IDX Broker is always improving. Here are some of our latest features. Bookmark this page and check back often for news about our most recent improvements and features.
April 2025
New AI Redesign & AI search - Engage Only Feature
We're excited to roll out two powerful new tools designed to elevate the way your clients interact with listings: AI Redesign and AI Search — now available to all Engage subscription-level users.
AI Redesign- Reimagin Any Home Instanly
AI Redesign lets you take any existing interior property photos and instantly visualize them in a different architectural style. Whether a client is dreaming of a Modern Farmhouse, Spanish Revival, or Mid-Century Modern look, this tool brings new life to listings by helping buyers see the full potential of a home — without needing to leave the page.
AI Smart Search- Smarter Property Discovery
Our new AI Search feature transforms how leads find their dream home. Instead of filtering through rigid dropdowns, users can now type exactly what they're looking for — “2-story homes under 3 mil in Dallas” — and let AI surface the most relevant listings. It’s a faster, more intuitive way to search, powered by natural language understanding.
July 2023
New Widgets- Carousel/Showcase/Prime Map Search
New updated styles for the Carousel and Showcase listings widget are now available in all accounts under Design > Widgets > New tab.
New Prime Map search widget that allows you to place an interactive map on any page on your site
Key features include:
- An interactive map search tool for any page of your website
- Determine which listing Status you want to populate as results.
- Choose the layout of your listings. There are two options: Overlayed and Below.
- Choose your Map Center by setting a City, County, or Postal Code.
- Map Drawing Options allow you to choose how viewers can interact with the widget to select a search area.
September 2021
New Precision Listings Template Suite
Precision Listings, our newest template suite, is now available for all IDX Broker accounts! To activate these templates, navigate to Design > Website > Page Templates. Click "Edit" under the layout column. Then "activate" the Precision Listings template.
Key features include:
- More prominent and refinement search capabilities on the results page. This allows people to easily filter the listings they are viewing.
- Show or Hide the map on the results page.
- Nearby Option on the map search page (desktop only).
- Better call-to-actions on the details page to help increase lead generation.
- Ability to easily scroll through the photos on the details page.
Customize Color Schemes Without CSS
When using the new Precision Listings template suite, you can now specify your color scheme within your IDX account without CSS. This feature update applies to nav bar colors, text, and primary/secondary buttons and can be found by navigating to Design → Branding → Colors.
Note: You must have the Precision Listings templates activated in order to use the Branding - Colors settings.
IDX Broker Maps Now Using Azure Maps - No more MapQuest
MapQuest Maps has been replaced with Azure Maps. AzureMaps has more reliable latitude and longitude for listings, more up-to-date maps for new developments and land listings, and more detailed and modern map views.
April 2021
IMPress For IDX Broker 3.0
Most notably, IMPress 3.0 includes the consolidation of two other plugins in the IDX Broker family - IMPress Agents and IMPress Listings.
Learn more about IMPress for IDX Broker 3.0.
March 2021
Auth0
As of March 2021, IDX Broker completed security upgrades to Auth0 for security, authentication, and authorization. As a result, you may have noticed the Middleware login page looks different. The new URL identifies the tenant we are using: yourelevate.us.auth0.com
Using a tenant under the Elm Street Technology group of companies, ensures simple authentication and authorization when extending the ability to access and optionally include more services as they become available.
The upgrade to Auth0 also requires all accounts to use a valid email address for logging in. Learn more about Auth0.
January 2021
Google My Business Functionality added to IMPress
Connect IMPress for IDX Broker to your verified Google My Business profile to generate and schedule timely posts, photos of your listings, and more. The automatic scheduler can be used to create and share posts to highlight featured listings, open house announcements, recent sales, local expertise, and more.
Posts have the potential to bring leads and clients directly to your IDX-enabled website for more home search opportunities. Google My Business posts are archived on a weekly basis, so automating the process with the scheduler is an easy way to maintain your real estate business’s online presence.
*Automatic posting requires a verified Google My Business account with a verified location.
Nov 2020
New Features on Lite
Lite Office accounts can now import their agents into their account via the MLS office import system. Any agents linked in the MLS database and the office linked to the account will be available for import.
All Lite accounts can now import leads via CSV by following the steps and template provided in their dashboard. Users can export CSVs out of any other CRMs to include in IDX Broker if they want. This is especially important for users who may not know how to access or utilize the API.
October 2020
New Widgets – IDX Broker is updating the widget creation process with powerful customization options. This update makes creating, visualizing, and placing your widgets on your pages quick and easy. In addition to a simplified interface, the widget design is now more modern out-of-the box. Adding a sleek, visually appealing widget to your home or community pages can be done in moments!
