Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2025

RealReports , a property data technology firm, has entered into a partnership with MLS Now , Ohio s largest MLS , to provide its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven real estate platform to more than 14,000 agents across Ohio and West Virginia. The deal with MLS Now marks the company’s 15th such agreement in 2025.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

For the first time, the Austin Board of Realtors (ABoR) is opening up access to its Unlock MLS platform to non-Realtors. Starting June 1, real estate agents who are not certified Realtors will be able to subscribe to Unlock MLS without joining the 20,000-member ABoR. a month, or $575.64

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The plaintiffs take issue with what they claim is a requirement for agents and brokers — in Michigan and nationally — to be members of NAR, their state Realtor association and a local Realtor association in order to gain access to the MLS. The three plaintiffs are real estate professionals.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2025

According to the release, this new policy compliments NAR s existing MLS policies and that it will exist in conjunction with CCP.The trade group feels the policy provides sellers and their agent more options and choice when marketing a property. According to NAR, each MLS will have the ability to determine its own delayed marketing period.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2025

Saris is ready to see some movement in the Nosalek commission lawsuit , which has been pending for five years now, but that doesn’t mean she is going to approve MLS PIN’s settlement without properly examining the details. Im just trying to understand why this matters, Judge Saris said. Why do you care so much?

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Bright MLS has addressed these claims this week with relevant data. Bright MLS countered this post by saying that, “We’re not seeing any evidence of a surge of listing activity in the Washington, D.C., ” According to Bright MLS, there were 2,829 new listings that hit the market between Feb.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2025

On Tuesday, MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN) and the plaintiffs in the Nosalek suit, filed requests asking Judge Patti B. MLS PIN and the Nosalek plaintiffs first filed their proposed settlement agreement during the summer of 2023. DOJs supplemental response addresses none of these points, MLS PIN writes.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 17, 2025

Washington state-based Northwest MLS (NWMLS) has shut off its internet data exchange (IDX) feed going to Compass as the ongoing war between the two real estate industry players escalates. This move by NWMLS is just the latest battle in the ongoing war between the MLS and Compass. State law supersedes MLS rules.

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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

JUNE 13, 2024

Opendoor has partnered with nationwide multiple listing service My State MLS to equip more than 60,000 agents in each of the 50-plus markets Opendoor serves with access to the iBuyer’s cash-offer solution. My State MLS is a nationwide multiple listing service that allows members to list and search properties anywhere in the U.S.

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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

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

JANUARY 9, 2025

But survey data released Thursday by Bright MLS found that some standards were top priorities for some buyers. The Maryland-headquartered MLS conducted a survey in mid-December that included 700 prospective homebuyers who were renting or living with others. ranking bedroom count as the most important feature. and 35.6%, respectively.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2025

After Jensen took over as CEO in 2015 , MRED created an internal MLS private listing network after survey feedback from subscribers found that many were frustrated by the number of pocket listings and sales occurring. We dont even plan on making any changes because of the new policy, Rebecca Jensen , the president and CEO of MRED, said.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2025

Remine has more than 40 MLS customers totaling 600,000-plus agents and brokers nationwide. The firm was founded in 2015 and sold in 2021 to Unlock MLS , First MLS , Miami Realtors MLS and Heartland MLS for $53.5 million as part of a joint venture known as MLS Technology Holdings.

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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

OCTOBER 16, 2024

A new startup wants to help real estate agents get more out of their multiple listing service (MLS). Realoq has launched a MLS platform that features customized branding and direct access to consumers, and the company believes it will provide savings on lead generation.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The platform connects with MLS for seamless listing input, saving time and reducing duplicated efforts. Some LoneWolf features may even be included in your MLS membership, so check with your local association for details. Automate repetitive tasks, and integrate with MLS platforms and other tools that you use every day.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2025

According to a statement from Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman on Monday, Redfin.com will not publish any listings that have been publicly marketed before being shared with all real estate websites via the MLS. Kelman said Redfin is doing this because it believes that all buyers should be able to see all listings.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

On Monday, the DOJ filed a supplemental statement of interest in the Nosalek suit expressing its continued displeasure with the terms of MLS Property Information Networks (MLS PIN) settlement. However, the offer may be zero cents, instead of the one cent requirement currently in place. It remains to be seen whether Judge Patti B.

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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 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

MARCH 31, 2025

Recently, some brokerage firms have advocated for MLS rules that facilitate hiding property listings from consumers and lobbied the real estate industry to accommodate those exclusionary practices, he stated. Northwest MLS has declined to adopt those misguided, exclusionary rules.

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Inman

APRIL 2, 2025

District Judge Patti Saris asked the DOJ Antitrust Division for evidence that offers of compensation in the MLS are anticompetitive and harm consumers.

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APRIL 4, 2025

Office exclusives are becoming an increasingly significant segment of the Bright MLS marketplace, according to a recent Bright MLS study examining their impact on the broader housing market. Office exclusives take longer to sell and offer no price advantages over immediately promoting a home through the MLS, it said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The hotly debated Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) — a NAR rule that requires Realtors to post a home on a NAR-affiliated multiple listing service (MLS) within a day of signing a listing agreement — is likely playing a role in the responses.

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Inman

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Phoenix Realtors rejected the National Association of Realtors' demand that the association withdraw its MLS Choice membership for non-Realtors. PAR said the MLS Choice is a "legally sound" choice for agents to access the MLS without becoming NAR members.

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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

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

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

APRIL 11, 2025

” Under Zillows new listing standards , announced Thursday, if a listing is publicly marketed to any buyer it must be put in an MLS and be able to be published on Zillow as well as other sites that receive internet data exchange (IDX) feeds. . “Through this partnership we are setting a new standard in the industry.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 22, 2025

Georgia MLS the Peach State’s largest real estate marketplace announced on Wednesday that it will partner with 12 local MLSs to enhance data access for all parties under one listing platform. ” Georgia MLS has made other technology -enabled efforts to enhance data availability for agents. .”

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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

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. Jerrold Bregman, a partner at BG Law , shares a similar view.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 18, 2025

Two months before that, Zillow began moving homes not listed on the MLS out of initial user search results and onto a second tab. This adhered to an optional NAR rule , which prevents those who choose to adopt it from commingling MLS listings with non-MLS listings. In May 2022, REX ceased its brokerage operations.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 24, 2025

Matching listings appear on the client’s saved search channels, alongside MLS listings. Some agents call any non-MLS listings “ pocket listings.” Tim Quirk, Final Offer’s co-founder and chief strategy officer, said the new feature will help clients “test the market” before using an MLS.

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DECEMBER 30, 2024

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. They can actually perform data scraping off the MLS, match that with their clients’ needs and even send the emails from a draft.

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