IDX Broker increases ease and efficiency during the online property search process for both real estate professionals and their clients.

Eugene, Oregon -- (SBWire) -- 09/15/2009 -- Scott Hickinbotham with Hickinbotham Real Estate, Inc. has employed IDX, Inc. give the search function of his real estate website a boost of modernism and advancement, creating an overall more organized and efficient online property search experience for his site visitors. This innovative Internet Data Exchange addition will not only provide home seekers with a plethora of real estate listing information, but they will also be able to view the most up-to-date property listings in the St. Clair, Missouri area, and all without ever being redirected from Hickinbotham's site. This custom IDX solution takes raw listing data details from the Mid America Regional Information Systems (MARIS), and formats the information in a way that clients will view it on Hickinbotham's website, as a seamless integration.

Custom IDX Broker supplies unique search options such as: basic, advanced, map, address and listing ID, enabling potential home buyers to create the most comprehensive and personalized online real estate search possible. The advanced search category provides clients with the ability to develop a home search, with as much detail as they desire, offering browsing options such as: flooring, scenery, heating/ cooling system, roof type, view, pool, number of rooms, appliances, driveway, neighborhood, landscaping, and much more, aiding them in narrowing their search to get the most accurate results, in efforts to find their ideal home.

Beneficial not only to consumers, but to Hickinbotham as well, IDX Broker software supplies him with his own individual administrative login section, which he can access from the convenience of his personal computer. It is here that he has the ability to edit the look, layout, design and search options available, all the while creating a unique branding throughout each page of his website. He has access to traffic reports, detailing which pages and listings on his site are most popular and are being viewed most frequently. Hickinbotham can also receive email alerts, coming directly from the MARIS, regarding property additions and removals, as well as price increase and decreases. Each of these resource aide in Hickinbotham creating an overall more efficiently managed online real estate business.

About Scott Hickinbotham
“Hickinbotham Real Estate, Inc., has been providing real estate services in Franklin County, Missouri since 1976. With over $75 million in closed Franklin County real estate transactions, Hickinbotham uses a '30 Day Marketing Plan' that is proven to be effective. His upfront honest approach and vast Franklin County real estate experience will get your commercial real estate listing, single family home and acreage sold. Hickinbotham, ABR, CRS, GRI, Broker Owner, prides himself in staying current with market conditions, continuing education in order for he and his team to provide professionalism, integrity, honesty and hard work that you can count on and deserve.”

About IDX, Inc.
Based in Eugene, Oregon, IDX Inc. is nationally known as a leading provider of real estate search applications. IDX, Inc. manages over $1 trillion worth of active listings data from over 300 Multiple Listings Services (MLS). IDX Broker is IDX, Inc.’s principle real estate software utility. The easy to manage and customizable software helps real estate professionals display home listing data from their multiple listing service (MLS) on their individual and/or office websites. For more information on the services provided by IDX, Inc. please visit http://www.idxbroker.com.