Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The platform connects with MLS for seamless listing input, saving time and reducing duplicated efforts. Some LoneWolf features may even be included in your MLS membership, so check with your local association for details. Automate repetitive tasks, and integrate with MLS platforms and other tools that you use every day.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

OneKey MLS has acquired Mid-Hudson MLS according to an announcement on Monday, growing its membership to nearly 50,000 agents. The Poughkeepsie-based Mid-Hudson MLS is a broker-owned MLS serving over 1,400 agents in Dutchess County and the Mid-Hudson Valley area.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Public records & MLS misuse Scammers exploit MLS history and public records to appear credible. Delayed discovery Many fraudulent transactions go undetected until months after closing. Be cautious of urgency If a seller insists on a fast, remote closing, take extra care to verify legitimacy. Use a service.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Help with marketing their home was the top response from sellers at 22%, while pricing the home competitively was a close second at 20%. In response to a “select all that apply” question about marketing methods, 86% of sellers said their agent posted the listing on an MLS, by far the highest option.

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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. Office exclusives take longer to sell and offer no price advantages over immediately promoting a home through the MLS, it said.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

West Penn MLS finally got its way in the Moratis commission lawsuit. Stickman IV, who is overseeing the Moratis suit in the Western District of Pennsylvania, refused to stay the case for the MLS. Despite the closing of the case, the parties can request a status conference or seek to reopen the case by filing a motion.

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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

JANUARY 24, 2025

Matching listings appear on the client’s saved search channels, alongside MLS listings. Some agents call any non-MLS listings “ pocket listings.” Tim Quirk, Final Offer’s co-founder and chief strategy officer, said the new feature will help clients “test the market” before using an MLS.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

To close the conversation, Dwiggins explains his advocacy for keeping NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy in place, with a slight change. But if you’re a member of an MLS , you have to follow the same rules as everybody else. If you have to put a property in the MLS within 24 to 48 hours, then you play by the same rules.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Bright MLS released its National Housing Market Outlook on Wednesday, which shows that affordability will remain the biggest challenge for homebuyers next year. Here’s what homebuyers and sellers can expect in 2024, according to Bright MLS: Mortgage rates will fall, ranging between 6% and 6.5% for much of the year before reaching 6.2%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The plaintiffs in the Nosalek commission lawsuit and defendant MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN) have teamed up to ask Judge Patti B. The joint motion was filed on Wednesday by MLS PIN, Jennifer Nosalek, Randy Hirschorn and Tracy Hirschorn.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As a result, the docket was listed as closed as of Thursday morning before being reopened at midday. That’s because the deadline for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file its statement of interest in the MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN) settlement agreement is at the end of the day Thursday. The remaining $1.64

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In reality, consumers are better off and business competition thrives very much because of NAR’s rules and how well local Multiple Listing Service (MLS) broker marketplaces function. These local MLS broker marketplaces work in favor of consumers every day. And who is hurt most by that proposition?

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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

JULY 26, 2021

Multiple Listing Services (MLS) by those trying to disparage the system. This past December, my mother and father closed on their home of 35 years in Limerick, Ireland, after 10 months “in escrow.” They also recently closed on their purchase of a new home. And that home rental between closings? An additional $6,400.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Angela is the 11th-ranked agent in the state by sales volume, closing 38 sides and $29.82 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.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The third week of the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit trial kicked off Monday with some final testimony from the defendants before making way for closing arguments from both parties. Davis also discussed the MLS and how the National Association of Realtors’ Clear Cooperation Rule impacts both buyers and sellers during her time on the stand.

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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. ” But lets cut through the noise and examine whats really going on.

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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

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Leo CoPilot can help agents generate automated marketing materials by leveraging data from an MLS. The upgrade, known as Leo CoPilot, will serve as an agent command center and will also become the main interface agents use to manage reZEN, Real’s agent platform.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 15, 2025

Gen Z (56%) and Gen X (50%) followed closely behind. A survey by Bright MLS found that most prospective buyers want homes to be “move-in ready” before a purchase, although that study had a smaller sample size of respondents compared to This Old House’s study. ” Meanwhile, the rest intend to make needed repairs.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In 2024 alone, it has closed 182 sales for $64.1 Houseworks will also merge with the Jay Schmidt Group , another top-ranked Milwaukee-based team that led the area’s Metro MLS in sales volume for eight years. The team has a strong record of multimillion-dollar sales revenue, accumulating $118.5

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The acquisition and launch of PX comes amid a debate over the National Association of Realtors’ Clear Cooperation Policy , which requires Realtors to list a property on the MLS within 24 hours of marketing. The Massachusetts-based proptech firm has made several other acquisitions.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

CCP makes it difficult for brokerages to acquire exclusive listings because the rule requires Realtors to advertise a home on a NAR-affiliated MLS within 24 hours of signing a listing contract. Reffkin argues that CCP limits sellers’ choice by forcing them to advertise on an MLS. decrease on the national median sale price.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2025

The settlement eliminated the ability of listing agents to advertise commissions in the MLS, instead shifting compensation negotiations from agent and seller to seller and buyer. Pricing the home ranked as the most critical agent responsibility, followed closely by marketing and handling legal paperwork.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

It explicitly allows for such offers to be made off-MLS, however. If sellers cannot notify buyers about offers off-MLS, many buyers will not have the information they need to determine whether a home purchase is financially feasible.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 27, 2023

According to his testimony, he has no involvement in NAR or local association boards, but he does encourage agents to get involved and be members of their local association to have access to their local MLS , which he called “the single-best marketplace created.” Closing arguments in the commission lawsuit trial are expected on Monday.

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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

MAY 10, 2023

level reported last summer, but inflation is still running far above the Fed’s target rate of 2%,” Lisa Sturtevant, Bright MLS’ chief economist, said in a statement. “CPI data show that inflation is down significantly from the 9.1% Shelter was again a major contributor to this increase, rising 0.4% month over month, thanks to a 0.6%

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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. Last but not least, real estate agents prepare documents such as closing documents, purchase agreements, and leases while ensuring that the transaction is in compliance with local laws and their client’s terms are met.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 14, 2025

He didnt close his first deal an investor until month six. ” He did fairly well scouring his MLS and other sources for listings, but his business didnt take off until he niched down again, calling absentee homeowners using Mojo’s triple-line dialer. Wed love to hear from you. Reach out to us here: vetted@housingwire.com.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

An explosive period for Denver’s multiple listing service (MLS) has come to an end, but an even more controversial one might be beginning. One of the interest parties they negotiated with was the existing board of directors, who in February believed they had a handshake deal to acquire the MLS. This is not an MLS.

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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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Housing Wire

AUGUST 28, 2024

Well, this settlement focuses on Multiple Listing Services (MLS) in various ways which will impact the property market. This means that MLS participants working with buyers must enter into a written agreement with the buyer before touring a property. But what are the practicalities of this new settlement?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Dawn Pfaff is a free-market evangelist, and that informs how she runs MyState MLS. We weren’t named in the litigation, we weren’t named in the copycat cases and we didn’t have the mandated rules that were named in the litigation,” said Jeremy Crawford, president and CEO of First MLS. “So,

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

Williams: By the numbers Farm area: Virginia Beach Deals closed in year one: 2 Deals closed in year two: 24 Number of agents on his team: 15 Number of social media followers: 26,000 Favorite real estate software: kvCORE Favorite script: LPMAMA Embrace the cringe Think youre going to become an overnight sensation on Instagram?

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