Comments on: Foreclosures According to IDX Data http://www.diversesolutions.com/blog/2009/02/19/foreclosures-according-to-idx-data/ Real Estate Technology Made Easy Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:04:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bruce Lemieux http://www.diversesolutions.com/blog/2009/02/19/foreclosures-according-to-idx-data/comment-page-1/#comment-869 Bruce Lemieux Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:16:02 +0000 http://www.diversesolutions.com/blog/?p=353#comment-869 Great anlaysis. I've completed the same analysis for my market. Folks in CA and AZ definitely have it tough right now. I would love to see two simple enhancements that would really help me do basic market analysis like this: 1. Add rent/sale as selection in the database. I gotta think you get this from the MLS feeds (I know MRIS has it). I also do the cludge to put in a minimum value -- but this is a cludge. When users do basic searches, the get rentals when they don't want them. Seems like a basic data attribute that should be exposed on searches. #2. Add County as a selection criteria. Right now, a collection of zip codes must be used, and all can't be entered in one search. Again, seems like this is a data attribute that must be collected from IDX -- the field needs to be exposed. Great anlaysis. I’ve completed the same analysis for my market. Folks in CA and AZ definitely have it tough right now.

I would love to see two simple enhancements that would really help me do basic market analysis like this:

1. Add rent/sale as selection in the database. I gotta think you get this from the MLS feeds (I know MRIS has it). I also do the cludge to put in a minimum value — but this is a cludge. When users do basic searches, the get rentals when they don’t want them. Seems like a basic data attribute that should be exposed on searches.

#2. Add County as a selection criteria. Right now, a collection of zip codes must be used, and all can’t be entered in one search. Again, seems like this is a data attribute that must be collected from IDX — the field needs to be exposed.

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