Reffkin slams MLS ‘monopoly’ amid Clear Cooperation debate

Compass CEO Robert Reffkin argued against Clear Cooperation Wednesday during an Inman on Tour session in Nashville while warning that “data is the new oil” amid predictions of a national MLS. Continue reading

Hive MLS completes $500K data partnership with SourceRE

Formerly known as the North Carolina Regional Multiple Listing Service, the company described the partnership as a “data exchange” that would flatten the gap between data provider and user Continue reading

Constellation Software launches new data services business

Constellation Data Labs will provide active property listings and public records to a broader range of industries including mortgage lenders, asset managers and insurers. Continue reading

DelPrete: Guard yourself against ‘propaganda’ in real estate data

The real estate tech strategist laid out how companies often use accurate data to present skewed conclusions — and what real estate professionals can do to spot it. Continue reading

FBS, maker of FlexMLS, now offers marketing services

FBS, the maker of FlexMLS and its sister software systems, is adding to its family of products aimed to empower multiple listing services with a marketing services offering called MAS, or marketing add-on services. Continue reading

Software provider for MLSs latest to partner with Local Logic

Local Logic’s tool set for turning granular community data into marketing advantages for real estate agents is now part of a prominent MLS software provider’s value proposition, according to a November 14 press release. Continue reading

‘Property IQ’ at the heart of Plunk’s latest integration

In what could be considered a no-brainer in terms of protech partnerships, users of BHR’s extensive home intelligence reports will see their industry IQ jump a few points with the addition of Plunk’s AI-powered market analytics. Continue reading

How ‘computer vision’ is disrupting real estate, 1 listing photo at a time

As ChatGPT reimagines how agents write, computer vision extracts data from millions of images to tell deeper stories about home, Restb.ai Chief Product Officer Nathan Brannen tells Intel. Continue reading

ChatGPT plugin to boost TopHap’s market data visualizations

TopHap, a geospatial data visualization company that supports the real estate industry in relocation, development and marketing decisions, is now in beta testing with OpenAI’s ChatGPT plugin, the artificial intelligence tool that is rapidly expanding i… Continue reading