NAR must vie for sold listings 
First American, Move Inc. also want to partner with MLSs
By Matt Carter, Tuesday, February 9, 2010.
Multiple listing services that have been invited to participate in a national property database being constructed by the National Association of Realtors must now weigh similar offers from First American Corp. and Move Inc., which say they, too, would like to license historical listings data.
Unlike NAR subsidiary Realtors Property Resource LLC (RPR), First American is offering to share revenue with MLSs that enter into licensing agreements.
First American says it's willing to pay MLSs regardless of whether they also decide to feed data to RPR, although the company is offering more generous revenue splits with MLSs that provide historic data to First American on an exclusive basis, according to those who have heard the company's pitch.
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