ShowingTime in 2019, as agent teams throughout 10 offices of Toronto-based Right at Home Realty began using the service in May:
“We were using multiple vendors to help us schedule showings, deliver messages and communicate with our agent teams across our 10 offices in Ontario until we partnered with ShowingTime,” said Right at Home President John Lusink. “ShowingTime appointment specialists are available 24/7/365 to serve our agents and their sellers, which aligns perfectly with our focus on being the leading agent-centric brokerage in Canada.”
ShowingTime Acquires Centralized Showing Service
In September, tens of thousands of agents using Centralize Showing Service learned that they would soon begin to enjoy the benefits of an upgraded system as it was announced that ShowingTime acquired CSS:
“Our executive leadership team is confident that this acquisition will enable us to leverage our two platforms to best serve the needs of clients now and in the future,” said ShowingTime Founder and CEO Scott Woodard. “We’ll continue investing in research and development to provide innovative, streamlined products and solutions to the residential real estate industry.”
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New Technology
Introducing ShowingTime Live Connect
Agents looking to remove the burden of managing calls related to their business 24/7 found the solution they were looking for in May, with the release of ShowingTime Live Connect:
With ShowingTime Live Connect, those who use the ShowingTime Appointment Center or ShowingTime Appointment Center Plus can now have all their calls handled by ShowingTime staff, day and night, on weekends and on holidays, with messages logged and delivered immediately. This cost-saving add-on builds on the same time-saving principles that have made the ShowingTime Appointment Center an essential tool for real estate professionals around the country.
Every agent knows that an informed, empowered client is a satisfied client. That’s why we introduced Home by ShowingTime, which offers a complementary experience for home buyers and sellers who are with a real estate agent who uses ShowingTime:
Home by ShowingTime provides agents using ShowingTime with a ready-made app to share with clients to help them more easily navigate the buying and selling process, adding efficiencies while fostering a strong agent-client relationship. It is available to consumers for all devices and as a downloadable app for iOS and Android via an invitation from their agent.
Milestones
Celebrating a New Milestone – and the Agent Who Helped Us Reach it
Since 1999, ShowingTime has simplified the showing management process for real estate professionals. So, it’s fitting that in 2019 ShowingTime hit the impressive milestone of 300 million showings managed:
On July 4, 2019 at 6:51 a.m. EST, when most people in Charlotte, N.C., were hitting the snooze button ahead of Independence Day celebrations, Evona Cholewa of RE/MAX Executive was wide awake and doing what she loves: helping a client find the home of their dreams. That morning, Evona worked with the ShowingTime Appointment Center to schedule a home showing for her client … representing the 300 millionth showing managed through ShowingTime.
October 2019 Showing Index Results: National Home Showing Activity Up for Third Straight Month
After a run of consecutive months with decreasing year over year showing activity nationwide, the ShowingTime Showing Index® reported three straight months of year over year improvement in all regions of the U.S.:
The 5.5 percent increase in showings nationwide was the largest jump in activity during the now three-month streak of year-over-year increases vs. 2018. The South Region led the way, with a 10.8 percent uptick in showing traffic – its biggest year-over-year increase in almost three years. The West’s 8.6 percent increase was close behind, followed by the Northeast, which saw its sixth consecutive month of year-over-year growth with a 3.8 percent increase in October. The Midwest rounded out the regions with a 1.5 percent year-over-year gain.
We hope that 2019 was as productive and fulfilling for you as it was for us! We have a lot in store for 2020 and we’re looking forward to sharing it with you in the weeks and months to come.
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