Data and multiple listing services: A love story?
Speakers at Inman Connect New York on Tuesday urged MLSs to adopt new datasets and make sure to share them in ways that are useful to agents and consumers
by Andrea V. Brambila Jan 25
When it comes to real estate and data, keep it local
At ICNY on Tuesday, OJO Labs' Chris Heller and Nest Seekers International's Erin Sykes explain why real estate agents should pay less attention to national data and dig into local insights
by Marian McPherson Jan 24
Agents, here’s how to crush it in 2023
The Agent Connect Stage at Inman Connect will bring together top agents across the industry in a two-hour intensive designed to give you the strategies you will need to thrive in 2023
by Laura Monroe Dec 15
A man splitting a log
Denee Evans, Art Carter and Errol Samuelson lay out a vision of the MLS as the ultimate real estate data source at the Council of Multiple Listing Services' annual conference
by Andrea V. Brambila Sep 29
CoStar, Adena Hefets take top Inman Innovator awards at ICLV
Out of nearly nearly 600 nominations received from the public, these are the real estate industry innovators that stood out in 2022, according to an announcement at Connect Las Vegas on Friday
Real estate shouldn't 'rush back to 2019' as the pandemic winds down
Industry leaders said Wednesday that real estate, and multiple listing services in particular, have evolved during the pandemic — and will continue to do so in the future
by Jim Dalrymple II Jun 16
5 big challenges for REX Real Estate in 2021
The well-connected discount brokerage is trying to raise more funding and grow its business as it takes on industry behemoths NAR and Zillow
by Andrea V. Brambila Mar 29
Broker warns MLSs: Help us compete against Zillow or lose us
At Inman Connect, Courtney Poulos, broker-owner at ACME Real Estate, criticized NAR's pocket listing policy, which she said benefits large brokerages like Zillow and Compass at the expense of independent firms
by Andrea V. Brambila Jan 26
How MLSs can foster and advance fair housing
The Council of MLSs is forming a task force to explore the role MLSs can play in stamping out housing discrimination. Panelists at CMLS's annual conference had some ideas
3 ways the real estate industry is using data to power innovation
RESO CEO Sam DeBord and CMLS CEO Denee Evans led a three-part conversation about data access, privacy and policy, and how it impacts real estate
by Marian McPherson Jun 2
Proposed NAR policy may give brokers back their MLS data
A data feed of a broker's own data would support multiple systems that brokers use to do business, according to The Realty Alliance
housing market
'Real estate professionals and the people they serve need to know what is happening — and not happening — in the real estate market right now,' trade group says
Coronavirus not slowing down NAR's pocket listing policy
Several MLSs are adding a 'Coming Soon' status for the first time as part of the rollout, while others are instituting weighty fines immediately
CMLS throws support behind NAR pocket listing ban
The Council of Multiple Listing Services, which represents more than 200 local MLSs, argues in favor of a policy floated last month by the National Association of Realtors
by Jim Dalrymple II Nov 6
Why real estate is in jeopardy
'It's sort of a free-for-all,' one speaker said at Tuesday's Council of Multiple Listing Services event in Washington, DC. 'We have people coming in and looting in the industry.'
by Andrea V. Brambila May 15