Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The rational case for repealing MLS Clear Cooperation rules. Or are we comparing it to a mature free market where actual competition compels the existing infrastructure to improve by simply opening the door to competition that could disintermediate it? MLS system offers transparency, but at what cost? Does cc work? It depends.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As a panel of real estate leaders gathered to discuss the future of the MLS at the National Association of Realtors ‘ NXT conference in Boston, Errol Samuelson , Zillow ‘s chief industry development officer, found himself and his company in a bit different standing than usual with the audience of several hundred agents and brokers.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

New England -based MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN) is following these footsteps with its latest partnership. MLS PIN announced a partnership with Restb.ai on Monday to bring advanced AI features to its web-based Pinergy MLS system. Erminio Grasso, president and CEO of MLS PIN, describes the Restb.ai

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Housing Wire

APRIL 30, 2025

The antitrust lawsuit filed last week by Compass against Northwest MLS (NWMLS) has generated a lot of talk , but it is far from the first time a brokerage has sued an MLS over an alleged antitrust injury. But these focus on the National Association of Realtors (NAR) three-way membership agreement and access to the MLS.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

According to the release, this new policy compliments NAR s existing MLS policies and that it will exist in conjunction with CCP.The trade group feels the policy provides sellers and their agent more options and choice when marketing a property.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 8, 2025

While the suit still names NAR, the Texas Association of Realtors (TAR) andthe Wichita Falls Association of Realtors (WFAR) as defendants, Eytalis has removed Paragon MLS Connect and added the Wichita Falls Association of Realtors MLS (WFMLS).

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

For the first time, the Austin Board of Realtors (ABoR) is opening up access to its Unlock MLS platform to non-Realtors. Starting June 1, real estate agents who are not certified Realtors will be able to subscribe to Unlock MLS without joining the 20,000-member ABoR. a month, or $575.64

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

The new platform will be available in all markets that Final Offer operates in. According to the company, PX allows agents to share “pre-market” and “off-market” properties with clients via a private channel. Matching listings appear on the client’s saved search channels, alongside MLS listings.

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Housing Wire

MAY 1, 2025

Industry debate around off-market listings or pocket listings has become increasingly heated. For Willoughby, founder of The Jaymes Willoughby Team with Keller Williams Realty , off-market listings are a gamble that rarely pays off for sellers. Some agents use off-market listings as a way to double-dip commissions, Willoughby said.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

housing market is experiencing its largest-ever imbalance between home sellers and buyers, with an estimated 1.9 Two years ago, the market favored buyers. The number of sellers is measured by active MLS listings, while buyers are estimated using a model based on pending sales and average buyer timelines. “The There are 83.5%

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2025

They point to programs like Compass Private Exclusives, which allow sellers to “pre-market” their homes to an internal network before listing publicly. However, Compass itself acknowledges in their disclosure that limiting exposure by not listing on the MLS can reduce the number of showings, offers, and the final sale price.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2025

Zillow will begin a phased rollout of its listing access standards policy, which bans publicly marketed listings not entered into the MLS , on May 28. markets before expanding nationwide over the summer. The rollout The initial rollout of the policy will begin in large U.S. What’s allowed?

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Housing Wire

APRIL 10, 2025

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. Under this policy, sellers who sign a disclosure can withhold their listing from IDX feeds and syndication for a certain period of time within a time window determined by each MLS.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A month after launching its new Private Exclusive Listings (PX) feature, agent-driven offer, negotiation and collaboration platform Final Offer has acquired Private Collection , a source of listing information for off-market properties. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

Under the National Association of Realtors (NAR) new Multiple Listing Options policy, the trade group is allowing listing agents, with the signed consent and direct permission of their seller client, to delay publicly marketing a listing through Internet Data Exchange (IDX) feeds and syndication.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Despite the recent rise in mortgage rates, early indicators suggest that the housing market is pointed in the right direction. The October pending sales data is a sign that fourth-quarter sales will be strong enough so that 2024 sales end up higher than 2023,” Bright MLS chief economist Lisa Sturtevant said in a statement. million.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

On Thursday, MLS leaders took center stage at several conference sessions, including discussions of the business practice changes driven by the NAR commission lawsuit settlement and how the role of the MLS — and the MLS-broker relationship — has evolved as a result. “I We’ve come a long way since then.”

