President Ketchum: A Year of Forward Thinking

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Kipp Cooper, KCRAR and Heartland MLS CEO, was named on the 2025 Swanepoel Power 200 list, published earlier this week. This annual list “ranks the most powerful leaders in the residential real estate brokerage industry,” according to its website. Cooper ranked #21 in Organized Real Estate and ranked #156 among North America’s real estate professionals, including […]

October 18, 2024 in Heartland MLS

Heartland MLS launched this week the partnership with Lundy to bring a voice-first real estate solution, Finding Homes, to the Kansas City region. This Alexa skill allows users to search Heartland MLS listings entirely by voice. Lundy’s Finding Homes not only offers accessibility for blind or visually impaired consumers, but anyone with an Alexa device […]

September 6, 2024 in Heartland MLS

Corelogic Products Branding Center A new Branding Center will be launching within Heartland MLS products by end of day on Monday, October 7. This will allow subscribers to place their brand where it counts, right in front of their customers by updating their branding to Matrix emails, MLS-Touch and OneHome all at once. Users will […]

August 16, 2024 in Guest Columns

By Kipp Cooper, KCRAR & Heartland MLS CEO Well, it has certainly been a week of change for our association and MLS. I am very proud that our REALTOR® family has been able to come together and navigate through these changes in a truly professional way. Over the past few months, your KCRAR and Heartland […]

April 19, 2024 in Heartland MLS

Heartland MLS launched this week a new data insights partnership which will allow HMLS users to access data from St. Louis, Mo. (MARIS); Denver, Colo. (REcolorado) and Atlanta, Ga. (First MLS). HMLS users can now find the “Data Partners” option from the main navigation within Matrix to search data in these partner Multiple Listing Services. […]

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Listing property photos contain a wealth of information. After the launch earlier this month of Restb.ai within Heartland MLS Matrix, that information will be automatically extracted, creating photo descriptions for agents to review. During the listing creation process, Restb.ai’s AI-powered tagging solutions analyze all aproperty’s images to determine the room type or home space depicted […]

March 21, 2024 in Guest Columns

I hope this message finds you well and enjoying moments of peace amidst your busy lives and recent headlines. As we journey through the ever-evolving landscape of the real estate industry, I find it important to take a moment to reflect on the concept of change and the resilience it requires from each of us. […]

February 9, 2024 in Heartland MLS

Realist Insights Dashboard Just launched last month, Heartland MLS users will now see an updated dashboard when they navigate to the “Realist Tax” tab from within Matrix. This new dashboard provides users with a centralized hub for essential property and market intelligence, making it easier to access market trends, industry insights, saved searches and more. […]

January 11, 2024 in KCRAR

Kipp Cooper, KCRAR and Heartland MLS CEO, was named on the 2024 Swanepoel Power 200 list, published earlier this week. This annual list “ranks the most powerful leaders in the residential real estate brokerage industry,” according to its website. Cooper ranked #26 in Organized Real Estate and ranked #162 among North America’s real estate professionals, […]