MLS cuts exclusive real estate listings from the Web Premium Content

Broker says new policy change restricts consumer choice

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A policy change by a local Realtor association-owned multiple listing service, which prevents the posting of exclusive agency listings on major home-search site Realtor.com and some other Web sites, has riled one broker whose business has relied on this type of listing.

In an exclusive agency listing, a property owner gives the broker the exclusive right to list the property for sale but the owner also can choose to sell the home alone.

The MLS policy change, which was approved by the Monmouth-Ocean MLS committee and board of directors in New Jersey, provides that "exclusive

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