Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2024

The Northern Nevada Regional MLS (NNRMLS) is teaming up with Lone Wolf Technologies to launch the HomeSpotter app, the companies announced on Tuesday. The 4,000 members of NNRMLS now have access to their own branded mobile MLS home search app, HomeSpotter, powered by Lone Wolf.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

They discuss the utility of artificial intelligence (AI) for the real estate industry, as well as JPARs solutions designed to enhance agent and brokerage performance. Matched with our internal technology, resources and training, it tells agents which training route they should take based on their personality type.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

As an agent, you know a beautifully staged home turns into a sold one. According to the National Association of REALTORS (NAR), 82% of buyers agents say that home staging makes it easier for a buyer to envision themselves living in a home. You can also customize an already existing layout or custom design one of your own from scratch.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2025

Prioritizing humans over houses is a core value at NextHome because it builds trust and fosters a more informed and confident client base which we believe puts our agents in a position to win,” James Dwiggins , the co-CEO of NextHome, said in a statement. Its literally designed to protect sellers and buyers!

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Real estate marketing startup Realoq is launching a new data solution for brokers and agents. Realoq offers a customized MLS platform that allows unique branding and direct access to consumers. Realoq offers a customized MLS platform that allows unique branding and direct access to consumers.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

Under what NAR is calling its MLS Listing Options for Sellers policy , sellers will have the option to delay marketing their listing publicly as long as they sign the required disclosure. During the time period, the listing will be able to be seen by other MLS participants through their local MLS platform.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

It doesnt matter where your real estate photos appear MLS, Zillow, Realtor.com, social media or print advertisements they should not only showcase the space, but they should sell the lifestyle that comes with owning that home. As an agent, thats why its important to learn how to take better listing photos yourself.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

Rental software provider RentSpree announced on Monday a new partnership with UtahRealEstate.com (URE), a multiple listing service (MLS) serving approximately 20,000 real estate professionals across Utah. Lastly, RentSpree scored another partnership with the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR), the second-largest MLS in Texas.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

REX believes the panels opinion is based on the absence of evidence of concerted action, and the conclusion that Zillow independently re-designed its website. Two months before that, Zillow began moving homes not listed on the MLS out of initial user search results and onto a second tab.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

REcore , a software-as-a-service and data licensing solutions provider for multiple listing services (MLSs), has announced the launch of its new MLS Buyer Registry tool. According to the announcement, the product is designed to address potential issues regarding buyer and agent compliance with the newly mandated buyer agency agreements.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2025

The platform is designed to help agents and clients effectively manage and distribute their exclusive listings. Launching Find It First and partnering with RealScout to power the program has been a true success for our customers, our agents, and our company, Hoby Hanna , CEO of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

VestaPlus , a software development firm known for its MLS solutions geared to real estate agents, has entered into a strategic partnership with California -based San Diego MLS. Checkmate also gives users the ability to tier fines, track agent violations and pinpoint agents that have no compliance issues.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2025

The policy was a response to a proliferation of pocket listings and a rapid decline in housing inventory on the MLS, despite a large number of transactions still occurring. The CCP requires listing brokers to share a listing to the MLS within 24 hours of publicly marketing the property. People just started holding back inventory.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 29, 2025

Backed by sharp increases in both traffic and agent participation, Homes.com reported 104 million average monthly unique visitors in the first three months of this year. That figure, which is up dramatically from early 2024, signals a fundamental shift in the digital real estate hierarchy and in how agents want to work online, Florance said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

Homeowners are the ones who own their homes, not the National Association of Realtors, and if the homeowner and their agent make a decision that they dont want to list it on any particular site for any particular reason, they ought to have a right to do that, he added.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2025

California Regional MLS (CRMLS) has partnered with proptech company RealReports to provide artificial intelligence (AI) -powered property reports to its users. The platform features an AI assistant, Aiden, designed to answer property-related questions, analyze documents and generate insights for agents and clients.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2024

The Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service (ARMLS) announced a partnership with Lone Wolf Technologies that will give ARMLS subscribers access to a tool designed to give agents information to guide their clients through an uncertain market. ” This isn’t Lone Wolf’s first partnership with an MLS this year. .

