ANAHEIM, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- First American Real Estate
Solutions (RES(R)), the nation's largest provider of advanced property and
ownership information analytics and services, announced that the company won
the Inman Innovator Award in the "Best Transaction Innovation" category for
Realist(R), an advanced Web-based information system for Multiple Listing
Service (MLS) organizations. The honorees were announced on July 24, 2003, in
San Francisco during Real Estate Connect 2003, the industry's premier commerce
and technology conference.
"We have had tremendous success and received high marks from our Realist
customers," said George Livermore, president of First American Real Estate
Solutions. "We are honored to have received the prestigious Inman Innovator
Award and to have Realist recognized as an advancement by our industry peers."
The Inman Innovator Awards honor those companies that are pioneering
cutting-edge tools, services, applications and business models for the real
estate and mortgage industries. Winners are selected based on the level of
innovation, ease of use and efficiency in product delivery to the target
market.
Realist is the only commercially available Web-based system that
integrates public-record data with browser-based MLS platforms to deliver
maps, competitive market analysis reports, farming lists, listing packages and
a range of Realtor(R)-focused tools in a single application. Realist's
seamless integration of current public-record data with property listing
information greatly reduces the management and administrative costs of
obtaining and converting public records. Realist.com offers customizable
searches and reports, detailed characteristic and transaction data, and
leading comparable and marketing features.
For more information on Realist, or other innovative First American RES
products, please contact Tim Kennelly, vice president of national sales for
First American Real Estate Solutions, at (800) 426-1466 or visit
http://www.firstamres.com.
First American Real Estate Solutions, a member of The First American
Family of Companies, is the nation's largest provider of real estate-focused
public record information, analytics and services covering more than
2,000 counties with over 500,000 users nationwide. First American Real Estate
Solutions' products are used by companies to improve customer acquisition and
retention, detect and prevent fraud, improve mortgage transaction cycle time
and cost efficiency, measure the value of residential and commercial
properties, identify real estate trends and neighborhood characteristics,
track market performance and increase market share. More information about
First American Real Estate Solutions can be found on the Internet at
http://www.firstamres.com.
The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF) is a Fortune 500 company that
traces its history to 1889. As the nation's leading diversified provider of
business information, the company supplies businesses and consumers with
information resources in connection with the major economic events of people's
lives, such as getting a job; renting an apartment; buying a car, house, boat
or airplane; securing a mortgage; opening or buying a business; and planning
for retirement. The First American Family of Companies, many of which command
leading market share positions in their respective industries, operate within
seven primary business segments including: Title Insurance and Services,
Specialty Insurance, Trust and Other Services, Mortgage Information, Property
Information, Credit Information and Screening Information. With revenues of
$4.70 billion in 2002, First American has nearly 25,000 employees in
approximately 1,400 offices throughout the United States and abroad. More
information about the company and an archive of its press releases can be
found at http://www.firstam.com.
For further information please contact: Teresa Grove, Vice President of
Marketing of First American Real Estate Solutions, +1-714-701-3780,
tgrove@firstam.com.
SOURCE First American Real Estate Solutions
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CONTACT:
Teresa Grove, Vice President of Marketing of
First American Real Estate Solutions, +1-714-701-3780,
tgrove@firstam.com
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