Software intends to reduce the long burdensome and unpredictable business rules and dated, stringent input regulations required by most MLSs for brokers to interact with them
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An open ecosystem can offer a central location for the property, transaction, consumer and business data that drives business. It offers greater flexibility and scale for agents and brokers
NorthstarMLS and MARIS hope to help smaller MLSs keep their autonomy while cutting down costs for brokers and agents and helping them provide better service to consumers
8 brokerages have partnered to launch the Virginia Beach Buyer Graph, which hosts real-time anonymized buyer data and habits
Better services, economies of scale and tech advances propel consolidation
California MLSs will pull listing data from each other's systems
New venture could mean 10 percent of the Realtor population under one roof.
Four remaining MLSs committed to operating Southern California venture through 2016
Prospects dim that CRMLS, CLAW will continue to share listings data
Melbourne association pulls out of My Florida Regional MLS, joins Space Coast instead
California Regional MLS CEO Art Carter says no need for middleman
Agreements let MRED members see 257,000 additional listings, expand referral networks
Real Estate Standards Organization expects widespread adoption