Hungry for Bulk Feeds

A Zillow spokeswoman said today that the company has been in discussions with the Houston Association of Realtors to receive property listings information supplied by its members. "We are in discussion with a number of brokerages and organizations about listing feeds," Zillow spokeswoman Amy Bohutinsky told Inman News.

HoustonRealNews reported this week that "The Houston Association of Realtors (HAR) may be a whisker away from providing listings data to real estate valuation site Zillow.com," and quotes HAR chairman Rob Cook: "Zillow receives 4 million visitors per month so we would certainly like to have our listings on the site."

The bulk-feed market appears to be heating up for real estate sites -- Point2 today announced that it is expanding its focus for the formerly agent-centric Point2 National Listing Service to target multiple listing services, real estate associations, and brokerage companies and franchise networks. And Fidelity's Cyberhomes.com, an online valuation and marketing site, is also approaching brokers and MLSs to secure for-sale property listings information.

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