craig cheatham

At a forum for reps of 50 large brokerage firms, The Realty Alliance CEO Craig Cheatham asked why the nearly 1.6M-member trade group can't use its political influence for an 'existential threat'

The CEO talks about what he would have done differently with NAR and the network of elite brokerages he's building

A data feed of a broker's own data would support multiple systems that brokers use to do business, according to The Realty Alliance

Waiving broker and appraiser dues for Q2 will cost a little more than $1M

The real estate software company is advertising its MoxiCloud service as a replacement for the beleaguered broker data management platform

'This was almost stillborn from the earliest stages,' one MLS president told Inman of the failed partnership between the data management firm and the trade organization

But also pushback and many obstacles in the way...

This timeline of events shows how the National Association of Realtor’s Upstream project has unfolded each step of the way.

NAR’s committed $15 million in funding from member dues, but the project remains 1.5 years behind schedule

Brokers call for broker-based MLS governance, more transparency from NAR

Better services, economies of scale and tech advances propel consolidation

Database will not facilitate cooperation and compensation, backers say