Housing Wire

MAY 29, 2024

Northwest MLS , the largest multiple listing service in the Pacific Northwest, will not take part in the $418 million agreement reached by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in the Sitzer/Burnett case. Secret deals’ The NWMLS board of directors made the decision to opt out at its most recent meeting, the organization said Tuesday.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 11, 2024

In a legal brief filed on Monday, MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN) made it clear that it does not agree with the Department of Justice ‘s position on the banning of cooperative compensation, as outlined in the DOJ’s statement of interest in the Nosalek commission lawsuit.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 27, 2024

In a statement released Wednesday night, REcolorado warned Denver-area Realtors that outside ownership of the local MLS could bring added uncertainty during an already uncertain time and suggested that their data could be compromised. REcolorado is the 16th-largest MLS in the United States and has 25,000 members.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 17, 2024

Plaintiffs Zillow Group and ShowingTime have reached a settlement agreement with defendants Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS) and Wisconsin -based Metro MLS in Zillow’s antitrust suit against the multiple listing services. MLS Aligned is a joint venture set up among the MLS defendants and other unspecified MLSs.

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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

JUNE 21, 2024

The future for West Penn MLS is a bit uncertain after Judge William Stickman denied its motion to stay the Moratis commission lawsuit (formerly known as the Spring Way suit ) on Thursday. West Penn MLS did not return a request for comment.

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Housing Wire

JULY 2, 2024

” This isn’t Lone Wolf’s first partnership with an MLS this year. In April it announced one with the Northern Nevada Regional MLS (NNRMLS ) that launched HomeSpotter, an app that lets agents give their personal brand to a mobile home search app.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Bright MLS , the nation’s second-largest multiple listing service, is set to overhaul its platform this summer to align with new standards stemming from the National Association of Realtors ’ recent settlement of the real estate agent commission lawsuits. Bright MLS also tells agents and brokers that commissions are negotiable.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2024

Despite lacking final court approval — and while facing vocal disapproval from the Department of Justice — MLS Property Information Network has decided to move forward in implementing some of the changes outlined in its settlement agreement for the Nosalek commission lawsuit. MLS PIN did not specify when these changes would be put in place.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 25, 2024

News of the deal, which the board learned about late last week, surprised the MLS executives who had been approached by the shareholders in January. REcolorado is the 16 th largest MLS in the country with 25,000 members. So when the shareholders offered to let the MLS buy itself out, “we jumped at the chance,” Vincent said.

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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

JANUARY 24, 2024

Agents subscribed to Bright MLS now have access to a built-in advertising tool through a new partnership with Collabra Technology , according to an announcement on Tuesday. In addition to AdBuilder, Bright MLS subscribers will also have access to SphereIndex and SphereBuilder.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 12, 2024

Stellar MLS , the third-largest MLS in the country, has expanded its partnership with artificial intelligence company Lundy Inc. Lundy’s “Finding Homes” feature will be accessible to all Stellar MLS customers, including those in Florida and Puerto Rico, where Stellar serves as the largest MLS.

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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

JUNE 24, 2024

Bright MLS — one of the nation’s largest multiple listing services that covers six Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia — recently polled buyer and seller agents on what their clients are thinking during their home searches, including thoughts on mortgage rate hikes that have plagued other markets.

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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. “DOJ’s

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

Saris will allow the Nosalek commission lawsuit plaintiffs and MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN) defendants to file a response to the Department of Justice’s statement of interest. The DOJ’s statement was in relation to the settlement agreement reached between the Nosalek plaintiffs and MLS PIN in July 2023.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Arizona Regional MLS and Wisconsin -based Metro MLS are looking to have the antitrust lawsuit filed against them by Zillow Group and ShowingTime dismissed. MLS Aligned is a joint venture set up among the MLS defendants and other unspecified MLSs.

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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

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 16, 2024

California Regional MLS (CRMLS), the largest MLS in the country, has teamed up with technology provider Immobel to roll out two new products, MLS Match and Xomio, the company announced on Wednesday. Xomio, similarly, simplifies the labor of building a website and increases reach online.

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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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Housing Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

Real estate industry veteran Saul Klein is taking over as the CEO and director of SDAR’s wholly-owned San Diego MLS , according to an announcement on Tuesday. “I In July, Mike Mercurio , SDMLS’ longtime CEO left the MLS amid a cloud of alleged inappropriate financial behavior.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

CubiCasa , a Finland-based proptech company, partnered with OneKey MLS – a major mortgage licensing system (MLS) serving the New York Metropolitan area – to provide user-friendly floor plan creation tools. Other notable MLSs in the program include Bright MLS , the Houston Association of Realtors and Georgia MLS.

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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

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

DECEMBER 20, 2023

It’s time to get more creative, aggressive and profitable with your MLS searches. 6 strategies to actively and creatively mine your MLS 1. Look at your own past client and sphere of influence list as your private MLS. Has the drip run dry? You’ll need more tools and more skills to have a successful hunt.

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Real Estate News

MAY 28, 2024

The organization is the first non-NAR MLS to announce its intentions, and it says keeping the compensation field provides more transparency for consumers.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

are teaming up to provide generative AI tools to First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS), the fourth largest MLS in the country. The tools will be delivered through the CoreLogic suite of MLS solutions, including CoreLogic Matrix and CoreLogic OneHome. Data giant CoreLogic and real estate computer vision provider Restb.ai

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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.

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Real Estate News

JULY 19, 2024

Four MLSs go Coast 2 Coast in Florida; North Carolina MLS expands into Georgia, each serving about 20,000 members.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2021

MLS Technology Holdings, LLC , a joint venture formed by four of the nation’s largest MLSs, has acquired real estate technology company Remine Inc., 4 by the Austin Board of Realtors’ ACTRIS MLS , First MLS in Atlanta, Heartland MLS in Kansas City and Miami Realtors’ MLS. The joint venture was incorporated on Oct.

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Inman

JULY 16, 2024

North Carolina Regional MLS's subscriber count is now more than 19,000 after adding Savannah MLS, Classic MLS and Realtors of Greater Augusta as owners, executives told Inman.

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Inman

JULY 22, 2024

Sidekick has agreed to terms with OneKey MLS to be a partner for its more than 45,000 agents in the New York City MSA.

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Real Estate News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

West Penn MLS and multiple brokerage companies are defendants in the latest buyer-broker commission suit filed Monday by home sellers in Western Pennsylvania.

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Real Estate News

MARCH 29, 2024

In the first of a three-part series, RESO CEO Sam DeBord explains what an MLS is — and what it isn't — and how definitions of the MLS can vary.

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