CEOs of the nation’s largest MLSs converge to shore up rental market

Formed by RentSpree, the “Rental Industry Leadership Board” includes heads of the California Regional MLS, Bright, Beaches and more amid a continued push for Realtors to focus on rentals. Continue reading

Nation’s largest MLS will use AI to catch listing compliance issues

California Regional MLS is teaming up with Styldod, which CRMLS partially owns, to improve how it handles listing photos and rule violations and to eventually provide a revenue pipeline. Continue reading

Nation’s largest MLS will get even bigger this year

The Southland Regional Association of Realtors, which boasts nearly 11,000 members in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys, will link up with California Regional MLS beginning May 1. Continue reading

First MLS venture capital fund hires Jeff Turner to help scale up

Turner is a former entrepreneur in residence for NAR venture capital arm Second Century Ventures and a co-founder of Realtor association management platform Tangilla. Continue reading

What haunts MLS leaders? Politics, commissions and their own demise

At the Council of Multiple Listing Services’ annual conference, CEOs discussed being ready for the possible death of the commission structure and why MLSs should be run as businesses. Continue reading

A world without commission sharing? MLS leaders weigh in

Denee Evans, Art Carter and Errol Samuelson lay out a vision of the MLS as the ultimate real estate data source at the Council of Multiple Listing Services’ annual conference. Continue reading

Security deposit: $17M to bolster RentSpree’s leasing solutions

The rental market’s recent surge in rent price and occupancy rates is driving technology adoption among the nation’s landlords, in turn driving RentSpree’s evolution. Continue reading

New MLS company will sell data, pay brokers for their listings

REdistribute, formed by California Regional MLS and Bright MLS, is a joint venture that plans to deliver aggregated MLS data to financial institutions starting in 2023. Continue reading

MLS venture fund invests $1M in artificial intelligence firm Styldod

Venture MLS Fund Manager Art Carter: “CRMLS users, including listing-side agents, brokers, and office staff, have expressed a desire for a shorter, simpler listing input process.” Continue reading

CRMLS and Perchwell ink deal to launch new platform in 2023

The agreement to launch an MLS platform for subscribers comes six months after California Regional MLS bought an equity stake in Perchwell through its venture capital fund. Continue reading