MRED on showing service partners: ‘We don’t want to pick the winners’

Onstage at Inman Connect Las Vegas, executives from multiple MLSs discussed how Zillow’s purchase of ShowingTime upended relationships nationwide and advocated for choice when it comes to showing technologies. Continue reading

Multiple listing service technology needs to evolve, faces challenges

A panel of multiple listing service executives at Inman Connect Las Vegas argued Thursday that their industry’s technology could use an infusion of time, talent and money. Continue reading

RentSpree teams up with LA-based multiple listing service

Fresh off a successful funding round, the rental software startup announced Thursday that it’s teaming up with TheMLS, a Los Angeles-based multiple listing service provider. The partnership should give more than 16,000 Southern California agents easy a… Continue reading

Homes listed in the MLS sell faster and for nearly 17% more: Study

Bright MLS looked at 442,829 home sales across its six-state Mid-Atlantic footprint that sold over a 24-month period Continue reading

Why Zillow’s acquisition of ShowingTime ‘flipped the switch’

Homesnap founder Guy Wolcott and ShowingTime President Michael Lane outline how vendors and multiple listing services create a more robust tech and integration experience. Continue reading

They came for 2-sided deals — then a pocket listing debate broke out

Despite its title — “The End of the Two-Sided Deal: Will This Be The New Normal?” — a panel at Inman Connect quickly turned into an intense debate over the role of pocket listings. Continue reading

DOJ: Pocket listing suit against NAR shouldn’t have been thrown out

The Department of Justice and The PLS argue that lower court should have considered Clear Cooperation Policy’s impact on brokers who directly purchase access to listing services, not on buyers and sellers. Continue reading

Bright MLS cracks down on abuse of pocket listing rule

A representative for the nation’s second-largest multiple listing service said that the “vast majority” of Clear Cooperation Policy complaints turn out not to be in violation. Continue reading

Bright MLS launches tool to measure home demand in real time

The “Bright T3 Home Demand Index,” created in partnership with T3 Sixty, is designed to give Bright MLS subscribers a sense of how the market is doing in real time. Continue reading

CDC guidelines may pave the way for open houses, more normalcy

The COVID-19 crisis isn’t over, but new guidance gives people significantly more freedom to gather without the encumbrances of the pandemic. That could prove liberating for real estate agents. Continue reading