Two new widgets have been added, with more on deck:
- Virtual Showings – This widget will allow you to quickly pull and display virtual open houses, showings, and tours when they are available in your MLS.
- Market Reports (Platinum Only) – This widget is designed to generate leads. It equips your visitors with meaningful insight targeted to meet buyer and seller interests and is perfect for any community or home page.
You can view and manage the new widgets by going to Design, Website, and Widgets (New!). Read more.
August 2020
Sold Data Now Automatically Included – Platinum and HOME subscriptions will now include Sold Data in all MLS systems that provide it! The addition of Sold Data will help us amplify and fuel the effectiveness of our newer Platinum-only features. Read more about the benefits of Sold Data.
July 2020
- My Listings Manager 2.0 – The newest version of My Listings Manager makes incredible use of Market Reports. The user experience makes saving properties, searches, and now Market Reports, simple, intuitive, and powerful. Read more.
- Market Reports – Included in all Platinum and HOME accounts, Market Reports are primed to help you acquire new leads, further nurture your existing leads, and advance your reputation as a local expert! Market Reports are made even more powerful when combined with MLS Sold Data. These reports offer more opportunities to connect, and equip you and your leads with meaningful insight targeted to meet buyer and seller interests. Make your website, and yourself, a vital part of the home buying and selling process by using Market Reports! Read More.
- Responsive Images Optimizations – This update influences a browser’s (i.e. Firefox, Chrome, etc.) ability to quickly and efficiently make the optimal decision when picking what “size” image it will render, and ultimately look best, depending on the device.
If you are a subscriber (or a Developer Partner) using one of these MLS Systems, this means that the process IDX Broker has developed will result in more cases of aesthetically pleasing listing photos being delivered across templates and across more devices.
Note: Responsive images are not implemented in emails.
May 2020
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Virtual Open Houses (VOH) – NEW functionality – Many MLS systems have begun to pass virtual open house data in their feed. While the criteria for what is classified as a “Virtual Open House” may differ depending on the MLS system, we have built in new filtering and refinement detail to make it simple to organize, highlight, build saved links, optimize and promote the items passed in this field.
To build saved links, widgets, or to otherwise search for properties with VOH – select the refinement option in your search.
Note – This selection is only available in the most recent template versions. VOH are searchable by default when using the most recent search and results page versions. To modify this setting, visit your Page Preferences, or control the search and display in Designs > Global Settings > Results
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(Urchin Tracking Module) UTM parameters and Tracking Code – Tag, track, and measure the engagement your site sees as a result of IDX Broker emails. This early iteration will allow you to place your code within these emails, and when a site visit results from the click, you will be able to filter the visit in your Google Analytics reports.
Please note – it is recommended that you use the standard UTM parameters for easy and automatic channel grouping in Google Analytics – i.e. “?utm_source=idxbroker&utm_medium=email”
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Introducing the HOME Studio Template Collection – NEW for HOME subscribers – If you are a HOME user, you will now see a new set of templates available exclusive to HOME subscribers. This collection of layouts can be selected from Design > Website > Page Templates of the dashboard.
Enjoy a fresh aesthetic, and choose to make your pages uniform, or even pick and choose which suits your style best!
March 2020
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Listing Pro Details – NEW Details Page Template - Our Mobile First templates were developed with a high amount of consideration given to Mobile UX, flexibility and SEO, particularly since mobile usability is increasingly important. With UX continuing to be a high priority for home searchers, we built Listing Pro!
Available for HOME and Platinum accounts, this new, modern template, allows you to create a very comfortable flow for your visitors - one that underscores and boosts the professional look and feel of your site, while also making your visitors’ steps toward conversion (where a visitor will sign up and become your lead) more intuitive.
As always, we also created this template so it can be custom-tailored to you!
Customize Details Page information
January 2020
- Billing Page Redesign – With the new mobile-responsive redesign, you can now check and update your billing information from the convenience of your phone.
- Search By Price Reduced – Users now have the ability to filter searches by listings that have had a price reduction. In addition, listings will display an indication next to the price field noting that they have had a price reduction. Click here for more information on how to search for Price Reduced listings.
- New Blacklisted Lead Status – Leads captured in your IDX Broker account will be more explicitly categorized with the addition of the Blacklisted status, giving you a better idea of which leads to follow up with. Click here for more information on Blacklisted leads.
November 2019
- Middleware MLS Tab – Within the IDX Broker account, you can manage your MLS feed(s) a variety of ways, from checking your MLS approval status, to adding or removing MLS data feeds from your account. To check on this, click the MLS item in your navigation.
