Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Of the nine open board of director seats, four went to MLS or Realtor association representatives and five went to members representing technology companies, developers, partners or consultants. Additionally, Jensen and Wurzer will continue in their executive committee roles in 2024, serving as board chair and vice-chair, respectively.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 9, 2024

Kansas City -based Heartland Multiple Listing Service ( MLS ) has announced a strategic integration with Down Payment Resource (DPR) to enhance accessibility to homeownership for residents across the Greater Kansas City area. Moreover, within the Heartland MLS footprint, 27 agencies administer 39 distinct homebuyer assistance programs.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

Kirkland, Washington-based Northwest MLS (NWMLS) is looking to have its voice heard in a lawsuit all the way on the other side of the country. The MLS added that in the DOJ’s argument about steering, it did not acknowledge that the rule changes also made information about sellers’ offers of compensation available to other consumers.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

San Diego Association of Realtors , which operates one of the country’s largest multiple listing service, has new leadership following the departure of alleged fraudster Mike Mercurio. In July, Mike Mercurio , SDMLS’ longtime CEO left the MLS amid a cloud of alleged inappropriate financial behavior.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The lawsuit was filed by Christina Grace, who sold a house listed on Bay Area Real Estate Information Services MLS (BAREIS MLS) in April 2020 and paid a commission to the buyer’s agent. Grace is seeking class action status for the suit, with the proposed class being any homeowner who listed and sold a home on BAREIS MLS between Dec.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Like the other commission lawsuits, the Jensen suit is seeking class action status for anyone who sold a property listed on Wasatch Front MLS , Washington County MLS , Iron County MLS or Summit County MLS between Feb. 9, 2020, and the present, and paid a buyer broker commission.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Similar to the other commission lawsuits, the latest two take aim at the National Association of Realtors’ Participation Rule, which requires the listing broker to make a blanket offer of compensation to the buyer’s broker to list the property on the MLS. Both lawsuits are seeking class-action status. 4, 2019 and the present.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

According to court documents filed on Wednesday, The PLS.com (the “P” stands for property and not pocket), has reached a settlement agreement with Bright MLS , Midwest Real Estate Data and California Regional Multiple Listing Service. As of Thursday morning, the details of the settlement have not yet been disclosed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

Gene Millman, president and CEO, REcolorado The value of the MLS cannot be understated. With the real estate industry adjusting to the National Association of Realtors commission lawsuit settlement agreement , the importance of a tried and trusted MLS business partner is undeniable. So, we take data protection very seriously.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The complaint claims that the National Association of Realtors is the creator of this alleged conspiracy through its creation and enforcement of its Participation Rule. 16, 2020, and the present. 16, 2020, and the present.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

When the copycat commission suit was initially filed in early January by Nevada home seller Nathaniel Whaley, the complaint named just Realtor associations and MLSs as defendants, making it stand out from the spate of other commission suits. Nevada’s unusual commission lawsuit is no longer so unusual.

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RIS Media

MAY 2, 2022

has expanded its national reach with eight new MLS and association customers including several alliances and regional company coalitions. The growth that we have experienced over the last year is a reflection of our customer-first philosophy that drives every aspect of our business,” said Sara Cooper, director of the MLS Market.

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RIS Media

APRIL 13, 2022

The Sunflower Association of REALTORS®, Inc. SAR) and Sunflower MLS which began offering data feeds through MLS Grid on April 4, the organization has announced. This partnership with the Kansas-based organizations comes as MLS Grid continues supporting the industry efforts to modernize real estate data delivery.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In a surprising twist, the National Association of Realtors has announced a change in how interprets its Participation Rule, which requires listing brokers to provide buyer brokers an offer of compensation in order to list on the multiple listing service (MLS). With NAR’s latest announcement other MLS’ may choose to follow suit.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

We are optimistic and hopeful that the value of the MLS and the role of the agent will prevail so that we can continue to provide an efficient and transparent marketplace for consumers.” With great change on the horizon, MLS executives said they are focusing on showing their value to agents and their clients. “I

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Moving past cooperative compensation In early August, Bright MLS , the nation’s second largest MLS, began allowing listing agents to use a $0 blanket offer of compensation for buyer brokers and still list a property on the MLS. Let’s break down the changes and the implications. As of Jan.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 9, 2024

Masiello sold a home on an Arizona MLS through HomeSmart “in or about October 2021.” 2023, the Masiello suit is seeking class action status for all persons who used any brokerage defendant to list and sell a home on an Arizona MLS and paid a buyer broker commission between Jan. commission ($10,250) to the buyer broker.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In a statement of interest filed last Thursday, the DOJ noted that it had “significant concerns” about the proposed antitrust settlement agreement between home sellers and MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN). MLS PIN, which is New England’s largest Multiple Listing Service (MLS), filed the settlement agreement in late June.