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Housing Wire

MAY 27, 2025

Weve entered the busiest season in the real estate industry at the same time that markets are more uncertain than ever. Current market uncertainty may increase the already stressful process of selling a home. June 1: the day that has the most new listings on average, based on analyzing MLS data from the past decade.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

But while Zillow did get its wish after NAR chose to uphold CCP for now, the trade groups new Multiple Listing Options for Sellers policy which creates the concept of a delayed marketing exempt listing has the potential to put some serious strain on Zillow and other listing portals like Realtor.com and Homes.com.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2024

job market performed better than expected in November, gaining 227,000 nonfarm payroll jobs from a month prior according to data released Friday by the U.S. There have been signs that the labor market was cooling some, which could give the Fed confidence to go ahead with another rate cut this month. million people unemployed.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2025

In a challenging and expensive housing market , some prospective homebuyers may compromise on certain standards and features to secure their purchase. But survey data released Thursday by Bright MLS found that some standards were top priorities for some buyers. ranking bedroom count as the most important feature.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

I’ve never seen an environment where compliance has taken such precedent over everything else,” said John Heithaus, chief marketing officer at Ocusell , a compliance software firm. “If It also requires MLS members to disclose agreements with prospective buyers that outline commission expectations before showing them a home for sale.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 10, 2024

With trading markets currently pricing in two 25 bps [interest rate] cuts — one each in November and December — and continued signs that inflation is waning, it seems that markets are correctly pricing in these cuts,” said Realtor.com Senior Economist Ralph McLaughlin in a statement. in September from 5.2% peak in March 2023.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2025

Washington state-based Northwest MLS (NWMLS) has shut off its internet data exchange (IDX) feed going to Compass as the ongoing war between the two real estate industry players escalates. This move by NWMLS is just the latest battle in the ongoing war between the MLS and Compass. State law supersedes MLS rules.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

On Tuesday, MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN) and the plaintiffs in the Nosalek suit, filed requests asking Judge Patti B. MLS PIN and the Nosalek plaintiffs first filed their proposed settlement agreement during the summer of 2023. DOJs supplemental response addresses none of these points, MLS PIN writes.

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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

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%. The survey also shed light on the different methods by which agents are marketing homes for sale. It might be surprising to learn that only 11% said that help with price negotiations is the No.

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Housing Wire

MAY 6, 2025

In the 1960s, brokers created the first MLS in booklet form to create a true marketplace of the inventory that was for sale. NAR has announced new flexibility in the CCP for NAR-affiliated MLSs that gives sellers more choice about how and when their homes are marketed. How days on market are calculated.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2025

Mauricio Umansky , the CEO of The Agency , who does not support CCP, agreed with Wilcox that in most situations, sellers get the most benefit from listing on the MLS. The easiest path to selling a property is to put it on the MLS and broadcast it on all the portals. What makes the U.S. industry work so well is that cooperation.

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Real Estate News

JUNE 14, 2025

Skip to Content Agents Brokerages MLS/Assn Tech Industry By the Numbers Consumer Illustration by Lanette Behiry/Real Estate News Agents Agents Decoded: How to get more from your MLS It may not be flashy, but your MLS is still one of your most powerful tools. Our MLS is the envy of agents across the world , for good reason.

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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

JUNE 13, 2024

Opendoor has partnered with nationwide multiple listing service My State MLS to equip more than 60,000 agents in each of the 50-plus markets Opendoor serves with access to the iBuyer’s cash-offer solution. My State MLS is a nationwide multiple listing service that allows members to list and search properties anywhere in the U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The platform connects with MLS for seamless listing input, saving time and reducing duplicated efforts. While Skyslope isnt the cheapest real estate transaction software option on the market, its extensive features and focus on audit and compliance make it worth the investment for brokerages that need a reliable system.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

On Monday, the DOJ filed a supplemental statement of interest in the Nosalek suit expressing its continued displeasure with the terms of MLS Property Information Networks (MLS PIN) settlement. The DOJ claims that it has been fighting to inject competition into residential real-estate markets.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2024

She claims the defendants have “engaged in monopolistic practices that unlawfully restrict competition in the real estate market.” Brokers must ‘purchase’ association memberships they may not need or want to obtain MLS services,” Eytalis wrote. NAR does not require that MLS access be limited to NAR members.

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Real Estate News

MAY 20, 2025

A majority of industry execs disapprove of how the national association has handled Clear Cooperation, and some questioned NARs motives, a recent survey found.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

We discussed the current market conditions and revisited the propertys previous listing history including that the last agent had failed to sell it, eventually pulling it off the market 60 days later. Public records & MLS misuse Scammers exploit MLS history and public records to appear credible. Use a service.

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