Interealty Corp., a leading provider of technology and services to the North American real estate industry, today announced its release of a new version of AltairaTM, the industry's most popular desktop multiple listing service (MLS) software.

In addition, Interealty also announced it has extended its longtime business alliance with WyldFyre Technologies, a Homestore(tm) company. Both companies will continue to work together to enhance the Altaira product line and provide compatibility with MLXchange, Interealty's new Web-based MLS product.

Altaira, a desktop software application that enables agents to download listings, perform searches and create custom reports offline, made its debut in 1995. Leading MLSs of all sizes throughout North America use Altaira, including: the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors and the Coop MLS of Connecticut.

Among the numerous new features and additional functionality available in version 4.0, includes:

* Enhanced e-mail functionality, which allows real estate brokers and agents to easily save data in HTML format and e-mail it to clients

* Improved client searches with automatic updates during timed-download process

* Enhanced reporting and printing functions

"We are committed to providing our MLS clients with options," said Michael Harris, president and chief executive officer of Interealty. "WyldFyre is a leading developer of desktop software for real estate professionals, and this alliance enables us to pair our next-generation Web-based MLS system, MLXchange, with the industry's top desktop product to provide brokers and agents with options for managing their listings both on the Web and offline."

"We have worked closely with Interealty over the past seven years developing Altaira and are delighted to be extending this relationship," said Dan Musso, president of WyldFyre Technologies. "We are very impressed with the capabilities of MLXchange and look forward to working with Interealty to enhance future versions of Altaira to take advantage of MLXchange's advanced features."

Published: December 18, 2001

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