Housing Wire

APRIL 4, 2025

Office exclusives are becoming an increasingly significant segment of the Bright MLS marketplace, according to a recent Bright MLS study examining their impact on the broader housing market. This shift is prompting real estate professionals and consumers alike to reevaluate implications of this marketing approach.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

Unlike listings marketed under the office exclusive carve out that is part of the existing Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP), delayed marketing listings are submitted to the MLS and available to be viewed by all MLS participants. VOW displays are not publicly facing and consumers must register on a site to access a VOW site.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2025

Over a week ago, Compass and Reffkin sent a letter to MLS executives asking them to not include delayed marketing exempt listings, which were created by the MLOS policy, in virtual office website (VOW) data feeds. Without these mechanisms, we believe more listings will end up off-MLS across brokerages, the letter states.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

On Thursday, eXp Realty announced that, as a brokerage, it was signing on to abide by Zillow s standards for listing transparency. At the core of Zillows listing standards is the belief that if a listing is marketed to any home shoppers, it should be marketed to all home shoppers. where all the data is siloed, Pareja said.

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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. It was out of this that CCP was born.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

After Jensen took over as CEO in 2015 , MRED created an internal MLS private listing network after survey feedback from subscribers found that many were frustrated by the number of pocket listings and sales occurring. We dont even plan on making any changes because of the new policy, Rebecca Jensen , the president and CEO of MRED, said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

When I attended a national real estate conference last month, the Clear Cooperation Policy the provision requiring listings to be published on the MLS within 24 hours of marketing a property predictably surfaced as a hot-button issue. 1) Support it, 2) Eliminate it, 3) I dont understand it, or 4) I have no opinion.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2024

With technology changing faster than new agents answer phone calls, choosing the right real estate brokerage software can sometimes feel like a full-time job. Here’s why: Good software might help your brokerage stay afloat in a post-lawsuit market. The looming chaos from the commission lawsuits sure isn’t helping.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

Compass goes on to say that it’s standing by its past statements that your MLS is not giving adequate homeowner choice and that your MLS is subject to litigation risk. At Bright MLS , Compass said agents are allowed to market office-exclusive listings on the MLS.

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BAM Media

APRIL 4, 2025

But recent data from Bright MLS suggests thats changing. By February 2025, nearly 8% of new listings in Bright MLS were office exclusives, signaling a noticeable shift in how some brokerages handle inventory. Bright MLS analyzed six months of listing data (September 2024 February 2025) across six states and Washington, D.C.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

As the debate surrounding the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) rages on, California Regional MLS (CRMLS) CEO Art Carter chose to voice his stance on the issue in a nine-page op-ed posted on LinkedIn this week. The MLS is standing firmly behind the intent of the policy, he wrote.

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Housing Wire

MAY 21, 2025

Interview multiple brokerages I cant tell you how many times Ive heard an agent say they joined a specific brokerage because they had a friend who worked there. Do your due diligence and meet with several brokerages in your area – large and small, franchise and independent. By studying the market.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

Please create an Instagram caption to help sell my listing, ” or “You are a professional content marketer. ” How to make ChatGPT write like you (or a billion-dollar luxury brokerage) ChatGPT can now convincingly emulate anyone’s writing style. Please write a blog post explaining how 1031 exchanges work.”

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Housing Wire

APRIL 16, 2025

One thing Compass ‘s supporters and critics both agree on is this: the brokerage is leveraging its swelling network of private exclusive listings to recruit agents. If the property does not sell as a coming soon, it then goes into the MLS. Screenshot of Robert Reffkin and Rory Golod on a Jan. 30 recruiting and education call.

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BAM Media

APRIL 14, 2025

Redfin is the latest portal to weigh in on the MLS vs. private listing debate, following Zillows lead. In a Monday announcement , Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman confirmed that the portal will no longer publish any listings that have been publicly marketed before being submitted to the MLS and distributed to all real estate websites.

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Inman

MARCH 31, 2025

A new website soliciting plaintiffs for a possible class-action suit against the Washington MLS asks homeowners if they've sold in the state and seen "a price drop or significant days on market."

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Housing Wire

MARCH 24, 2025

Online appearance: Double-check that the listing is accurate and optimized in the MLS. Luxury properties, unique custom homes or rural properties have a smaller pool of buyers, which can lead to longer days on market. First impressions matter, and poor-quality images can deter buyers before they even schedule a showing.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

What matters for your market (wherever you are) is what patterns are developing near you. new listings, sold listings, days on market, off-market listings?—?will the trends and patterns that are unique to your market and will allow you to?identify?any up-to-date, reliable data comes directly from your MLS.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Under the policy, listing brokers are required to submit a listing to their MLS within 24 hours of marketing a property. In addition to its growth goals in 2025, Compass also plans to continue to apply pressure to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) over its Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP).

