Franchisor launching tool in New Jersey, followed by rollout to all 50 states
Inman News Staff Writer
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RE/MAX LLC will begin rolling out INRIX’s search-by-commute-time tool on its website in the first quarter of 2014, becoming the first national-brand website to incorporate the technology.
“INRIX Drive Time,” which debuted on Windermere Real Estate’s site in August, allows users to search for real estate by entering their desired car-commute times to various locations at specific times and then see the homes and neighborhoods that match their criteria.
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RE/MAX, which maintains a national network of its affiliate sites accessed through remax.com, will first roll out the tool to its New Jersey sites in the next three months and says it has plans to bring it to all 50 U.S. states.
The tool, powered by traffic information sourced from a variety of public and private sources ranging from government road sensors and official accident and incident reports to real-time traffic speeds crowd sourced from approximately 100 million drivers, factors in typical travel times at rush hour and throughout the day.
“Buying a home is the single largest financial decision most of us will ever make, and drive time is a quality-of-life issue to buyers,” said RE/MAX Technology Strategy Officer John Smiley, in a statement. “We’re taking the guesswork out of one of consumers’ most important purchase criteria — their commute.”
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