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 We’ve come a long way since then.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

District Court in Pennsylvania claiming that NAR, the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors (PAR) and the Greater Lehigh Valley MLS (GLVMLS) have violated federal civil rights statutes, engaged in unlawful discriminatory practices, breached their contracts, created a monopolistic system and broken federal antitrust laws.

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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. Tell me more about data protection.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2025

In a news release, Compass CEO Robert Reffkin appeared to openly taunt the National Association of Realtors (NAR), whose CCP rulerequires a Realtor to put a home for sale on the local NAR-affiliated multiple listing service (MLS) within a day of marketing a listing. Coming Soon is next.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 3, 2025

And while most of the talking points espoused on both sides of the debate remain fairly consistent, those who are in favor of the policy have recently started to claim that an agent who doesnt list their sellers properties on the MLS may be exposing themselves to legal liability. And these brokers dont trust NAR that much anymore.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

Public records & MLS misuse Scammers exploit MLS history and public records to appear credible. By leveraging public data, crafting emails that mimic legitimate sellers, and using MLS history (sometimes gathered from previous scams), fraudsters build a convincing narrative. Use a service. Consider signing up for one.

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Housing Wire

MAY 16, 2024

With the latest industry turmoil around compensation, steering and more due to lawsuits and the investigation by the Department of Justice , those outside the housing industry would assume the benefit to listing a home on the MLS would be negligible. Between 2019 and the first quarter of 2023, homes sold on the MLS sold for 17.5%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In some states, the door has been open for many years to real estate agents who want to access their local MLS without being a Realtor. In late 2024 , PAR announced it would be allowing non-Realtors to access the MLS it co-owns with Arizona Regional MLS (ARMLS) starting Jan.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has taken things a step further in its battle with Phoenix Realtors (PAR)over the local trade groups MLS Choice program. This came after PAR informed NAR that it would not withdraw or end the MLS Choice membership program. NAR has clearly committed to hampering innovation, she wrote.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2024

The company is teaming up with OneKey MLS to provide more than 45,000 MLS subscribers across the New York City metro area with access to Sidekick-integrated datasets and AI-powered workflows. “ This collaboration is a testament to our commitment to innovation and excellence in the real estate industry.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 31, 2025

Amid a contentious industry debate on private listings, Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) President and CEO Justin Haag offered strong words of support for NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) and recent provisions to the rule. Northwest MLS has declined to adopt those misguided, exclusionary rules.

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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

JULY 22, 2024

VestaPlus , a software development firm known for its MLS solutions geared to real estate agents, has entered into a strategic partnership with California -based San Diego MLS. The flexibility in working with VestaPlus is in line with what you would expect from a peer MLS,” Klein said.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

For years, the real estate industry has been caught up in battles over commissions, lead generation, and who controls access to listings. Now, as brokerages experiment with private listing networks (PLNs) and MLS s push back, another fight has emergedwho should control where and how listings are shared. Not because of a policy change.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2025

It proposed on Friday a compromise on CCP that it believes respects seller choice, enhances competition and safeguards MLS integrity. Haber says that the American Real Estate Association’s announcement Friday is the beginning of outreach to the industry, and the trade group has submitted the idea to NAR.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

The email was obtained and published by industry analyst Rob Hahn. Compass goes on to say that it’s standing by its past statements that your MLS is not giving adequate homeowner choice and that your MLS is subject to litigation risk. If theyre doing it for the wrong reasons, theyre going to be held accountable.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Dwiggins: Since we started the company back in 2014, we were always looking to try and be a little bit different from the rest of the industry, in the sense of it wasn’t about having tons of agents. It was about the quality of the people who shared sort of the same vision for the industry. Dwiggins: I am a free market guy.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2024

REcore , a software-as-a-service and data licensing solutions provider for multiple listing services (MLSs), has announced the launch of its new MLS Buyer Registry tool. ” REcore’s MLS Buyer Registry helps with compliance by ensuring that a buyer agency agreement has been signed before a showing takes place. .

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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

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The debate on Clear Cooperation Policies (CCPs) continues, with the real estate industry almost unanimously rallying behind these supposedly virtuous rules. 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.”

