Insignia desktop computer

Insignia Douglas Elliman has unveiled a new Intranet data exchange system for broker use that the company said is the most technologically advanced of New York City's real estate firms.

Called iDEBIE (Insignia Douglas Elliman Broker Information Exchange), the new password-controlled system answers "a long-standing need for a central place for information to help our brokers expedite sales, including access to financial statements on properties," according to Robert Borger, director of information technology at Insignia Douglas Elliman, New York's leading residential real estate firm.

"We believe iDEBIE will prove exceedingly helpful in expediting the sales and transaction process and in keeping our agents constantly up to date on needed information," said Paul Purcell, president of Insignia Douglas Elliman. "It also gives them a competitive edge because no other real estate firm in New York has anything like it."

More than a year in development and just now rolling out to Insignia Douglas Elliman's 800 real estate agents, iDEBIE enables brokers to scope properties and locations, obtain offering plans and financials, access floor plans, browse iDE bulletins and reports, link to iDouglasElliman.com, email data to clients and exchange tips and gossip with other brokers, and even create classified ads and other marketing materials, among its more important features.

All this and more can be accomplished through any IBM-compatible desktop and laptop computer via Insignia Douglas Elliman's VPN (Virtual Private Network) with complete security. The portability makes iDEBIE a virtual office in the field, enabling brokers to amass data and financials and carry out other business on the street between visits to clients and properties, saving considerable time and shoe leather.

iDEBIE is a giant step forward for a company already noted for iDouglasElliman.com, its award-winning website for home seekers with the most comprehensive listings of exclusive properties online in New York.