North Texas Regional MLS Expands into Louisiana
In a press release on Friday, September 11th, the North Texas Regional Multiple Listing Service announced that they have a new regional MLS partner in Northwest Louisiana Association.
Strategic Planning: MLSs Need to Think Bigger by Unshackling the Obvious
If the MLS truly wants to make the Market Work, services for Confidence, Connections, and Community must apply to a broader understanding of what defines the market, and how the MLS can serve the needs of brokers and agents who understand that the real estate market includes commercial, rental, and new home.
Grants Available from NAR to Support MLS Consolidation and Data-Sharing
A few weeks ago, posts on social media popped up about the National Association of Realtors® MLS Consolidation Grant Program. The formation of this grant program came about through NAR’s President’s Advisory Group (PAG) and offered three types of grants for MLS’s to pursue.
RealMLS names Nicole Jensen their new Chief Executive Officer
Nicole Jensen, one of the brightest lights in the MLS industry is setting off to a new adventure as Chief Executive Officer of realMLS and Metro Market Trends in Northeast Florida.
BeachesMLS names Greg Manship as Senior Vice President of MLS and Data Integrations
Greg Manship will join Florida’s fastest-growing Association as Senior Vice President of MLS and Data Integrations from his previous MLS and MLS technology leadership positions.
Flexmls Launches Photo Privacy as a Standard Feature
Private media allows the photos, videos, and virtual tours to stay in the MLS for off-market listings and only viewable by logged in users of the MLS like agents or appraisers.
Broker and MLS Alert – New MLS Policy
The NAR Emerging Issues workgroup has developed a policy statement that clears up a misconception about the data that a broker participant contributes to an MLS. It gives brokers the explicit right to get their data back.
You GOTTA Check out VirtualHouseSearch.com
Broward, Palm Beaches and St. Lucie Realtors® and their MLS, BeachesMLS launched their Virtual Open House functionality with a big SPLASH this week! They launched an entire website dedicated to Virtual Open Houses, akin to Open House websites MLSs have hosted in the past
CMLS Sets Best Practice with New MLS Data Access Marketing Guide
CMLS aims to inspire MLSs to review this paper and respond by putting up a page on their website to outline some key areas of information that brokers or their vendors will need to get started on the right path to licensing and utilizing MLS data.
All eyes are on RESO Remote April 21-23
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. That's how many people, companies, and organizations, like the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO), are responding to these uncertain times. Unable to host its standard Spring Tech Summit in New Orleans, the team at RESO came out early with a pivot to create a digital summit version – April 21-23. That's welcoming news, as many folks will tell you RESO is the best-kept secret among all real estate conferences. True, there won’t be a #RESOnola, but I am ready #RESOremote. I need a conference – badly. So, I have blocked my calendar [...]
Brokers Request Relief Aid from MLS
The Council of MLS hosted a meeting last week to gather perspectives from brokers and MLSs about COVID-19 related issues. Craig Cheatham of The Realty Alliance, Bill Fowler of Compass, and Caitlin McCrory of Redfin gave these suggestions for MLSs to consider.
Delta Media Launches Virtual Open Houses Platform Wide
Delta Media, just launched DeltaNET 6 at the Leading RE conference last month. They will host a Zoom Webinar tomorrow, Introducing Virtual Open House Support & Virtual Showing Requests, Mar 26, 2020 at 11:00 AM ET / 8 am PT with registration available HERE.