my florida regional mls adds over 6,000 new realtor® members, hires new employees

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1 News Release Contact: Jennifer ThompsonKersting Director of Marketing & Education [email protected] 9412861687 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE My Florida Regional MLS adds over 6,000 new Realtor® members, hires new employees My Florida Regional MLS one of the five largest MLS companies in the United States ORLANDO, Fl May 10, 2011 My Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS), a company that provides Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and other real estate products to real estate professionals, is set to add over 6,000 Pinellas Realtor® Organization (PRO) and West Pasco Board of Realtors® (WPBOR) members to its listing area and services on May 18, 2011. Additionally, since March 1, 2011, MFRMLS has hired ten new employees to accommodate growth. “We welcome our 6,000plus new members with open arms,” said Merri Jo Cowen, MFRMLS chief executive officer. “This expansion effort eliminates artificial barriers in many of our crossover listing areas and will better serve all of our combined membership. “I am also beyond thrilled with the ten new, dynamite employees we have.” This past October (2010) and January is when PRO and WPBOR, respectively, signed agreements to become shareholders in MFRMLS. MFRMLS is a consortium of 17 Realtor® Associations and Boards throughout Central and Southwest Florida, and all but one association and one board are MFRMLS shareholders. Representatives from MFRMLS shareholder associations and boards actively participate in shaping policy and in strategic direction, in order to benefit all members and their real estate communities. Since 1995, the year MFRMLS formed, MFRMLS has grown from six associations and boards to 17 associations and boards today, including PRO and WPBOR. MFRMLS now has over 32,000 members, making it one of the five largest MLS companies in the United States. MFRMLS continues to look for new growth opportunities, whether it’s through the hiring of new employees, the expansion of its listing areas to new associations and boards or the addition of new products and services for its members.

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Page 1: My Florida Regional MLS adds over 6,000 new Realtor® members, hires new employees

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News  Release    Contact:  Jennifer  Thompson-­‐Kersting  Director  of  Marketing  &  Education  [email protected]  941-­‐286-­‐1687    FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE    My  Florida  Regional  MLS  adds  over  6,000  new  Realtor®  members,  hires  new  employees  My  Florida  Regional  MLS  one  of  the  five  largest  MLS  companies  in  the  United  States    ORLANDO,  Fl  -­‐-­‐  May  10,  2011  -­‐-­‐  My  Florida  Regional  MLS  (MFRMLS),  a  company  that  provides  Multiple  Listing  Service  (MLS)  and  other  real  estate  products  to  real  estate  professionals,  is  set  to  add  over  6,000  Pinellas  Realtor®  Organization  (PRO)  and  West  Pasco  Board  of  Realtors®  (WPBOR)  members  to  its  listing  area  and  services  on  May  18,  2011.  Additionally,  since  March  1,  2011,  MFRMLS  has  hired  ten  new  employees  to  accommodate  growth.    “We  welcome  our  6,000-­‐plus  new  members  with  open  arms,”  said  Merri  Jo  Cowen,  MFRMLS  chief  executive  officer.  “This  expansion  effort  eliminates  artificial  barriers  in  many  of  our  cross-­‐over  listing  areas  and  will  better  serve  all  of  our  combined  membership.    “I  am  also  beyond  thrilled  with  the  ten  new,  dynamite  employees  we  have.”    This  past  October  (2010)  and  January  is  when  PRO  and  WPBOR,  respectively,  signed  agreements  to  become  shareholders  in  MFRMLS.  MFRMLS  is  a  consortium  of  17  Realtor®  Associations  and  Boards  throughout  Central  and  Southwest  Florida,  and  all  but  one  association  and  one  board  are  MFRMLS  shareholders.  Representatives  from  MFRMLS  shareholder  associations  and  boards  actively  participate  in  shaping  policy  and  in  strategic  direction,  in  order  to  benefit  all  members  and  their  real  estate  communities.    Since  1995,  the  year  MFRMLS  formed,  MFRMLS  has  grown  from  six  associations  and  boards  to  17  associations  and  boards  today,  including  PRO  and  WPBOR.  MFRMLS  now  has  over  32,000  members,  making  it  one  of  the  five  largest  MLS  companies  in  the  United  States.    MFRMLS  continues  to  look  for  new  growth  opportunities,  whether  it’s  through  the  hiring  of  new  employees,  the  expansion  of  its  listing  areas  to  new  associations  and  boards  or  the  addition  of  new  products  and  services  for  its  members.    

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“Our  goal  is  to  balance  expansion  opportunities  in  tandem  with  serving  our  members,”  said  Cowen.  “No  matter  how  large  MFR  may  grow,  providing  our  members  with  premium  products  and  top  notch  customer  service  will  always  be  our  focus.”    For  more  information  on  MFRMLS,  please  visit  www.MFRMLS.com.  MFRMLS  also  operates  a  consumer  homebuyer  website  called  MyFloridaHomesMLS.com  and  a  commercial  information  exchange  for  commercial  Realtors®  that  can  be  found  at  www.MFCRE.com.    About  My  Florida  Regional  MLS    Headquartered  in  Orlando,  FL,  My  Florida  Regional  MLS  (MFRMLS)  is  Florida's  largest  multiple  listing  service  (MLS)  company  with  over  32,000  members  in  13  central  and  southwest  Florida  counties.  Now  owned  by  15  shareholder  Realtor®  boards,  MFRMLS  offers  a  comprehensive  suite  of  productivity  and  marketing  tools  to  professionals  in  the  real  estate  industry.  To  complement  its  core  residential  offerings,  MFRMLS  operates  a  commercial  information  exchange,  called  My  Florida  Commercial  Real  Estate,  located  at  www.MFCRE.com.  MFRMLS  also  operates  a  consumer  homebuyer  website  called  MyFloridaHomesMLS.com.  For  more  information,  please  visit  http://www.MFRMLS.com.      

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