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 8, 2024

West Penn MLS finally got its way in the Moratis commission lawsuit. Stickman IV, who is overseeing the Moratis suit in the Western District of Pennsylvania, refused to stay the case for the MLS. Howard Hanna and West Penn MLS did not immediately return a request for comment.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 12, 2024

district court judge in Pennsylvania may have denied its motion to stay the Moratis copycat commission lawsuit, defendant West Penn MLS is not backing down without a fight. As part of this filing, West Penn MLS submitted its rules, which it claims eliminates the need for discovery. While a U.S.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2024

The MLS recently made this field mandatory, but in its announcement, it said it decided to make the change following feedback from its members. “As an MLS, it is our duty to protect you and your data. . “As an MLS, it is our duty to protect you and your data. The changes went into effect Tuesday.

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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 2, 2025

Carrillo, currently CEO of Metro MLS in Milwaukee , brings nearly three decades of experience in the real estate industry to his new position. Carrillo has served as CEO of Metro MLS for 14 years and previously led Centralized Real Estate Information Services MLS in Akron, Ohio.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2024

They discuss the utility of artificial intelligence (AI) for the real estate industry, as well as JPARs solutions designed to enhance agent and brokerage performance. Rather than going in and searching the MLS yourself, and having to pull out those names and then email clients, you can actually automate that process and use AI.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

When I attended a national real estate conference last month, the Clear Cooperation Policy the provision requiring listings to be published on the MLS within 24 hours of marketing a property predictably surfaced as a hot-button issue. At one point, a poll asked the hundreds in the audience: What are your thoughts on Clear Cooperation?

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 5, 2024

In less than two weeks , offers of compensation for buyers’ brokers will no longer be permitted on any MLS in the U.S, eXp listing agents are not splitting their fees with buyer brokers and agents are allowed to follow their seller’s marketing wishes as long as they are complying with the rules of their local MLS.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In this new capacity, Greene will oversee operations, sales and customer service efforts, working to empower CoreLogic’s MLS clients. I am honored to be considered for this role. (…) I look forward to guiding my team as we set the pace to transform the residential real estate industry,” Greene said in a statement.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Although the verdict has yet to be announced, Stella said he has been seeing changes to how MLS and agents operate over the past few years. Like Stella, Moffett also believes changes to MLS access may arise as a result of the lawsuit and the provisions outlined in the two settlement agreements. “A

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2025

The rule requires brokers to list properties on the MLS within 24 hours of publicly marketing them. NAR leadership is reportedly set to decide by the end of the month whether the controversial policy will remain in place.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Since NAR’s revenue model is based on the number of agents in the industry paying dues, I believe they don’t want large brokerages and top agents to gain market share because it would result in less agents in the industry and less revenue from agent dues, Reffkin said on the call. decrease on the national median sale price.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Some real estate brokers have found their path blocked as they try to navigate the membership agreements mandated by NAR and their local Realtor associations to gain access to MLS listings. When I tried to speak up about it, I faced pushback and retaliation, which only confirmed that the system isnt designed to support people like me.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

While many in the real estate industry were surprised by the news Friday morning that the National Association of Realtors had agreed to a nationwide settlement of the commission lawsuits for $418 million, Marty Green, a principal at law firm Polunsky Beitel Green , was not one of them. It is going to be an absolute mess.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

In an op-ed published Wednesday by Newsweek, Coldwell Banker president and CEO Kamini Lane let loose about the potential repeal of CCP, which requires brokers to list a property on the MLS within 24 hours of publicly marketing it. Debate over the rule has heated up in recent months. Lane offered more thoughts in her op-ed.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

As the industry continues to leverage automation, accuracy, and efficiency in appraisal reviews, our partnership with Restb.ai Our collaboration with HomeVision underscores the transformative power of AI in the mortgage industry, Pistilli said. This past November, MLS Property Information Network announced a partnership with Restb.ai

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

I think a lot of agents just sort of relied on the MLS to dictate what they were going to make. Like Danzey, Edgerton has heard many concerns from agents across the industry, much of which has been centered around the timeline laid out in the settlement. There is a little bit of a cramming session right now for agents,” Edgerton said.

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