What is ‘RETS’? The zombie data standard that MLSs need to end

Brad Bjelke of UtahRealEstate.com and Josh McFall of Valley MLS make the case for killing the maligned Real Estate Transaction Standard and replacing it with something new. 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

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

This one barrier is keeping us from innovating

Brokers and MLSs don’t speak the same lanugage. In this article, Sam DeBord decodes the translucent industry lingo surrounding MLS consolidation. Continue reading