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What Microsoft’s Bing portal controversy says about MLS value

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Real estate data is incredibly important to a variety of industries, and there’s a cost to produce it, Sam DeBord writes. Those who do so should be properly compensated. Continue reading →

Microsoft’s mysterious real estate portal sparks data safety concerns

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Industry watchers are sounding the alarm about Microsoft’s Bing Real Estate, a site that for several months has been reposting listings from Zillow, Realtor.com and Redfin without explanation. Continue reading →

ChatGPT’s take on commissions, compliance and the MLS

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RESO CEO Sam DeBord asks the latest in artificial intelligence, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, what it thinks about compensation in the MLS. Here’s what you should know. Continue reading →

Data and multiple listing services: A love story?

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Speakers at Inman Connect New York on Tuesday urged MLSs to adopt new datasets and make sure to share them in ways that are useful to agents and consumers. Continue reading →

M. Ryan Gorman: Honestly, building tech for real estate is a ‘nightmare’

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M. Ryan Gorman, CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate, and Brian Donnellan, CEO of Bright MLS, told a rapt audience at Inman Connect New York why the industry hasn’t reached the “latte vision” yet. Continue reading →

How do you tell an MLS, ‘Your baby’s ugly’?

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At Inman Connect New York, moderator Sam DeBord and panelists Lucie Fortier and Greg Robertson discuss the ‘paranoia’ fueling tech tension between brokers and MLSs. Continue reading →

Blockchain technology doesn’t need agents — but its users might

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Blockchain enthusiasts aren’t fond of intermediaries. If this technology takes off in real estate, agents will have to prove their worth. Continue reading →

Eager to buck timeshare label, Pacaso hails new RESO designation

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The new “co-ownership” category may get Pacaso one step closer to effectively fighting off critics who want to peg the company as selling “timeshares.” Continue reading →

WATCH: The great listing display debate

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Nick welcomes Jon Coile, Sam DeBord, and Bill Fowler, Sr. Director of Industry Relations at Compass to discuss the potential changes coming at next month’s NAR convention. Continue reading →

NAR to consider listing attribution, DOJ-inspired policies at next event

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Lockbox access for non-Realtors and public displays of buyer broker commissions may be added to the list of proposals to be voted on at Realtors Conference and Expo in November. Continue reading →