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 They may also need to embrace new technology.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The race is on for brokerages to capture clients in an incredibly difficult housing market, and Compass believes a new technology offering will give it an advantage. The brokerage on Monday launched Compass One, a client-facing portal that provides a guide through the process of both home buying and selling.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Chicago-based Maverick Systems is rapidly expanding its real estate data analytics platform nationwide, offering brokerages a new tool in the competitive landscape for experienced agents. It focuses on eight key Multiple Listing Service (MLS) markets, including four in the nation’s 20 largest markets. ”

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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 14, 2024

The new “360-degree product experience” will help brokerages and real estate professionals access data, manage listings and ensure accuracy. Rexdat — a technology firm offering a subscription-based, cloud-powered, software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform—powers the new tool.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 3, 2024

Roof AI , an artificial intelligence -powered sales assistant that helps real estate and mortgage companies generate revenue across their business units, announced the integration of OpenAI ’s technology into its system, significantly boosting its capabilities. We chose Roof AI for its seamless integration with the MLS.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The essence of our industrys defense of modern MLS infrastructure rests upon a fragile foundation that says, “Its not perfect, but its the best we can do.” These domains arrived long before modern technology enabled efficiencies of scale. Technology still isn’t the NARs strong suit.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

While Robert Reffkin and Compass are touting their success while pushing for the repeal of the National Association of Realtors ‘ (NAR) Clear Cooperation Policy, eXp Realty executives are claiming that the North American MLS system is helping to fuel their companys strong international growth. In the U.S., but is originally from Egypt.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Beyond that, technology continues to evolve, yet those solutions do little to streamline processes and deliver actual returns. Together, these obstacles are forcing agents and brokerages to hit the sidelines and plan against seemingly insurmountable odds like facing Brady and the Patriots in the Superbowl. Isn’t that promising?

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

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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

JULY 16, 2024

The North Carolina Regional MLS (NCRMLS) has expanded into Georgia. According to an announcement on Monday, the MLS has recently welcomed the strategic additions of Savannah MLS , Athens Area Association of Realtors and Classic MLS , and the Realtors of Greater Augusta into its fold.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 25, 2024

With technology changing faster than new agents answer phone calls, choosing the right real estate brokerage software can sometimes feel like a full-time job. Here’s why: Good software might help your brokerage stay afloat in a post-lawsuit market. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2025

Homie Technologies on Wednesday notified the U.S. Originally filed in mid-August 2024, the lawsuit alleges that Homie was harmed by the anticompetitive practices of NAR and the brokerage defendants. As a flat-fee brokerage, Homie charged sellers a flat fee to list their property on the MLS.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Now in its 6th year, the Tech100 Real Estate program provides a trusted resource for real estate professionals, showcasing the industrys top technology providers. These companies are solving real-world challenges, delivering cutting-edge solutions, and helping real estate professionals navigate an evolving market.

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Housing Wire

JULY 24, 2024

” Chris Cox , chief technology and digital officer at Keller Williams , said the brokerage’s mantra is to put “data that we have to work to make our agents more successful.” The settlement agreement also mandates that MLS participants working with buyers enter into a written buyer-broker agreement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

LCA’s tagline is “exploring the science of real estate,” and you’ll find plenty of advice about technology here. Brokerage-specific FB groups If you’re with a large, national brand, seek out Facebook groups within your company. If you tell your buyer about a property that’s not on MLS yet, you’ll be a hero!

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Stone Point Capital has purchased Vista Equity Partners’ stake in real estate software company Lone Wolf Technologies. ” Lone Wolf provides real estate technologies to over 1.5 million agents, 8,000 brokerages and hundreds of MLS ’ and associations in North America. To join the HW+ community, go here.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 20, 2024

Real estate technology firm Rexdat has launched its centralized, cloud-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. The product went live earlier this month, and it helps to streamline real estate services for MLSs , brokerages , appraisers , affiliates, data consumers and Realtor associations.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 12, 2021

” “The NAR and its MLS partners, which now include Zillow, are allowed to once again close off transparent access to home inventory by entering into agreements among themselves that disadvantage all but their own membership; consumers and competition will suffer,” read the lawsuit. Real Estate Tech Demo Hour.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Over half of Realtors said that social media was their top lead-generating technology tool, according to a new survey report from the National Association of Realtors. Other top lead generating tools included customer relationship management (31%) and MLS sites (28%).

