From hate speech to antitrust: The year in MLSs and associations
2021 came with Realtor misbehavior, rising legal and regulatory scrutiny and MLSs becoming tech investors after Zillow's acquisition of ShowingTime
by Andrea V. Brambila Dec 17
Tennessee MLS Realtracs debuts new showing service
Realtracs Showings comes amid an ongoing race to build alternatives to ShowingTime, which Zillow acquired earlier this year
by Jim Dalrymple II Nov 11
Tennessee's largest MLS sets its sights on going statewide
Realtracs is expanding to markets with competing MLSs for the first time and offering agents and brokers a minimum 6-month free trial
'Zero Days on Market': New study highlights controversial metric
While brokers see the study as reason to re-evaluate NAR's pocket listing policy, MLSs push back on the study's conclusions, pointing to a hot market. This is the 3rd in a 5-part series
'Beats a poke in the eye': MLS pays brokers $300K for closed listings
Keller Williams, Benchmark Realty, Parks Realty and Village Real Estate have earned the largest slice of Realtracs Rewards, which are designed to increase participation in the MLS
by Andrea V. Brambila Feb 21
Error code computers
The tech-focused brokerage said a glitch caused the information, including cash bonuses for buyer's agents, to be displayed on some Nashville listings in apparent violation of local MLS guidelines
by Teke Wiggin May 8
Will NAR crackdown force MLSs to play by the rules?
Trade group put some 90 MLSs on notice to comply with required data standards
by Andrea V. Brambila Feb 27
realtracs
Realtor.com not meeting RealTracs' demand for linkbacks to broker websites
by Paul Hagey Sep 29
Zillow balks at taking 'intentionally degraded' listings from MLS
Nashville-area MLS says portal has warned it will stop accepting RealTracs listings next week
by Andrea V. Brambila Sep 18
MLS will send only the bare bones of listing data to Zillow, Trulia and realtor.com
Portals will get just 4 photos, 150 character-listing descriptions from Nashville-area MLS
by Andrea V. Brambila Sep 16