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LISLE, Ill. – March 7, 2018 – The award-winning Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) Support Center added another distinction to its long list of achievements by being named one of the Top Contact Centers in North America for 2018. MRED received the honor for the ninth straight year from BenchmarkPortal in the organization’s small-sized center category.

BenchmarkPortal deemed MRED worthy of the award based on objective, metrics-driven performance data such as caller satisfaction, average hold time, and average talk time. MRED was also awarded in the individual category of Best Agent Retention.

“It’s extremely important to us that we have knowledgeable and friendly Support Analysts providing top-level customer service to our users,” said MRED Support Center Manager Katrina Ryefield. “This award is great recognition of our team’s daily efforts to be the very best.”

BenchmarkPortal has annually conducted statistical analyses of call center operations throughout the world since 1995. The company hosts the world’s largest call center metrics database in conjunction with the Center for Customer Driven Quality located at Purdue Research Park, Purdue University.

“Midwest Real Estate Data’s placement among the Top Contact Centers is a direct result of its leadership’s commitment to balancing cost-effective service solutions with best-in-class service performance,” said BenchmarkPortal CEO Bruce Belfiore. “MRED stood tall against its competitors according to the world’s largest database of contact center metrics. This is not easy to do and we congratulate them on their accomplishment.”

“I’m so proud of MRED’s Support Center and the outstanding level of customer service it provides,” said MRED President/CEO Rebecca Jensen. “MRED is committed to excellence in every facet of what we do and the BenchmarkPortal award is a testament to that.”

About MRED

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) is the real estate data aggregator and distributor providing the Chicagoland multiple listing service (MLS) to more than 40,000 brokers and appraisers and over 7,300 offices. MRED serves Chicago and the surrounding “collar” counties and provides property information encompassing northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin, and northwest Indiana. MRED delivers more than 20 products and services to its customers. MRED is the 2013 Inman News Most Innovative MLS/Real Estate Trade Association, and for nine consecutive years the MRED Help Desk has been identified as one of the best small business centers in North America by BenchmarkPortal. For more information please visit MREDLLC.com.

About BenchmarkPortal

Founded in 1995, BenchmarkPortal is a global leader in the contact center industry, providing benchmarking, certification, training, consulting, research and industry reports. The BenchmarkPortal team of professionals has gained international recognition for its innovative approach to best practices for the contact center industry. BenchmarkPortal hosts the world’s largest database of contact center metrics, which is constantly being refreshed with new data. BenchmarkPortal’s mission is to provide contact center managers with the tools and information that will help them optimize their efficiency and effectiveness in their customer communications. For more information on BenchmarkPortal please call 1-800-214-8929 or visit www.BenchmarkPortal.com.