Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

CubiCasa , a Finland-based proptech company, partnered with OneKey MLS – a major mortgage licensing system (MLS) serving the New York Metropolitan area – to provide user-friendly floor plan creation tools. Other notable MLSs in the program include Bright MLS , the Houston Association of Realtors and Georgia MLS.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Real estate appraisers also rely on MLS data, including information about buyer broker compensation and seller concessions, in order to accurately appraise properties for homebuyers and lenders. But with the terms of the NAR settlement now in effect, much of that data is no longer available via the MLS.

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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

MAY 2, 2022

The appraisal industry was no exception, creating hybrid or remote models to conduct an appraisal and home inspection without physically entering the home as COVID-19 cases rose. This certainty should allow lenders, borrowers, and appraisers alike to take advantage of the efficiency gains that desktop appraisals can provide.”.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

HomeVision , a collateral underwriting and appraisal review platform, has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) firm Restb.ai The companies say the technology will improve appraisal accuracy , automate parts of the review process and help lenders, appraisal management companies (AMCs) and individual appraisers identify errors.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 8, 2023

AURA integrates appraisal quality analytics driven by machine learning and photo AI into loan origination and order management platforms. Through the AURA API solution, technology partners can provide lenders with a consolidated version of all the necessary data to assess the risk associated with an appraisal.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

But the New Hampshire Association of Realtors and Prime MLS had already introduced the changes, including mandatory buyer representation agreements and no offers of cooperative compensation on the MLS, about three weeks prior. I grew up in an 1850s farmhouse and was not going to skip an inspection or an appraisal contingency.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Explore the full list of this years honorees below. Congratulations to the 2025 Tech100 Real Estate winners! CoreLogic corelogic.com/ Real Estate Sales Irvine, CA Constellation1 constellation1.com/

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2022

Analyzing Comps can be a pain point for both the client and the appraiser. Historically, appraisers haven’t had visibility into their own peers’ data, even though they’re graded on their consistency with their peers and asked to comment on their peers’ data.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2024

Work with a real estate professional with MLS access In non-disclosure states, the role of real estate agents becomes even more crucial. It’s worth noting that some types of sales won’t appear in MLS listings, such as private sales, including FSBO (for sale by owner), or a sale transacted by an agent who is not registered with the MLS.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Showings: Explain how you, as the agent, will find and send properties through MLS searches and set expectations for how you will conduct property tours. Clarify key steps like inspections, appraisals, and the importance of meeting deadlines and any impacts of missing them. How will these factors affect a potential offer?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2024

The product went live earlier this month, and it helps to streamline real estate services for MLSs , brokerages , appraisers , affiliates, data consumers and Realtor associations. Real estate technology firm Rexdat has launched its centralized, cloud-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

CubiCasa will be providing its user-friendly floor plan creation tools to the 110,000 members of California Regional MLS (CRMLS), the largest MLS in the United States. CubiCasa’s MLS Partnership Program now boasts 30 participating companies. CubiCasa’s MLS Partnership Program now boasts 30 participating companies.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Previously, the only way to create a robust report truly reflective of the potential of a short-term rental was to have a certified general appraiser complete a narrative report. Utilizing a Certified General Appraiser ensures that the professional making the analysis and providing relevant commentary has the credentials to be able to do so.

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RIS Media

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced Monday the expansion of public appraisal data to include Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As part of NAR’s mandatory MLS policies, Clear Cooperation requires brokers to list properties on an MLS within one day of publicly marketing the listing. Saul Klein , the CEO of San Diego MLS , began his career in the real estate industry in the 1970s. “I more than their off-MLS counterparts.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

It could also have big implications for appraisers, who are already nervous about the continued rise of automated valuation models. Previously, an appraiser would need to make an in-person visit to note the condition of the property, Dosaj said. The systems have condition data sets for 110 million buildings across the United States.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In an era when “disruptive innovation” has become a tired buzzword, REcolorado is quietly rewriting the playbook for Multiple Listing Services (MLS) with an approach that’s less Silicon Valley and more Main Street. These strategies are evaluated for feasibility, potential impact, and alignment with overall MLS goals.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 13, 2024

In addition to Jensen, John Breault, the vice president of MLS at Rhode Islands State-Wide MLS, was elected vice-chair, Melissa King, the COO of OneKey MLS , was named secretary, and Richard Renton, the CEO of Triad MLS , was named Treasurer.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 3, 2023

When it comes to offering an opinion of ‘good or bad’ on HR 7735 — the VA modernization bill — and its ultimate ability to create a better appraisal process for veteran and active duty borrowers, it’s simply too early to tell with too little information being shared on exactly what changes we should expect.

