SEATTLE, Nov. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Zillow Group,
which houses a portfolio of the largest and most vibrant real
estate and home-related brands on mobile and Web, today officially
launched the new Premier Agent® App, a new mobile application for
real estate agents who leverage Zillow® and Trulia®. The app is now
live in the iOS® and Android™ app stores.
The Premier Agent App is designed to make agents more efficient
by giving them a fast, streamlined way to manage their incoming
contacts from Zillow and Trulia, while providing expanded insights
on the home shopper or seller who contacts them. It is available
for free to all agents who have a Zillow Group profile.
"The kind of robust information we're providing agents has never
been so easily accessible before," said Greg Schwartz, Zillow Group chief business
officer. "Through the app, agents are able to quickly and easily
learn about their potential clients, enabling them to provide a
more tailored customer service experience. We are dedicated to
helping reduce friction for real estate agents who use the Internet
as a principal business channel and this app is an important pillar
in that mission."
Other new features within the Premier Agent App include:
- Quick Response Options
- Push notification alerts agents the instant a contact is
received from Zillow or Trulia.
- Text to voice alerts connect agents directly with contacts for
live conversation.
- Quick response toolbar lets agents easily access contact
forwarding, email, SMS and call reply options.
- Contact Management Options
- Incoming alerts will include message details from the contact,
as well as information on the property the buyer or seller reached
out about.
- Information about the contact includes information like search
history across Zillow and Trulia, as well as move timeframe and
loan pre-approved status.
- Agents will be able to set the status for contacts, based on
the consumer's readiness to buy a home.
- Agents can search across their entire contact list and sort by
contact status.
- Profile Management and Resources
- Agents can manage listings and can post information about open
houses or add additional photos.
- Agents can request reviews while in the field with
customers.
- Agents can access the Premier Agent Resource Center.
"We know that consumers have high expectations of timely and
informed responses when they contact a real estate agent," said
Stephen Rossi, Zillow Group vice
president of agent platform products. "The Premier Agent App allows
these mobile professionals to respond quickly and with far greater
ease, providing a better experience than ever before."
Zillow Group
Zillow Group (NASDAQ:Z and ZG) houses a portfolio of the largest
real estate and home-related brands on the Web and mobile. The
company's brands focus on all stages of the home lifecycle:
renting, buying, selling, financing and home improvement. Zillow
Group is committed to empowering consumers with unparalleled data,
inspiration and knowledge around homes, and connecting them with
the right local professionals to help. The Zillow Group portfolio
of consumer brands includes real estate and rental marketplaces
Zillow®, Trulia®, StreetEasy® and HotPads®. In addition, Zillow
Group works with tens of thousands of real estate agents, lenders
and rental professionals, helping maximize business opportunities
and connect to millions of consumers. The company operates a number
of business brands for real estate, rental and mortgage
professionals, including Postlets®, Mortech®, Diverse Solutions®,
dotloop® and Retsly®. The company is headquartered in
Seattle.
Zillow, Postlets, Mortech, Diverse Solutions, StreetEasy,
Retsly, HotPads and Premier Agent are registered trademarks of
Zillow, Inc. Trulia is a registered mark of Trulia, Inc. dotloop is
a registered trademark of dotloop, Inc.
iOS is a registered trademark of Cisco Technology, Inc. Android
is a trademark of Google, Inc.
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