Stratus Data System’s Internet Data Exchange (IDX) Search (commonly called Broker Reciprocity) is a smart-frame, lead-generating solution that can be added to any existing office and agent website. By having an IDX feed in a website, online homebuyers are able to search for high quality MLS listings. Participating MLS members frame searches on their public sites, giving potential buyers and sellers access to these listings.
IDX listings are updated by the minute, with no lag between a home's appearance on the market and its availability on participants' websites. Subscribers to Stratus IDX Search can customize search templates for their market or specialty areas. They choose a font, style, and colors to match the appearance of their established sites.
Site visitors can search listings with a customized template using an interactive map to browse neighborhoods in street, aerial, bird's eye, and detail views. They can view property photos and virtual tours. Without leaving the website, visitors can calculate mortgage payments, email a property to a friend and obtain neighborhood and school info.
Sold Property Search allows site visitors to research comparable home values and browse neighborhoods and schools on a map. The interactive search provides accurate, reliable information about sold properties within the MLS. Like the Stratus IDX Search, the Sold Property Search can be framed on an agent or broker's public website, and customized to match the agent or broker's site appearance
MLS IDX Administration enables authorized MLS staff to define global parameters and business rules for the IDX Search engine. Administrators establish searchable and reportable fields, as well as default searches that IDX subscribers may modify.