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Housing Wire

JULY 17, 2024

Following the commission policy changes at the multiple listing service (MLS) level, the DOJ now seeks to address the use of standardized forms designed by competing MLSs. Next, Dwiggins asked about the value of concession data collected by an MLS, and whether a lack of data could hinder the appraisal process.

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Housing Wire

MAY 11, 2021

The GSEs require appraisers to evaluate them on a scale from C1/Q1(best) to C6/Q6(worst). Detailed definitions of these rating points can be viewed in the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Uniform Appraisal Dataset Specification. . That’s a typical comment one might find for a property that was appraised as a C5 rating.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

We’ve been scenario planning for quite some time, and it was not a scenario we have not already planned for,” said Art Carter, CEO of the California Regional MLS (CRMLS). “On At CRMLS, Carter said he and his team are already working to implement changes they will have to make to their MLS in order to comply with the new rules. “We

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2023

They’ve paid for an appraisal just to find out that the house doesn’t qualify, right? However, Kasper said these is no way replace the MLS. The MLS is the vehicle by which all brokers share information, which is good for the consumer. The MLS is also a lot more accurate than a lot of those portals.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

Both of which, as any appraiser will attest, are fundamental key components of an accurate valuation. It comes from the local Multiple Listing Service (the MLS) which performs the critically important function of aggregating the property information in an efficiently structured manner. How does that help the consumer?

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In response, Blefari said that HomeServices does not require agents to become NAR members nor participate in the MLS. “Maybe the local company or the MLS does, but we don’t,” Blefari testified. He refused to provide evidence about the purpose of the rule, but he admitted the rule was a core component of the MLS.

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Housing Wire

JULY 23, 2024

More buyers are insisting on home inspections and appraisals, and inventory is definitively rising on a national basis.” “We’re seeing a slow shift from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market,” NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. The yearly regional trends don’t differ much from the national one.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

“While well-priced homes will still attract a lot of buyers, sellers need to be prepared to negotiate not only on price, but also on concessions, including home inspection and appraisal contingencies, and closing cost assistance,” Bright MLS chief economist Lisa Sturtevant said in a statement.

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RIS Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Stellar MLS has partnered with the Appraisal Institute on their Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal program (AI PAREA). This collaboration will provide benefits to both real estate professionals and consumers, the two organizations say, as they work together to enhance the appraisal process.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

She believes that intermediate-level agents may not have strong negotiation skills as they have mainly relied on MLS listings to market properties to buyers. Velt mentions an article that urges appraisers to reach out directly to real estate agents and asks De Grote how she would handle such a call.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2021

Local real estate agents, loan officers and appraisers share what characteristics are currently defining their housing markets. I’m a historic house person,” said Abbott, who is 72-years-old and has been involved in real estate since junior high, when she bound her mother’s mimeographed MLS sheets into a loose-leaf notebook.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

There remains a belief among listing agents and their clients that the VA appraisal and closing process will be a hassle. A lot of the misconceptions about working with VA loans center on the VA appraisal process – which differs from conventional mortgage appraisals – as well as the time it will take for a transaction to close.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

QuickSource allows appraisers to complete their comps grid and reduce their risk of revision requests. It imports from MLS, public records, their comps database, and peer comps. Once the data has been reviewed for source discrepancy and formatted for client requirements, one click sends it straight into an appraisal report in TOTAL. #3.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Boizot III Today, approximately 76% of all real estate transactions in Colorado are facilitated by REcolorado, according to InfoSparks—as brokers, agents and others in the industry rely on the MLS’s data, technology and intelligence to successfully serve their clients.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2022

In October 2021, the company was sold to a joint venture formed by four of the nation’s largest MLSs (the Austin Board of Realtors’ ACTRIS MLS , First MLS in Atlanta, Heartland MLS in Kansas City and Miami Realtors’ MLS ). Schacknies stepped down.

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Redfin

APRIL 4, 2025

Whether you’re selling a home in Denver, CO or a condo in Phoenix, AZ , a pre-listing appraisal can provide an accurate estimate of your homes value before it hits the market. What is a pre-listing appraisal? A pre-listing appraisal is a professional estimate of your homes value, completed before you put it on the market.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2024

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