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 22, 2024

In a lawsuit filed Thursday, real estate startup Homie Technologies claims that home seller consumers were not the only ones harmed by the real estate industry’s allegedly anticompetitive practices. Utah-based Wasatch Front Regional MLS , which does business as UtahRealEstate.com , is also named as a defendant in the suit.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 6, 2024

Relitix’s latest release of the Agent Movement Index (AMI) for April 2024 reveals a surprising shift in the dynamics of real estate agents , indicating potential changes in market conditions and strategies among brokerages. The index is calculated using national-level data from a large sample of the nation’s most prominent MLS systems.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Ryan Serhant and his brokerage SERHANT. HousingWire real estate reporter Jeff Andrews sat down with Serhant to talk about the show, how it changed his life and the brokerage, and what he sees coming in the industry following the commision settlement by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). At this point, we’ve gained, I think, 1.3

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2024

In February , Illinois-based Baird & Warner, an independent real estate brokerage, partnered with RealReports, allowing all of Baird & Warner’s 2,000-plus agents to benefit from RealReports’s wide-ranging property data.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

REsides , which bills itself as an online, “borderless” MLS announced Thursday that it’s partnering with startup proptech platform Rayse. Its a completely new way of thinking about real estate technology. Rayse has served more than 200 brokerages, including NextHome another company owned by James Dwiggins. .

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This tool uses technology from Roomvo , a home design visualization platform. Additionally, Redfin and Roomvo partnered with Bright MLS to make the tool available on all Bright MLS’ listings across the mid-Atlantic. and Redfin plans to extend its partnerships to other MLS s and brokerages.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Department of Justice could be ready to square off again with the National Association of Realtors — this time over an optional rule to prevent commingling of MLS and non-MLS listings. All of the books said they were confidential and not to give them away,” said Saul Klein, the current CEO of San Diego MLS.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 3, 2021

Cyber security , 5G, drones and virtual reality are the technological developments expected to have the biggest impact on real estate in the next two years, according to a National Association of Realtors survey. The survey also found that 36% percent of agents spend $50-$250 per month on technology, while 23% spend more than $500.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

And yes, there’s an MLS feed since most are IDX-enabled. With competition for online leads heating up, we think AgentFire’s brand-first approach can be a game changer for brand-conscious agents, teams and even boutique brokerages. Upgrades are quick and easy via their Salesforce-style Add-Ons Marketplace.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Pareja took over as CEO at eXp in April 2024 and became the first Hispanic CEO of a major real estate brokerage in U.S. Pareja also believes that collaboration is the biggest key to success in the industry, which motivated him to release eXp’s streamlined forms online for other brokerages and agents to use and benefit from.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2025

Agents can now spend time converting high-quality leads that are sure to turn into more closed deals instead of spending hours trying to identify potential sellers through expired MLS listings or door knocking. Features AI-powered lead generation: AI technology identifies homeowners that are most likely to sell.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2024

The newest round also included participation from Starwood Capital Group , Flex Capital , Stellar MLS , REcolorado MLS and the California Regional MLS. The financing round was led by Lux Capital , which also participated in the company’s Series A round.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

California Regional MLS announced the relaunch of their integrated “submit offer” feature on Tuesday. CRMLS, the country’s largest MLS , services more than 110,000 real estate professionals in southern California. Shortly after the initial launch real estate brokerage Compass agreed to acquire Glide.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 6, 2023

million settlement with plaintiffs in two bombshell buyer commission lawsuits have been made public, and they stipulate that the brokerage conglomerate make significant changes to its practices. Anywhere will eliminate any minimum client commission requirements that company owned brokerages may have.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Agents are the lifeblood of real estate brokerages. Recruiting and retaining high-performing agents remains a critical challenge for brokerages, especially in the environment created by the National Association of Realtors ’ recent $418 million settlement in a litany of agent commission lawsuits.

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Housing Wire

JULY 30, 2024

Since the settlement agreement bans offers of compensation from the MLS, but allows for them be shared in other places, many have felt this could be the ideal solution and, understandably, several sites specifically designed to share compensation and concession information have popped up. From this, HomeKick was born.

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