Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2025

District Court in Seattle against Northwest MLS (NWMLS) over NWMLSs Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) on Friday. NWMLS is a broker-owned MLS, rather than owned by the Realtor association, meaning that it is not subject to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) rules.

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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 11, 2025

.” Under Zillows new listing standards , announced Thursday, 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. Its literally designed to protect sellers and buyers!

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Haag, in communication with NWMLS employees, said that real estate brokerage firms in Washington state, as members of NWMLS, have agreed to share all property listings with the entire brokerage community and the public for more than 40 years. Northwest MLS has declined to adopt those misguided, exclusionary rules.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

In the ongoing debate over NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy , one question looms large: who really benefits when a single agent or brokerage represents both sides of a real estate transaction? Many also point to the fact that private listings essentially lock out lower-income buyers who rely on open MLS access. The result?

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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. Rather than going in and searching the MLS yourself, and having to pull out those names and then email clients, you can actually automate that process and use AI.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This includes — but is not limited to — posting to the MLS, hosting open houses and getting creative with social media. Their responsibilities include listing the property on the MLS, marketing the property and negotiating offers with potential buyers. Now, it’s time to join a brokerage.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2025

The rule states that MLS listings and non-MLS listings may not be displayed together in MLSs that have adopted the policy in order for the listing giant to obtain access to the MLSs internet data exchange (IDX) feed. Outdated rule Stellar MLS in Florida is one organization that recently abandoned the policy.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2025

Michael Ketchmark , the lead plaintiffs counsel in the Gibson commission lawsuit against real estate brokerages, told Inman News that his firm is closely monitoring NAR s vote and will determine its next steps based on the outcome. And the decision comes under the shadow of a potential legal challenge.

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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

MAY 22, 2025

Rechat a real estate software company focused on artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools for brokerages and agents has named marketing and property technology veteran Audie Chamberlain as head of strategic growth and communications. Theres a reason top brokerages like SERHANT. run their entire operation on Rechat.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Real estate giant Zillow came out victorious in its years-long legal battle with discount brokerage REX Real Estate. In mid-May 2022, REX ceased its brokerage operations. In a verdict announced late Friday afternoon, a jury in a U.S.

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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.” If we were to start fresh, no competent businessperson would design an MLS system like this. Technology still isn’t the NARs strong suit.

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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

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 22, 2024

With home sales still at historically low levels and uncertainty over the commission lawsuits , real estate brokerage executives prize good leads more than ever. To convert these leads into business, the brokerage developed teams — also called units — headed by captains who are successful agents with high lead conversion rates.

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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

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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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

And yes, there’s an MLS feed since most are IDX-enabled. We looked at pricing, design quality, ease of use, lead generation features, and then combed online reviews to get feedback from other working Realtors. Instead of learning to code or wrestling with WordPress, you can get your website up and running in an afternoon.

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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. On Monday, Redfin , which is to be acquired by Rocket Companies for $1.75

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BAM Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In the past two years, home sellers who avoided the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) left over $1 billion on the table. According to new research from Zillow , choosing a private listing network over the MLS meant the typical seller pocketed $4,975 less than they could have. nationwide. nationwide.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 2, 2025

Collov AI leverages proprietary model training to develop its AI agent , enabling it to understand architectural context, interior design principles, and staging best practices tailored specifically for real estate applications. Thats why Collov AIs Visual Agent is designed to be as simple as taking a photo. from Stanford.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 28, 2025

After weeks of buildup, it felt like only a matter of time before Compass would file a lawsuit against Northwest MLS (NWMLS) over the latters Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP). Literally, the exact same thing can be said about brokerages: the very way they function prevents any meaningful competition, she wrote.

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Housing Wire

MAY 22, 2025

economy real estate brokerage without legislative authority or public accountability, the filing states. Judicial proceedings are narrow in scope and adversarial by design; they cannot accommodate the complexity or diversity of views necessary for legitimate economic policymaking.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2021

” “The NAR and its MLS partners, which now include Zillow, are allowed to once again close off transparent access to home inventory by entering into agreements among themselves that disadvantage all but their own membership; consumers and competition will suffer,” read the lawsuit. Real Estate Tech Demo Hour.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This tool uses technology from Roomvo , a home design visualization platform. The tool empowers prospective homebuyers to imagine the potential of a home while playing with different design styles. Additionally, Redfin and Roomvo partnered with Bright MLS to make the tool available on all Bright MLS’ listings across the mid-Atlantic.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

“This decision underscores our brokerage’s unwavering commitment to agent autonomy and our belief in allowing agents to make choices that best suit their needs and principles,” Dave Danforth, designated broker/owner of the firm, said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2025

In its petition, REX claimed that the panels opinion was based on the absence of evidence of concerted action, and the conclusion that Zillow independently re-designed its website. In May 2022, REX ceased its brokerage operations. In May 2022, REX ceased its brokerage operations.

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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. Each day, log into MLS and see whats new.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

REsides , which bills itself as an online, “borderless” MLS announced Thursday that it’s partnering with startup proptech platform Rayse. The Rayse platform is designed to make agent-client relationships transparent in an evolving real estate market.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Department of Justice could be ready to square off again with the National Association of Realtors — this time over an optional rule to prevent commingling of MLS and non-MLS listings. All of the books said they were confidential and not to give them away,” said Saul Klein, the current CEO of San Diego MLS.

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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. Your system of getting competitors together to found and enforce rules that are designed to stabilize prices is wrong,” he said. “It It is against the law.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

This new settlement agreement was enacted on August 17th, 2024, and has been designed to increase transparency in real estate transactions and change how compensation is communicated and negotiated between parties. Well, this settlement focuses on Multiple Listing Services (MLS) in various ways which will impact the property market.

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BAM Media

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Real RISE 2024 kicks off today, October 22nd, with some exciting new developments in AI and fintech for real estate agents who’ve joined (or will join) the brokerage. It also integrates with the Real Design Center , using MLS data to generate branded content (including “Just Sold” posts and listing announcements) delivered at the right time.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The sudden decision on the eve of trial to withdraw three class representatives raises questions about whether the withdrawal was designed to avoid testimony that could conflict with other class representatives, raising questions about the merits and/or the propriety of the class,” the defense motion states.

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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. Instead of negotiating on the MLS , agents are engaging through phone calls and text messages. But different brokerages are experiencing different things.

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