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

Xactus Wednesday announced its new active listing scan program, which will scan residential addresses for changes in listing status and the average number of days on market for a neighborhood. The monitoring program, covering all 50 states, includes MLS listing data as well as public records from data aggregators.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Or omit the MLS link and tease out the listing with stats and photos in your newsletter, and invite your audience to contact you directly for more information. Inman.com Timely real estate news, agent advice and training, tech trends and reviews, market trends, and more.

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Housing Wire

JULY 10, 2024

In this article, I’ll share close to two decades of experience as a licensed agent and small brokerage owner in Boston to help you compete and win listings with a dynamite listing presentation. Research market data Your work begins once you and your client have set an appointment to meet. What is their family size?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Market homes to market yourself Ideally, your open house should showcase a property with a lot of natural foot traffic in your desired farm area. If you can’t nab listings like this, offer to sit open house events for busy agents at your brokerage who DO have listings in the areas you aspire to work in.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Choose properties that have sold in the past six months or in a period of rapid market movement, in the past three months. Focus on properties that closed with reasonable terms and within a reasonable number of days on market. Pro Tip: You don’t need to include all the property details in your Comparative Market Analysis.

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BAM Media

APRIL 25, 2025

On Friday, Compass filed a federal lawsuit against the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS), accusing the Seattle-based MLS of monopolistic and anticompetitive behavior. Compass points out that NWMLS is owned and governed by brokerages. The rules block innovation.

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HomeLight

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Links and mentions of Arizona flat fee MLS companies in this story do not constitute an endorsement. You may be thinking about whether to use a real estate agent to sell your Arizona home or go the FSBO (for sale by owner) route and use an Arizona flat fee MLS company. What is a flat fee MLS listing service?

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HomeLight

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Links and mentions of North Carolina flat fee MLS companies in this post do not constitute an endorsement. While the market is slowly cooling – or normalizing – home prices remain steady in many North Carolina cities and median days on market are relatively low, although today that can mean a week or two versus a day or two earlier this year.

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1000Watt

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

It has been challenged in court, reviled, defended, and become the subject of focus by our Federal Government, which, having overseen the removal of compensation from the MLS, now seems to believe that cooperation must also go. A brokerage like Compass has concentrated market share in several key areas. Why not just say that?

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Redfin

JANUARY 12, 2022

While first-time homebuyers and even seasoned homeowners might have heard of MLS, they may not be familiar with the role it plays throughout the home buying and selling process. Understanding how the MLS factors into the process can help you get the most out of your purchase or sale. What an MLS is and how it works. What is MLS?

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Realty Biz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Off-market properties might be the answer if you want to avoid competition from other buyers when looking for your next home. Finding a buyer for a home not featured in the MLS requires more work from the real estate agent and used to be very unusual. Finding off-market properties for sale can be a challenge. Statement 8.0

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Toronto Realty Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

A short while ago, I was perusing the new listings on MLS and I happened to see a condo in Peter & Giulia’s old building, which happened to be on the same floor, and happened to look like it was next door……or something. DOM stands for “Days on Market” and it refers to how long a property has been listed.

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RIS Media

JULY 14, 2021

More than a decade of underdevelopment and high demand means that listings can be hard to come by, and the ones that do pop up sell fast (national average of 21 days on market in 2021 versus 38 a year ago). The current market is tight, but buyers and sellers are out there if you know how to make your market.

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RIS Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Despite these drops, August still almost broke records for home sales signaling a still-hot market. August’s low number of days on market (24) and meager months supply of inventory (1.3) Days on Market – Average of 51 Metro Areas. August home sales dropped 3.5% The months supply of inventory in August of 1.3

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HomeLight

AUGUST 20, 2021

These split rates can vary; however, it’s common for the listing agent to give their broker anywhere from 30% to 50% of their commission (for a 50/50 or 70/30 split) , depending on the market size and brokerage. These services typically include, but are not always limited to: Listing your property on the MLS. of the sale.

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BAM Media

JUNE 25, 2024

Meanwhile, just 40% of the public expects negative consequences for buyers, buyer agents, and small/independent brokerages. Nationwide, that figure sits at approximately 50 days —about 20 days longer than the roughly 30 days on market during the post-pandemic summers of 2021 and 2022.

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The Close

JULY 22, 2022

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Inman

MAY 16, 2025

Looking for a quick catch-up on the buzziest stories of the week? Heres Inman Top 5, the most essential stories, according to Inman readers.

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