Stay at the forefront of your clients' Internet and real estate searches. Internet
Data Exchange, or IDX, is a program that allows you, as a broker or agent, to include
searchable listings from TREND on your website.
Offer a broad inventory of listings
With IDX or IDX Plus listing data on your website, you can attract and maintain contact with consumers by providing current and accurate real estate information on your website. You can offer a comprehensive search tool that lets consumers find homes for sale or those that recently sold in their neighborhood.
Better compete with consumer sites for internet traffic
Many public websites provide sale and property searches and home valuation tools without the benefit of your real estate expertise. By offering consumers all of the information they need on your website, you can better compete with consumer sites for Internet traffic and keep them on your
site longer.
RETS delivery system provides the most current data available
TREND delivers IDX and IDX Plus using the Real Estate Transaction Standard (RETS), which means that listing information, including price and photo changes, can be updated to your website frequently, perhaps as often as every 15 minutes.
Display available listings
with IDX
Through IDX, you can display and allow consumers to search active MLS listings on your website. IDX includes all relevant information from active listings, including property photos and public open house information. This information enables you to offer sale and property searches, like many popular consumer sites.
Monthly IDX licensing fee
(available listings only) |
$35 |
Upgrade to IDX Plus to display listings through their entire natural life cycle
When a consumer finds a listing on-line, it can be there one day and gone the next. This is because most sites must remove listings that are no longer available for sale. IDX Plus allows you to display listings through their entire natural life cycle. IDX Plus will give you an edge over most popular consumer sites because this information contains more complete feature data and more current information. Before you sign up, check with your vendor to a make certain they can work with this data.
Monthly IDX Plus licensing fee
(available and no longer available listings) |
$50 |
Add ValueMap to your site with IDX Plus
When you become an IDX Plus subscriber, you can include ValueMap at no extra charge! ValueMap is a map-based AVM that allows consumers to find the estimated value of any property in the country right from your personal website. ValueMap uses the most up-to-date and reliable information from trusted sources, like TREND, and can be easily added to your site by copying a few lines of code. With ValueMap on your IDX Plus website, you can increase your brokerage’s reputation, increase the stickiness of your site, and become the premier destination for consumers real estate needs.
How to get IDX for your website
Once you have a website and are ready for IDX or IDX Plus, simply complete and submit the appropriate license agreement(s) to TREND and the appropriate monthly licensing fee.
In order to view the agreements, you must be logged in.
TREND offers the following options:
Broker Licensing
- Brokers can license data from TREND.
- A license agreement and monthly fee are required.
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Agent Co-Licensing
- Agents can license data with the permission of their broker.
- A license agreement and monthly fee are required.
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Agent Framing
- Agents can frame their broker's IDX or IDX Plus licensed website.
- There is no license agreement or fee required.
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If you don't have a website...
To establish an IDX website, you need more than just the data. Before you subscribe for IDX or IDX Plus from TREND, you should first consider these business questions:
- Do you have a website vendor?
- Does your vendor have experience working with real estate information, specifically IDX data?
- Does your vendor already provide a product to search and display available (active) listing information?
- Does your vendor already provide a product to display no longer available (pending, sold, etc) listing information?
- If not, how long will it take your vendor to create such a product?
- What are the costs to you for the vendor to provide you with a website and to update or create a product that meets your needs?
Once you have a website and a vendor, TREND will assist you and your vendor to ensure your IDX websites meet all TREND data display requirements.