After much anticipation, It’s finally here! Our official Showing Suite mobile application is now available to download for iPhone and iPod Touch! Now you can access all the Showing Suite real estate software features you know and love easily, straight from your iPhone or iPod Touch. The Showing Suite iPhone application is available for all Showing Suite subscriptions. Once you’re set up, any changes or updates made within the Showing Suite iPhone app will be reflected inside your full ShowingSuite.com account, making it even easier for you to complete your everyday real estate listing tasks.

  According to real estate feedback reports conducted by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR), housing affordability conditions have achieved a 42-year record high. January 2012’s Housing Affordability Index indicated the new high is at 206.1, which is the first time since records began in 1970 that the index has hit or passed 200. The housing affordability index aims to measure whether or not a typical family could qualify for a mortgage loan on an average-priced home. The point where a median-income household has enough income to be eligible for the purchase of an average-priced home is defined as 100 according to the index. This means that according to the NAR’s real estate feedback reports, the typical family has doubled the income required to purchase an average priced home. The NAR’s real estate feedback reports

Showing Suite, Inc. has just announced the acquisition of Robot Workshop’s real estate home search IDX and associated technology. Seth Siegler, Robot Workshop’s founder and CEO will be relocating to Showing Suite’s headquarters in San Diego, California to begin working at Showing Suite as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Robot Workshop has made a name for itself as an innovative firm, producing search solutions and technology for real estate agents and home buyers. Their operations are currently based in Charleston, South Carolina.

Many real estate agents these days would be lost without their smart phones, and it’s understandable considering all the mobile applications that make real estate productivity way easier than traditional methods. Luckily with smart phones and mobile devices gaining popularity, more real estate productivity apps are becoming available, and most are free! Check out 5 of our favorite mobile apps that overall make life easier for real estate agents and their clients.

Have you always been curious about giving Showing Suite Advanced or Showing Suite Ultimate real estate software a try? Well, here’s a little extra incentive for those of you still on the fence; we have a limited time, exclusive promotion going on! When you sign up for Showing Suite Advanced, or Showing Suite Ultimate, you’ll get a copy of the real estate book, Blueprint For 100 Deals, and a bonus welcome kit absolutely FREE! Plus, you get to try out Showing Suite Advanced or Showing Suite Ultimate free for the first 30 days. If you are unhappy with Showing Suite and decide to cancel, the welcome kit is yours to keep.

Rumors have been swirling ever since Apple announced the release of the new iPad, unofficially dubbed the “iPad 3”, which will be available for delivery March 16th. If you’ve been curious but still on the fence about purchasing an iPad, with the new iPad coming out, is it finally time to give in and utilize the iPad as a tool for real estate? Technology is changing faster than you change your clothes, is it a good idea for real estate agents to invest in the new iPad, and can it really help you sell more listings?