BeachBeyond Debuts Online Beach Rental Marketplace
21 Dec 2012 | No Comments | posted by NorthReal | in BeachBeyond, News, Press Release
NorthReal, Inc., today announced its foray into the vacation rental market unveiling BeachBeyond.com. BeachBeyond refreshes the tropical travel experience by connecting beach rental goers with quality photos and in-depth property information to help make informed decisions on the best places to book your next getaway vacation.
BeachBeyond quickly enables travelers to find their perfect dream vacation destination. The property information is provided exclusively by licensed real estate brokerages, property management companies & private holdings who are intimately familiar with each listing and the surrounding community. Each listing is qualified by the BeachBeyond staff before being submitted to BeachBeyond.
A recent 2012 Forrester Research report stated that 87% of vacation travelers used the internet for the bulk of their travel planning in 2012. The vacation rental market represents a sizeable chunk of real estate transactions that surprisingly only a third of U.S.-based travelers feel vacation rental portals do a decent job representing travel choices. Travelers are increasingly expressing frustration with the online travel experience.
“We’ve done a complete reboot for the online travel industry.” says Justin Buonamano, VP of Sales for NorthReal. “We’re introducing streamlined tools that give vacation-goers instant access to available homes for rent in trending destinations right at their fingertips.”
“BeachBeyond goes ‘beyond’ just the property listing & offers user reviews, pictures, and destination information that mean something for each property.” says Jameson Mortimer, Director of Engineering for NorthReal’s Smartphone Division.“Both the online version & our smartphone app were carefully designed to be fast, simple, and fun to use for both real estate professionals and beach goers.”
BeachBeyond is kick starting their launch in the Florida market with plans to expand the eastern seaboard Spring 2013 with a national roll-out later in the year. BeachBeyond is free-to-use and includes special money-saving offers at select destinations with participating airlines, restaurants and more. From surfer bungalows to hilltop villas, you’re destined to get lost on your next tropical getaway with BeachBeyond.
About NorthReal
NorthReal is an information technology company building cross-platform Internet-based software applications for real estate consumers and professionals. We create value by reducing transaction time, enhancing user experience and aiding in the discovery of real property. NorthReal is headquartered in Rochelle Park, NJ and operates BeachBeyond, FetchSparky, Kanubee, PropClip, and Real.io digital real estate holdings.
Real.io Gets Social For Real Estate
3 Dec 2012 | No Comments | posted by NorthReal | in News, Press Release, real.io
Rochelle ParK, NJ, December 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — December 3, 2012 – NorthReal, Inc., today launched its updated preview release of real.io (http://real.io), a free social media management suite designed for real estate professionals. With its lightweight interface design agents can harness the power of social media and build their online community in minutes.
Real.io carefully gathers user-rich content from major platforms including Facebook, Google+, and Twitter. Agents can engage with their audience in targeted markets and create new business opportunities in real-time right from their desktop and soon to release smartphone devices.
Included in the latest build is a convenient heads-up display where users can generate one-click snapshot reports of social campaigns and easily schedule posts to the big three social platforms. Real.io provides features like online marketing of property listings, open house information or even giving your audience the latest inside scoop on neighborhood trends or market conditions.
A new location-based add-on lets Agents find customers right in their own backyard. With Real.io Maps you can engage with your local audience, track relationships, grow your business pipeline and close more deals in less time.
“Social property search is taking center stage for real estate consumers. The online networking space is very dense and with tools like real.io it gives Realtors® an early edge in targeting new customers,” describes Ronald Bovino, CEO & Co-founder of NorthReal.
“The ability to create and track business relationships as it happens gives real.io big potential in the online real estate space.” says Scott McBride, operator of Top Agent Resource a leading technology portal for real estate professionals. “It’s exciting to see new marketing opportunities for the real estate community.”
Real.io aims to give real estate professionals a better understanding of what social content is most effective and why. With Real.io Connect agents have the option to plug real.io directly into their business website and get expanded real-time social reporting and enhanced analytics.
Sign-up today for a free account at real.io or visit NorthReal.com to learn more about our upcoming real estate products and services.
About NorthReal
NorthReal is an information technology company building cross-platform Internet-based software applications for real estate consumers and professionals. We create value by reducing transaction time, enhancing user experience and aiding in the discovery of real property. NorthReal is headquartered in Rochelle Park, NJ and operates BeachBeyond, FetchSparky, Kanubee, PropClip, and Real.io digital real estate holdings.
NorthReal Unveils PropClip Mobile App
19 Jul 2012 | No Comments | posted by NorthReal | in News, Press Release, PropClip
Users can now quickly and conveniently organize their property search on the go from any Android Device.
Rochelle Park, NJ, July 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NorthReal, Inc., is proud to announce the launch of PropClip for Android. The free mobile app was designed to give consumers the ability to easily access and edit their PropClip Portfolio while on-the-go. PropClip allows users to save their favorite real estate listings to their portfolio, share them, make notes, view them on a map, and receive price updates.
The new app enables consumers and real estate professionals to take their PropClip Portfolio with them everywhere. Easy-to-use and built on user feedback, the app syncs with the user’s online PropClip account to access and display listings, shared listings, maps, profiles, and notes. Now users can make, edit, and share notes on the fly and have them instantly synced to their online PropClip Portfolio.
“A large part of finding the perfect apartment or home happens away from your computer. We wanted our users to have PropClip with them every step of the way to help make the process easier. PropClip mobile allows you to directly make notes on-site while touring a property,” explained Jameson Mortimer, Lead Engineer for PropClip Mobile. NorthReal will next endeavor to develop PropClip for iPhone and iPad users.
Starting today consumers and real estate professionals can download PropClip Android app free from Google Play.
About NorthReal
NorthReal is an information technology company building cross-platform Internet-based software applications for real estate consumers and professionals. We create value by reducing transaction time, enhancing user experience and aiding in the discovery of real property. NorthReal is headquartered in Rochelle Park, NJ and operates PropClip, Kanubee, FetchSparky and BeachBeyond digital real estate holdings.
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