August 2019
- Similar Property Email Updates – This new enhanced lead email feature offers your clients comparable properties for recently viewed listings based on certain parameters such as price and zip code.
- Similar Properties on Details Page - This new feature allows your clients to keep finding listings based on what they are already looking at. This will keep your clients browsing and help you get more leads! (Mobile First template only)
June 2019
- Enhanced Lead Email Design – This new enhanced lead email design offers your clients and leads a modern, streamlined and cohesive user-experience with My Listings Manager.
May 2019
- Behavioral-Based Email Functionality – A new feature designed to prompt and promote more engagement from active leads (verified and unverified). This functionality is now available for use for every level account!
April 2019
- Increased API Limit – Increased the number of hourly API calls IDX Broker clients can make.
December 2018
- Home Atlas Results Map Template – IDX Broker is excited to announce our "portal-style" results map is now available for use in every Platinum level account! Featuring a modern look, built with lead generation in mind, Home Atlas is the latest results template designed for a top-notch user experience. Visit our Knowledgebase to learn more.
November 2018
- Sold Data “Rolling” Saved Links – Create rolling Recent Sales saved links with daily, monthly, and weekly target parameters for Sold Data sets. Visitors will be able to view what's sold in their area within a custom look-back period.
August 2018
- Home browsers can now search properties by date fields using a calendar picker.
July 2018
- Sold Data is now available for only $9.99 and has been upgraded to a Platinum Only feature. Visit our Sold Data coverage page to see if it’s available for your MLS.
June 2018
- Our new Access Code system lets clients gain earlier entry to their accounts while MLS approval is still pending.
- A new version of the API has been released. Version 1.6.0 added pagination and count to the lead endpoints.
- Version 1.6.0 added Sold Data endpoints so clients can get search field values, city/county/zip, prices, and property counts for sold listings.
May 2018
- Mobile First Templates are now neutrally colored by default as to not conflict with client website themes and colors.
- Partner Custom Templates allow Developer Partners to modify and customize several types of templates including Search, Map, Results, Details, and Roster Pages.
- SMS messaging is now enabled, which allows users to receive messages to their phone whenever a new lead signs up.
- Added GDPR Functionality feature which will allow clients to provide a link to their GDPR privacy policy in an obvious location on their IDX Broker pages.
February 2018
- IDX Broker provides an app to display your featured listings on any Apple TV enabled device.
- Facebook ad creation has never been easier. We can prepare your listings and send them to Facebook Dynamic Ads for Real Estate creation.
January 2018
- The Facebook app is now updated with a more modern and easier to use interface.
December 2017
- The message center now shows you emails that have failed delivery and you can tell from a glance whether or not your emails are opened and which leads are clicking links in those emails.
November 2017
- Our updated, mobile friendly My Listings Manager is much more user friendly for your leads.
- We continue to improve our SPAM prevention for the detection of malicious actors, ensuring you don't waste your time on fake leads.
- We have upgraded our system to PHP7, which will increase speed and allow for less downtime and could even increase search engine optimization.
July 2017
SPAM Prevention
- We have put into place additional measures to prevent SPAM leads in your account. For additional information on these, please visit this article.
Upgrade to Sold
- If sold data is available for your MLS, you may now add this to your account right from within IDX Broker.
- Learn more about upgrading to sold data in this article .
June 2017
HTTPS Support
- IDX Broker is now compatible with HTTPS/SSL sites.
- Gain an unparalleled advantage over competing real estate websites by providing visitors with peace of mind.
- Ensure you remain at the leading edge of SEO functionality and Google’s Chrome browser updates with SSL functionality.
- Learn how to enable SSL on your IDX Broker pages, here .
Off Market Page
- Avoid confusing your archive data with the sold data from your MLS
- IDX Broker now has a separate location for listings that have gone off market.
- Read about using this new page, here .
March 2017
Social Logins
- With social logins, leads can sign up for property updates and save searches with the social accounts they already use every day.
- Logging in with Facebook or Google, saves clients from having to remember their username and password every time they visit your site.
- This also ensures reliable lead data since most visitors only have one social profile on each network.
- Our knowledgebase article will show you how to activate Social Logins.
January 2017
GreatSchools Integration
- Give your visitors more by offering a powerful school search experience with more search parameters and an easy-to-use map based interface.
- Learn more about GreatSchools in our knowledgebase .
December 2016
Duplicate Widgets and Saved Links
- Save your time by creating a widget or saved link once and then duplicate the content and adjust minute parameters to fit your need.
- Polygon searches can now be duplicated to avoid the tedious process of recreating polygon searches for multiple criteria.
- Just follow these instructions to get started.