Yes — iHomefinder provides MRED IDX for real estate agents, teams, and brokers who want live property listings and home search on their own website. MRED listings, photos, prices, open houses, and status changes update automatically through the IDX feed — approximately every 15 minutes. iHomefinder works with WordPress and other website platforms, or provides the complete website — either way, listings are embedded directly on your domain, no iframes, no subdomains. IDX search, lead capture, CRM, saved searches, and listing alerts are included in one platform.
MRED (Midwest Real Estate Data) is one of the largest MLSs in the country, serving 40,000+ real estate professionals across 13 Realtor® associations in Chicagoland, northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin, and northwest Indiana. If you’ve been around a while, you may know it by its predecessor’s name — MLSNI — or call it connectMLS, the name of its MLS system.
Yes. iHomefinder is an approved IDX vendor for MRED. iHomefinder covers more than 95% of MLSs across the United States and Canada, and MRED is fully supported — websites, listing alerts, lead capture, and CRM sync.
They’re all pointing at the same database. MRED (Midwest Real Estate Data) formed in 2008 from the merger of Chicagoland MLS systems — its predecessor was MLSNI, the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois. connectMLS is the name of the system MRED runs on, which many agents use as shorthand for the MLS itself. If your board is one of MRED’s 13 participating associations, iHomefinder’s MRED IDX feed covers you.
Property search and listing pages live on your domain rather than a framed page or vendor subdomain — giving you stronger control over search visibility, analytics, and lead capture.
Every iHomefinder plan includes IDX, CRM, and marketing automation. When a buyer saves a search in Naperville or favorites a condo in Lincoln Park, that activity appears in your CRM.
With updates roughly every 15 minutes, new listings and price drops hit your website nearly as fast as they hit the MLS — and your saved-search alerts fire while the listing is still fresh.
MRED’s footprint spans Chicagoland, southern Wisconsin, and northwest Indiana — Lake Geneva weekenders and Indiana-border commuters, all on one feed.
iHomefinder integrates with Follow Up Boss, automatically forwarding new IDX leads into the CRM your team already uses.
iHomefinder manages the IDX licensing, connectMLS feed configuration, and site setup. No developer required.
Yes — three ways. iHomefinder integrates with your existing WordPress site, works with other website platforms, or builds and hosts the complete site. In every case, listings render on your domain, and iHomefinder handles configuration and feed setup — no developer required.
MRED charges an IDX data feed fee of approximately $5/month — among the lowest of any major MLS. Your iHomefinder cost depends on the plan and configuration you select — pricing varies by website setup, team size, MLS feeds, and included marketing tools.
Yes. iHomefinder is an approved MRED IDX vendor providing live listings, photos, open houses, and status updates on your own website.
Effectively, yes. MRED formed in 2008 from Chicagoland MLS mergers; MLSNI was its predecessor, and connectMLS is the name of the system MRED runs on. They all point to the same listing database.
Approximately every 15 minutes — among the fastest IDX refresh rates of any major MLS.
Yes. MRED charges an IDX data feed fee of approximately $5/month — among the lowest of any major MLS. This is separate from your iHomefinder plan.
Yes — within MRED’s footprint. MRED coverage spans Chicagoland, southern Wisconsin (including Lake Geneva and Kenosha), and northwest Indiana on one feed.
Approval typically completes once the IDX license agreement is signed by your broker and approved by your board.
Yes. iHomefinder integrates MRED IDX with WordPress and other platforms, or provides a complete hosted website on your domain.
Yes. iHomefinder integrates with Follow Up Boss, automatically forwarding new IDX leads into the CRM your team already uses.