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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

APRIL 23, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) can breathe a small sigh of relief. The settlement agreement also mandates that MLS participants working with buyers must enter into a written buyer broker agreement. The trade group’s nationwide settlement of the commission lawsuits has passed its first hurdle as Judge Stephen R.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The home seller plaintiffs and MLS Property Information Network’s (MLS PIN) efforts to address the Department of Justice’s “significant concerns” about their proposed settlement agreement in the Nosalek commission lawsuit were not enough. MLS PIN, however, has not been as fortunate.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

Realcomp MLS announced last Wednesday that its users now had free access to CubiCasa through an alliance with the proptech company. By working alongside Realcomp and its MLS Subscribing Brokers, Agents, and Appraisers, we’re able to fill the void by producing more floor plans and thus providing more property data on homes across the country.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2024

The complaint names the National Association of Realtors , Las Vegas Realtors , Nevada Realtors , Sierra Nevada Realty , Incline Village Realtors , Elko County Realtors , Mesquite Real Estate Association and Northern Nevada Regional MLS as defendants.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

These clarifications come after the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reached a nationwide settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in the commission lawsuits. The Community Home Lenders Association (CHLA) expressed support for the GSEs’ announcement. NAR has also reached out to the U.S.

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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

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Originally filed in December 2020, the Nosalek lawsuit , named after its lead plaintiff, alleges that the broker-owned MLS PIN is not directly required to abide by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) rules. In addition to MLS PIN, Anywhere and RE/MAX, defendants in the suit include Keller Williams and HomeServices of America.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced a multiyear licensing agreement with REdistribute for permissioned access to multiple listing services (MLS) information. Launched in 2022 by BrightMLS and California Regional MLS , REdistribute is an MLS-owned company that includes licensed data from more than 40 MLSs.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

The other defendants in the lawsuit are West Penn MLS , a local broker-owned MLS that is not affiliated with the National Association of Realtors ; Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices The Preferred Realty ; Howard Hanna ; NextHome PPM Realty ; NextHome Dynamic ; Realty One Group Gold Standard ; Realty One Group Platinum ; and Realty One Group Horizon.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Two days after The PLS.com and three of the nation’s largest multiple listing services notified the court they had reached a settlement in their ongoing legal battle, the listing site filed a motion to dismiss the only remaining defendant, the National Association of Realtors , without prejudice. Holcomb of U.S.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The blanket offer of compensation is required by the National Association of Realtors’ Participation Rule in order to list the property on the MLS. The suit is seeking class action status on behalf of anyone who listed a property for sale on an MLS in Texas between Nov.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The National Association of Realtors is facing yet another copycat commission lawsuit. At the center of the lawsuit is NAR’s Participation Rule, which requires listing brokers to make a blanket offer of compensation to buyer’s brokers in order to list a property on a Realtor association affiliated MLS. Filed on Tuesday in U.S.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2024

The broader impact of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settlement is still unfolding. The AMI, a robust measure of agent movement dynamics, is calculated from extensive national data drawn from major MLS systems and is released monthly. Efforts are made to exclude out of market agents and those which are MLS system artifacts.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Colorado MLS now has partnered with First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS), MLS Listings , Miami Association of Realtors and Heartland MLS , bringing the free flow of listings between REcolorado subscribers and professionals in the Atlanta metro area, Northern California , South Florida and the Kansas City metro area.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

District Court in South Carolina, alleging that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and Keller Williams colluded to artificially inflate agent commission rates, increasing costs for home sellers. The policy requires agents to provide a blanket offer of compensation to the buyer’s broker in order to list a property on the MLS.

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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

JANUARY 19, 2024

Lyon & Associates , Guide Real Estate , Paul M. Unlike other MLSs, MetroList is not exclusively owned or operated by Realtor associations affiliated with the National Association of Realtors. Instead MetroList is owned and operated by local Realtor associations and California Real Estate Brokers, Inc.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

District Court judge Patti Saris granted preliminary approval of MLS Property Information Network’s (MLS PIN) settlement agreement in the class action buyer-broker commission antitrust lawsuit. MLS PIN, which is New England’s largest multiple listing service (MLS), filed the settlement agreement in late June.

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