Today, we’re excited to announce the release of dsSearchAgent version 3.1! This new release includes the following additional features:
- Open Houses
- Sold Listings
- Mapped Schools & Districts
Note: All users who have updated their accounts to dsSearchAgent v3.0 earlier this year have automatically been switched to the new version 3.1. If you HAVE NOT updated your dsSearchAgent account to version 3.0 yet, log-in to your Control Panel and click the big, yellow button that reads: “Take me to the Future”.
As with any release, we’ve added these new features to those feeds where the MLS made the data available and their rules allowed for the change. As a result, some features (such as displaying “Sold” data) may not be available for every MLS.
New Features Overview:
Open Houses
- Listings with an upcoming open house scheduled are now flagged with a blue “Open House” tag within the results panel (see the screenshot below).
- Upcoming open house dates are now listed at the top of the listing details pages.
- You can hover over any open house date to get further details.
- A new “Open Houses” search panel lets you filter for listings that have an upcoming open house.
For questions and/or comments, please visit our Support Forum thread here.
REO & Shortsale Exclusion
- The “Foreclosures” search panel now has an added option for excluding foreclosure and bank/lender owned listings from your search.
For questions and/or comments, please visit our Support Forum thread here.
Sold Listings
- The “Property Status” search panel now has an added option for searching for “Sold” listings.
- Sold listings appear in the results panel marked with a red “Sold” flag and on the map with red property markers.
Similar & Sold Listings Tab
- A new “Similar & Sold” tab has been added to each property details page and shows similar active and sold listings for quick comparison.
Managing Settings in the Control Panel:
You can manage your settings for these features (you know, turn them on and off) within your Control Panel. Simply:
- Log into Control Panel,
- Hover over dsSearchAgent >> Click on “Options”
If you have any questions, comments or feedback you can leave a comment here of course, or you can also visit our Community Forum posting here (there’s a good discussion brewing there already).
We’re very proud of the latest release and we hope you and your clients enjoy the added features and benefits as well! So… Watcha think?
This is an exciting release. Will the WP plugin be upgraded to display open houses and solds?
Hiya Bruce,
Hope you like the features! Unfortunately, this updates are applicable to dsSearchAgent only so now, the plugin will not be updated to reflect either.
I must say, not including the WP plugin is very disappointing.
I’m sorry Evan. We’ve been working very hard to implement changes one product at a time to maintain the quality of our work.
Ya, I think that this is a key recommendation – it would be really nice to have this in the works.
Hey Alex,
As I’m sure you know, we’ve been pretty good about taking client feedback and implementing changes. It’s not that we don’t want to update dsIDXpress…it’s that we can only tackle one product at a time to maintain the quality and integrity in our work.
For now, we’re confident everyone will like these features (and I certainly hope that you do). But these updates are for dsSearchAgent ONLY – just update your Forum Post by the way. 🙂
Hey Alex,
As I’m sure you know, we’ve been pretty good about taking client feedback and implementing changes. It’s not that we don’t want to update dsIDXpress…it’s that we can only tackle one product at a time to maintain the quality and integrity in our work.
For now, we’re confident everyone will like these features (and I certainly hope that you do). But these updates are for dsSearchAgent ONLY – just update your Forum Post by the way. 🙂
Understand. That’s your reward for adding new features – it encourages us to want more.
I have both products. If I’m able to setup custom links for open house criteria, then I would be able to reference the link in dsIDXpress – correct? I’ll experiment once the open house criteria shows up in my Control Panel.
Good morning Bruce!
You know, in theory, that sounds correct. If you have both products, when you use the shortcode, you can drop in a custom link from dsSearchAgent.
In this case however, I’m actually not sure if dsIDXpress is going to properly inherit the information in that custom link. That said, please let me know if you run into any problems so I can get on top of it 🙂
Understand. That’s your reward for adding new features – it encourages us to want more.
I have both products. If I’m able to setup custom links for open house criteria, then I would be able to reference the link in dsIDXpress – correct? I’ll experiment once the open house criteria shows up in my Control Panel.
Awesome. Nice work to all of you guys on this roll out. Including the sold listings (where available) is fantastic. Can’t wait to play around with all of the awesome features. Congrats!
Hey Matt,
Thanks and thanks for the shout-out on Twitter! The Programming Team has been working hard at getting all of these updates in order for the release and needless to say we’re all pretty stoked here at Diverse Solutions HQ.
Clients have been patiently waiting for some of these updates and we’ll, we’re happy to announce that they’re ready to rock-n-roll!
Awesome. Nice work to all of you guys on this roll out. Including the sold listings (where available) is fantastic. Can’t wait to play around with all of the awesome features. Congrats!
Hey Matt,
Thanks and thanks for the shout-out on Twitter! The Programming Team has been working hard at getting all of these updates in order for the release and needless to say we’re all pretty stoked here at Diverse Solutions HQ.
Clients have been patiently waiting for some of these updates and we’ll, we’re happy to announce that they’re ready to rock-n-roll!
Any way to find out if/when #Realtracs MLS will give you Sold data?
Hey Stephanie,
No problem, I can find out for you first thing Monday morning. I’ll check back here on this thread 🙂
Hey Stephanie,
No problem, I can find out for you first thing Monday morning. I’ll check back here on this thread 🙂
Hi Stephanie,
I just checked on this and it looks like we won’t have Sold Data at this time for Realtracs MLS…
Hi Stephanie,
I just checked on this and it looks like we won’t have Sold Data at this time for Realtracs MLS…