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Real-Time Listing Availability with West + Main and ShowingTime

It’s no secret that showings are the most delightful part of the home buying journey.

And while buyers can search what’s for sale and see how much they can afford, they still have no idea when their favorite homes are available for a tour.

What if looking at homes online made it easier for buyers to look at homes in person?

Today we’re proud to announce that West + Main Homes is displaying real-time tour availability for listings in Colorado to help book showings faster.

No more back and forth

As we head into a competitive spring market, after months of volatile interest rates (and years of showing restrictions), buyers are eager to visit homes in-person with REALTORS® again.  

Registered clients can now request appointments without checking anyone else’s schedule first, thanks to an API integration by ShowingTime and Real Estate Webmasters (REW).

How it works

REW receives real-time information about listings managed by ShowingTime and displays a calendar on westandmainhomes.com that identifies upcoming availability.

Buyers can reserve a verified time slot when reaching out to their agent at West + Main, without having to worry about when each home is prepared to host a tour. 

 
 

"What I love about this new feature is that it perfectly aligns with a new normal, where consumers expect digital efficiency and transparency when engaging with brokers,” said Morgan Carey, CEO of REW.

Listings not managed by ShowingTime will display a standard contact form.

Real-time availability not only improves the home shopping experience - it helps agents schedule more appointments with buyers, and at their listings, during a critical shift.

Better together

We’re continuing to expand relationships with forward-thinking companies who work closely with the brokerage industry to solve the most challenging problems facing consumers in the real estate market and deliver products that excite and delight the community along the way:

We can’t wait to show you what’s next!

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Just Pick Whatever Showings Technology You Like Best

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Later this summer Realtors at West + Main Homes will have a choice to pick between ShowingTime or BrokerBay for managing showing appointments. We will support both.

It’s extraordinarily awesome for your MLS at REcolorado to be evaluating new vendors that provide showings services to Realtors in Denver. Showingly is another one integrated recently.

Even though ShowingTime and BrokerBay and other options coming to the market seem wonderful and may get the job done - we think it’s best for our Listing Agents to decide.

It’s important to know you aren’t being forced to decide between one or the other at this time.

Since we haven’t used BrokerBay to set up a listing or schedule a showing yet -we think Agents will get plenty of opportunity to decide which tool is better for them once everything goes live.

Buyer Agents should prepare to see listings managed in both BrokerBay and ShowingTime and will have to learn two systems as they navigate a new period where Listing Agents have choice.

Ultimately one day we’d love to see “interoperable” showings for MLS subscribers and allow Agents to choose their preferred software for both scheduling and managing showings.

We work for that future today as a member of the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO).

Competition and collaboration are needed so that listings, contracts, and showings products are differentiated and improve the experiences offered to customers in the real estate market.

We trust our Agents to let us know what is working and will help them every step of the way.

And if you’re concerned about Zillow buying ShowingTime we had a conversation about that here

 
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