MLS system ‘in jeopardy,’ facing existential threat from iBuyers

“We are playing dominoes when the new world’s playing 3-D chess,” write the authors of a new MLS Roundtable white paper that was released on Monday. Continue reading

Announcing the 2019 Inman Innovator Award winners

Redfin Direct, Homeward and Brix Real Estate are among those honored at Inman Connect Las Vegas. Continue reading

Announcing the 2019 Inman Innovator Award winners

Redfin Direct, Homeward and Brix Real Estate are among those honored at Inman Connect Las Vegas. Continue reading

A line in the sand: W+R Studios won’t accept old listing data standard

Six months ago W+R Studios began the process of making all of its products, the Cloud Agent Suite, compatible with the RESO Web API. Today, the company announced it had achieved that goal, and, moreover, it would no longer accept data from new MLS cust… Continue reading

My Florida Regional MLS rebrands as Stellar, seeks to buck the norm

The third largest MLS in the nation, which is also the largest MLS in Florida at 58,000 subscribers, will relaunch under the new name on June 4. Continue reading

Sam DeBord named CEO of Real Estate Standards Organization

The trade association that creates the standards for getting real estate data where it needs to go has chosen a new chief. Continue reading

Listing Bits: Real estate tech’s transition to the Web API

What’s it going to take to get real estate technology vendors to transition away from RETS to the Web API? RESO is hoping that both a carrot (providing easy-to-use replication tools) and a stick (large MLSs putting a “death date” on RETS feeds) will fa… Continue reading

WATCH: The RESO data initiatives you should know about

From data grid to internet tracking to lead cultivation — hear the latest on Real Estate Standards Organization initiatives and what we can expect in 2019. Continue reading

NAR will require MLSs to deliver standardized data exchange feeds

Agent and broker websites may soon get a boost from their local multiple listing service thanks to new industry data standards. Continue reading

Don’t wait for real estate standards to innovate

What should innovators in the MLS, brokerage, vendor and mortgage space do when they start moving beyond standards set by organizations like RESO and MISMO? Continue reading