Topic:  Press Releases

a la mode’s second annual Summer Convention a wheel hit with appraisers

Written by Nathan Thomas on June 5, 2006

On display at the Convention is a 2006 Range Rover Sport the company will give away this summer to celebrate its 21st anniversary ORLANDO, FLA. – Welcoming hundreds of appraisers to a three-day event focused on making their businesses more efficient and profitable, a la mode, one of the most mission critical and influential technology companies in the real estate industry, kicked off its second annual Summer Convention at Disney's Contemporary Resort here today.   Read more...

a la mode Launches Broker XSites, Industry’s First Cost-Effective Web Site Technology for Brokers

Written by Nathan Thomas on May 17, 2006

Web Sites and Tools Specifically Designed For Small- to-Medium-Sized Brokers to Be Shown At NAR Mid-Year WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 17, 2006) --a la mode, one of the most mission critical and influential technology companies in the real estate industry, today launched Broker XSites, a web site solution designed specifically for real estate brokers. Broker XSites are a cost-effective solution for real estate brokerages of any size, but specifically target the needs of small-to-mid-size brokers.   Read more...

a la mode blazes trail toward “last mile” in eMortgages with public beta release of SureDocs

Written by Nathan Thomas on May 4, 2006

Software, used like a printer, will deliver GLB compliant, e-signature enabled digital documents directly from any LOS or any Windows program OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- a la mode, one of the most mission critical and influential technology companies in the real estate industry, today redefined the landscape of both software distribution and eMortgages by announcing the release of SureDocs as a public beta.   Read more...

The Appraisal Advocacy Coalition opens its doors

Written by Nathan Thomas on January 18, 2006

LAS VEGAS, NEV. -- The Appraisal Advocacy Coalition (www.appraisaladvocacy.org), a non-profit, Washington, DC-based organization dedicated to protecting real estate appraisers from unfair competition, unjust perceptions and uncompensated misuse of their intellectual property, was formally introduced at a la mode's Winter Convention here. With 1,700 attendees registered, the Winter Convention is the appraisal industry's largest. Hundreds of attendees joined a panel of industry experts and participants January 17 to learn about and discuss the new organization. Dave Biggers, founder and Chairman of a la mode, is donating significant money and manpower to jump start the new effort. a la mode and the Appraisal Advocacy Coalition, a non-profit organization, will be entirely separate entities.   Read more...

a la mode Annual Convention kicks off in Las Vegas

Written by Nathan Thomas on January 16, 2006

LAS VEGAS, NEV. -- a la mode, inc., the Oklahoma City-based real estate technology company whose WinTOTAL form filling software is used by more than half the nation's real estate appraisers, welcomed some 1,700 appraisers to the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas today for the opening sessions of its second annual Winter Convention. Attendees, more than double the 700 who attended last year's winter gathering, looked forward to three days of hands on and seminar size classes with instruction provided by a la mode developers, support techs and managers. The focus of the convention and classes will be the Aurora generation of WinTOTAL, which debuted last summer. "Aurora is the most significant development in appraisal workflow in at least five years," said Chris Low, a la mode's EVP of Products, who will open the convention Monday morning with a question and answer session. "This event gives us a chance to teach, answer questions, field suggestions an evangelize about Aurora." Low's session will be followed by a keynote address by former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Andrew Cuomo. The event will feature a cocktail welcome reception, an evening of dinner and dancing and a working lunch featuring a panel discussion of advocacy efforts on behalf of appraisers. "We aimed higher in this convention in terms of the number of attendees," said Ellana Walker, a la mode's Chief Marketing Officer, noting that the convention sold out weeks ago. "That meant more classes, more networking opportunities, more everything. By far, this is the largest convention of its kind in the appraisal industry," she said. "Our first Winter Convention and our Technology Convention in Orlando last summer were unqualified successes, and we wanted to make sure to give as many of our customers as possible the opportunity to attend this year," Walker continued. She said a la mode has more than 75 of its more than 250 employees in Las Vegas to support the event.   Read more...