Use case: Showing homes served by multiple grade levels
This is part 5 of 6 in our series on using School Attendance Zones to solve user engagement and conversion challenges. Thanks for reading! So far in our series, we reviewed the ability to search for...
View ArticleUse case: Buyer alerts for new properties in specific school districts
This is part 6 of 6 in our series on using School Attendance Zones to solve user engagement and conversion challenges. Thanks for reading! When my wife and I were looking for our current house, our...
View ArticleSchool Attendance Zones: Do You Know Where Your Children Are?
According to a Redfin study published in 2013, homebuyers are willing to pay on average $50 more per square foot, in order to purchase a home zoned for a higher quality school. In 2013, the National...
View ArticleLocalized Data: Knowing a Listing Inside and Out
You finally did it! You found your dream house, bought it for a fair price (maybe even haggled your way down a bit), and you’re looking forward to the beautiful hardwood floors, a recently renovated...
View ArticleDid You Know? Onboard has Local Content for Canada!
Onboard has been providing local content and solutions to the real estate industry for the past 12 years. As we head into year 13, there are many new innovations we are excited to share. One of them is...
View ArticleDid You Know About The Neighborhood Suite?
Onboard has been licensing local content to the real estate community for over twelve years now. During that time, we have noticed that there are a handful of datasets that the majority of our clients...
View ArticleThe Data Deal Series: School Data Edition
This is part 2 of The Data Deal, a series that helps guide professionals through the process of choosing the best data vendor resource for their business by offering questions and qualities prospects...
View ArticleThe Data Deal: Points of Interest Edition
This is part 3 of the The Data Deal,a series that helps guide professionals through the process of choosing the best data vendor resource for their business by offering questions and qualities...
View ArticleThe Data Deal: Community Data Edition
This is part 4 of the The Data Deal,a series that helps guide professionals through the process of choosing the best data vendor resource for their business by offering questions and qualities...
View ArticleEnhancing Neighborhood Boundaries
69% of home shoppers who take action on a real estate brand site begin their research with a local term, such as a neighborhood (NAR & Google’s The Digital House Hunt). It’s because of this that...
View ArticleWhat I Learned at Inman NYC: Build a Bigger Moat
Joanna Lord spoke at Inman Connect last week. Lord has extensive experience in branding and marketing, specifically in the technology and start-up space, and is currently the VP of Marketing for Porch,...
View ArticleOptimizing Local Landing Pages for Google
In an effort to minimize webspam, Google recently announced their plan to roll out a new Doorway Page Penalty algorithm. Doorway Pages are search engine optimized pages whose sole purpose is to capture...
View ArticleCommunity Data Enhancements and Columbus, Ohio
This summer, Onboard is making enhancements to the information most critical to our clients’ customers starting with our Community Data. Today, Onboard provides over 350 attributes in its Community...
View ArticleOnboard Informatics and AddressReport Offer Turnkey Property Reports for...
Consumers of all types are used to getting a lot of information before making a purchase. Before heading to a restaurant for the first time, many people check out Yelp, Trip Advisor, or will simply...
View ArticleNRT Launches New Consumer Website that Leverages the Power of their Brand
The power of a franchise lies in the combination of a strong national brand and a strong regional presence through franchisees. This is how franchises from McDonalds to Hilton succeed. You have a...
View ArticleMoney Magazine Publishes 50 Best Places to Live 2015
Money Magazine’s 50 Best Places to Live 2015 is out, with Apex, NC taking the top spot. Each year, Onboard and Money Magazine join forces to hunt down US places with the highest quality of life. To be...
View ArticleImportance of Boundaries
DNA Info has recently put a call out to readers to help decide New York’s neighborhood boundaries. Participants are asked to choose a neighborhood, validate their “expertise” by stating how long...
View ArticleHow National Dog Day can Boost Revenue
It’s National Dog Day today, and as some of you may know, many of us here at Onboard are dog lovers. Because we’re in the business of local and property information, I thought it would be fun to do a...
View ArticleBack to School brings New Features in School Information
Break out the apples and the new backpacks – it’s Back to School time! In an effort to provide the best of the best in local information, Onboard is upgrading the school reviews and ratings we offer....
View ArticleTop 20 Cities to Celebrate Thanksgiving
It’s our favorite time of year again — Thanksgiving! Bring on the turkey, football, and at least here in New York, the big balloons. This year we had some of our data crunchers decipher the best...
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