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Real estate listings syndication is broken: Let's fix it Premium Content

APIs: The key to assuring data quality

By Gahlord Dewald, Tuesday, December 6, 2011.

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One point of the Edina Realty Inc. "Syndication Thesis" can be handled simply, for the benefit of all.

The thesis, on what a data owner needs from syndication -- which I regret to say I can't find on the company site even though it's been quoted across many sources -- reads as follows:

"Our agents don't lose future business opportunities because a nonlisting competitor pays to present themselves as the contact for your listing.

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