At MLSListings, we do not agree with the use of private MLSs and we strongly urge you to avoid these operations. Companies such as Producers Forum walk a fine line of risk in the use of MLS data that can prove to be real estate quicksand for an unsuspecting broker or agent. MORE
Introduced late summer 2011, MLSListings’ whitepaper advocates a Single Point of Entry (SPE) and single aggregated listings backbone with consolidated data from seven northern California MLSs to create a data management model focusing on efficiency on the backend, so that the Broker and MLS communities can offer foundation listing data in a more cost-effective and centralized manner. The whitepaper examines options and sample cases, and offers a blueprint for a proposed SPE model.
When it comes to searching for real estate online, consumers might think one system is just as good as another – but this is far from the case.
This week, MLSListings Chairman Robert J. Bailey sent a letter to NAR’s Multiple Listing Issues and Policies Committee expressing our opposition to NAR’s latest position on Internet Data Exchange (IDX) as it relates to RSS syndication. We have shared the letter, enclosed, and encourage all real estate professionals to engage with NAR on this critical issue.
