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RuhlHomes.com: Totally New Website with New look, Improved Function
On September 1, Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS launched an improved, even easier to use website, with additional bells and whistles to provide much more information, faster to our customers. "Today's buyers and sellers want to be in control of their home buying and home selling experiences. They want to do research and deserve all the information they need to make good, educated decisions, and find that information easily. So we reviewed the tools that functioned best in our old website and took those components to the next level, taking this opportunity to add even more features that will make the online experience faster, easier and more productive for our consumers," said Caroline Ruhl, President of Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS. RuhlHomes.com, the #1 real estate website in the area for 10 years, provides detailed information on over 11,000 properties from ten different Multiple Listing Services in the region, including the Iowa/Illinois Quad Cities region; Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Dubuque, Iowa City, Muscatine, Jackson County, IA; DeKalb and Sauk Valley, IL; Southwest, WI; and the Realtors Land Institute. The website includes larger photos and guided tours, and gives users the ability to search available properties on an interactive map. In addition, listing information is updated more frequently from each multiple listing service, showing new listings and updates several times a day, instead of once every 24 hours, as it was previously. Users are able to search for properties by city or state, by property details such as price and the number or bedrooms or through an interactive map, where users can simply roll their computer mouse over the icons in a community or neighborhood. Photos, address and price are displayed right on the map, if desired, allowing for a streamlined search and reducing computer load times. The website also improved its current Personal Shopper, a feature that allows customers to be the first to know about new listings through pre-registered property search criteria. Customers can now create multiple saved searches, receive email notifications and new properties that meet desired specifications, and have the ability to save any properties to their favorites to view at a later date. All of these new features streamline the search process for clients, making the Ruhl&Ruhl website an even more effective, time-saving tool for home buying, Ruhl added. For Ruhl&Ruhl clients, the new site offers seller activity reports, which include web visit counts and information on local competing properties, including new listings and price changes, among others. These reports are emailed weekly to each client who is listing a property with Ruhl&Ruhl. "This improved website allows our agents to work more effectively with our customers and provides a plethora of detailed information and reporting capabilities," Ruhl added. In addition, each Ruhl&Ruhl agent also has their own website, allowing consumers more avenues to search for properties and giving them access to listings right from their agent's website. Additional benefits to users include:
- Easy to use property search, by map, address, MLS #, price range, school district, new construction and more.
- Market pricing trends, competitive market analysis and other reports available online for an overview of the market and how your home compares.
- Online applications for a pre-approved loan with 1862 Mortgage, a partner of Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS.
- New construction subdivision information and ability to learn about the many quality builders represented by Ruhl&Ruhl.
- Home Services Vendors listings that provide resources for home repair, information on how to hook up utilities, and move preparation.
- Information on Welcome Packets and area tours, cost of living comparisons, schools, taxes and much more.
- As a member of RealtyTrac, get exclusive access to distressed real estate and foreclosure listings in Iowa, Illinois, or Wisconsin. This includes comparable neighborhood sales, loan history, tax assessment information, lender contact information, access to online auctions and access to make an offer directly to lenders.
- Sold property information is also easily accessed from RuhlHomes.com.
- From the website, users can download Mobile Ruhl, an application used to search and provide real estate listing information on your cell phone. Mobile Ruhl displays listings on a map, has GPS capabilities to show properties for sale in the area around the user's location and allows users to view real time property information, such as photos, square footage, number of bedrooms and bathrooms and other property details. Consumers are able to refine their search to see almost any listing in Eastern Iowa, Western Illinois and Southwestern Wisconsin using their personal cell phones, whether it is listed by Ruhl&Ruhl or another company.
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