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Recently, some brokerage firms have advocated for MLS rules that facilitate hiding property listings from consumers and lobbied the real estate industry to accommodate those exclusionary practices, he stated. Northwest MLS has declined to adopt those misguided, exclusionary rules.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The essence of our industrys defense of modern MLS infrastructure rests upon a fragile foundation that says, “Its not perfect, but its the best we can do.” MLSs collect billions in agent dues annually. Yet, real estate agents have little control over how these funds are spent. The inefficiency doesnt stop there.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2024

Secure payment provider Payload is launching a new payment and billing tool specifically geared to buyer agents , according to an announcement on Thursday. Payload has designed a tool to help agents bill their buyer clients.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

Despite lacking final court approval — and while facing vocal disapproval from the Department of Justice — MLS Property Information Network has decided to move forward in implementing some of the changes outlined in its settlement agreement for the Nosalek commission lawsuit. MLS PIN did not specify when these changes would be put in place.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The new rules mandated by the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) antitrust settlement are designed to encourage more negotiations for buyer agent commissions. That’s according to Redfin , which interviewed dozens of its agents about what they’re seeing on the ground in regard to buyer commission conversations.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Two months prior to that, Zillow began moving homes not listed on the MLS out of initial user search results and onto a second tab. This adhered to an optional NAR rule , which prevents those who choose to adopt it from commingling MLS listings with non-MLS listings. In May 2022, REX ceased its brokerage operations.

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Housing Wire

JULY 21, 2023

The nation’s second largest multiple listing service , Bright MLS , will begin allowing listing agents to put in a blanket offer of compensation for buyer brokers of zero dollars or more, starting on August 9. While Bright MLS, which serves clients in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Washington, D.C.,

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

Under these new standards , if a listing is publicly marketed to any buyer it must be put in an MLS and be able to be published on Zillow as well as other sites that receive internet data exchange (IDX) feeds, within 24 hours of the start of a public marketing campaign. This isnt about protecting consumers, Florance wrote.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

It accused NAR and several major real estate brokerages of conspiring to artificially inflate the commissions of agents representing sellers, a violation of federal antitrust law. Adopted in May 2020, CCP requires brokers to list properties on a multiple listing service (MLS) within one business day of signing a listing agreement.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Real estate listing descriptions can be tricky to write, especially for agents who dont have a background in creative writing. Your listing description allows you, as the listing agent, to showcase the property’s best features in a way that reaches potential buyers on a deeper level. Visit Zillow Premier Agent 4.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2024

To answer this question, Realtor.com created and launched a campaign designed to educate homebuyers and rally the industry behind this important and necessary cause. Not only does Realtor.com’s initiative highlight the indispensable role of buyer agent representation, it also offers ways for you to get involved in the movement.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Some real estate brokers have found their path blocked as they try to navigate the membership agreements mandated by NAR and their local Realtor associations to gain access to MLS listings. When I tried to speak up about it, I faced pushback and retaliation, which only confirmed that the system isnt designed to support people like me.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Real estate marketing software provider MoxiWorks is looking to help agents up their game while complying with the business practice changes outlined in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement that went into effect last month.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Sellers can work with a local Opendoor partner agent to list their home on the MLS, while also having Opendoor’s cash offer as a backstop they can accept any time within 30 days. When designed thoughtfully, tech doesn’t create bumpy dirt trails; it builds highways with bridges and connectors. Our approach is simple but powerful.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

In a new episode of the HousingWire Daily podcast , Editor in Chief and host Sarah Wheeler sits down with eXp Realty CEO Leo Pareja to discuss the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) commission lawsuit, the new rules that agents are facing, and how eXp is helping agents navigate these challenges to thrive in the marketplace.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

It devolved into a battle about historic facts, old-school MLS listing books, pronunciation corrections and even references to the kid-friendly restaurant chain Chuck E. He also said that the idea that agents and MLSs are colluding is “ridiculous.” If they want to hire just a regular agent, they are free to do that.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

And yes, there’s an MLS feed since most are IDX-enabled. To help you find the best real estate website builder for your needs, our team of agents, brokers, and tech experts researched and ranked the best real estate website builders for 2024. Here our our picks.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Real estate agents often make the mistake of believing their clients will remember them forever but they dont. Its up to us as agents to stay engaged and stay in contact with our clients. Content: Agents can include any combination of data and information. Check out some fantastic pre-built designs on sites like Canva or Etsy.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Revive has released a new tool named “Revive Vision AI” designed to assist real estate professionals in property valuation. The tool requires real estate agents to upload a minimum of 10 photos of the property. Homeowners are still advised to seek guidance from industry professionals tailored to their unique situations.

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