New Responsive IDX Search Coming to Pinergy in Early 2022

Early in the new year, watch for a major update to IDX in Pinergy: Responsive IDX Search! Redesigned from the ground up, you’ll soon be able to customize your new, responsive IDX Search in Pinergy’s Tools under “IDX Search Options (Responsive),” where you will choose fonts, colors, and towns using a clean, modern interface. The result will be a brand-new IDX Search that looks and works great on any device, displaying search results in the same “Card View” used for VOW search results. If you already have set up the classic IDX Search, you may continue to use it or switch to the new, responsive IDX Search. It all happens soon; watch the Pinergy homepage for the exact date of the release of Responsive IDX Search.  
Integrated Maps in Pinergy's Search Arrives in January

Pinergy’s Search is about to include a major new tool: a built-in map you can use as you build your search criteria. The new map will be opened by choosing “Map” above your search criteria BEFORE you hit “View Results.” It’s nearly identical to the interactive map you know from Search Results, and it features current location, address plotting, points of interest, map layers, and drawing of up to 5 shapes to include/exclude geographic areas. And you can view up to 30,000(!) results and watch them get narrowed down in real time as you adjust your criteria! You can view listing details and add listings to carts and/or your listing watch—all without leaving the Search page! We hope this new tool will help you find your clients’ dream listings when it arrives in January 2022.  
Register for Homesnap Showings Introductory Webinar
New Showing Service Is Live and Ready to Use in Pinergy 

The makers of Homesnap Pro have done it again, and their showings scheduling service “Homesnap Showings” is live and ready to use in Pinergy. Homesnap Showings is easy to use and packed with features like automated feedback and reporting, showing activity reports, optimized itineraries and smart routing, and more. This short VIDEO shows how Homesnap Showings works in Pinergy. For a comprehensive overview of how the product works, you can register for two upcoming webinars: December 16 @ noon or December 20 @ 11:00 a.m.. Homesnap Showings is free for registered users of Homesnap Pro, which is also free for MLS PIN customers. 
New Options for Room Features and Flooring

We recently added options for “Flooring - Engineered Hardwood” and “Window Seat” to the room features for the SF, CC, RN, and MH property types in Pinergy. We also added a “Soaking Tub” option to the bathroom features for those property types. “Brick” was added to the Flooring options for the SF, CC, MF, and MH property types. These new options appear in the listing input forms, and you can search for them specifically using the Additional Criteria section of Pinergy’s Search. Now it’s easier to indicate when your listings have any of these desirable features, and it’s easier for other agents to find your listings based on whether they include these features.
Sale-to-List Price Ratio Added to Listing Details, Line Views, and Downloads

A sold listing’s sale-to-list price ratio indicates how much above or below asking price was realized. These ratios for sales in an area can help you gauge how much price negotiation room there may be for other properties in the area. “Sale-to-List Ratio” now displays for sold listings automatically, both in the Full Report and in the Data View. Also, you can add (and sort by) the “Sale to List” column in Pinergy’s “line view” summaries in Search Results, and you can add “Sale to List” to your custom downloads as well. And remember that you can save your customized summary views and customized download layouts for convenience. Sale-to-list price ratios can help you evaluate the strength of the market, and they’re more accessible than ever before, so be sure to review them when you’re working with sales in Pinergy.
Webinars on Any Pinergy Topic for Your Entire Office? Here's How

We offer a service you may not know about. Our Marketing and Outreach team can create a custom webinar for your whole office on any Pinergy-related topic you’d like. Need ideas? Maybe your group needs refreshers on the latest techniques for managing Contacts, inputting listings, searching and refining search results, or running reports. Or how about classes on wowing buyers with professional CMAs and other Cloud CMA presentations or generating leads using Remine’s data-driven maps? See anything in this Subscriber Update you'd like your agents to learn? Boost your team’s knowledge by contacting us at training@mlspin.com with your preferred topics, attendee count, and approximate timeframe that works for you. We’ll see you and your team… virtually!
What's Up with Website Cookies?
(Browser) Cookies Can Be Good for You 

Cookies are small data files that a website stores on a device to allow it to perform certain tasks for the user. MLS PIN uses cookies to provide you with the best user experience, and you may have difficulties using Pinergy if your browser does not allow cookies. If the “this website uses cookies” notice appears constantly, check your browser’s settings, and ensure that is not blocking cookies. If you use Chrome, you may need to “restore settings to their original defaults.” Some cookies are actually good for you, so tell your browser that you want those cookies from mlspin.com!
Reminder: Remine Docs+ Replaces zipForm Plus at the End of the Year for MAR Members

On October 1, 2021, MAR began partnering with Remine Docs+ for their forms, and they included all 19 MLS PIN listing information forms. As of December 31 of this year, Remine Docs+ will completely replace zipForm Plus as MAR’s transaction management tool. MAR’s and MLS PIN’s forms are accessible now in Remine under Remine Docs+ if you’re a MAR member. To learn more about what the platform has to offer, you can watch this pre-recorded webinar HERE and read more about Remine Docs+ HERE. 
RPR Makes Social Media Marketing Easy

There’s a lot more to RPR than working with buyers, nailing listing presentations, prospecting neighborhoods, and managing successful open houses. In fact, Realtors® who want to up their game when it comes to social marketing can quickly adapt RPR data into an ongoing campaign that will definitely draw attention from would-be clients. Click here to learn more and log in today!
In-Person Showing Policy Gets Update from MLS PIN

In early November, we emailed our customers on an important update to our in-person showings policy (click HERE for the web version). This email outlines our recent decision, in light of the lifting of Governor Baker’s state of emergency last June, to require listings in Pinergy to be available for in-person showings, effective November 15, 2021, as required under MLS PIN’s Rules and Regulations. More details can be found in the email, and for further assistance, you may contact our Quality Assurance team at qa@mlspin.com.
A Reminder of the Deadline for Filing a Listing

With winter approaching, we want to remind our subscribers that once you receive a signed, executed listing agreement to sell a single-family home, residential condo, 2- to 4-family residential building, or vacant land, you are required to file the listing with MLS PIN within 24 hours, excluding weekends and holidays. If the seller, at its own initiative, asks you to withhold or delay filing of a mandatory listing, then the requirement above may be excused—but only if, by the same 24-hour deadline for filing, you file with us a seller-signed Non-MLS Listing Form or Delayed Listing Form.
Employee Spotlight
Christine Ellstrom, Accounting Support Specialist 

Before joining MLS PIN in 2011, Christine Ellstrom worked at a real estate company, training agents on Pinergy and MLS listing input, so she was already familiar with the tools, including Pinergy, that we offer to our customers when she was hired as MLS PIN’s receptionist. Christine completed a series of accounting courses at Becker College in 2015 and was soon promoted to one of MLS PIN’s Accounting Support Specialists. Today, she performs a wide range of accounting-related tasks, including processing payments and new-customer billing, assisting customers with autopay and Invoice Cloud, handling account support emails, and invoicing service fees. When not at work, Christine enjoys time with her husband of 31 years and their two sons, traveling to Maine, and browsing antique and flea markets. She also embroiders her own designs, cooks, watches classic movies, and enjoys British murder mysteries. Christine loves the genuine care that MLS PIN has for its employees and looks forward to learning new skills and having new experiences at work, at home, and on her travels.