Keyword: listing syndication
Sharing listing data is irrelevant if Realtors let others shape the future
Looking outside of real estate “As a company, we are culturally pioneers, and we like to disrupt even our own business.” Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, in a November 2011 interview with Wired Magazine. I’ve been in a real estate for a decade, and I can’t imagine a statement even close to that coming from any “leader” of the real estate ...
Open letter to brokers on ending listing syndication
Brokers pulling listings We reported last week that San Diego-based Abbot Realty Group (ARG) President and Managing Broker, Jim Abbott released a video on YouTube explaining why their brokerage will no longer permit third party syndication sites like Trulia, Realtor.com and Zillow to syndicate their listings, but will continue to syndicate company listings to their local MLS, Sandicor. ARG’s announcement ...
Listing syndication rights remain controversial – overview and explanations
What you don’t know about syndication At the upcoming National Association of Realtors convention in Anaheim, the MLS Committee will meet with the Presidential Advisory Group who will report on and make recommendations about a variety of controversial MLS-related topics, mostly surrounding syndication rights. Saul Klein, Senior VP of listing syndication company Point2.com says that “distribution trumps destination” and sets ...
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Listing syndication workshop at NAR Midyear Legislative Conference
Listing syndication- a heated debate Listing and data syndication is one of the biggest elephants in the real estate room right now and there is a great deal of heat around the very complex issues involved ranging from rights to regulations involving social media, blogs, RSS and the like. Recently, the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) wrote to the ...
Zillow Hack- How to Get Around the New $9.95 Per Listing Charge
A major sticking point for agents Yesterday, we reported news from Zillow that they added lease listings to their offering but don’t have MLS feeds pulling yet, so they’ll be charging $9.95 per manually uploaded listing, giving it 180 days as a featured listing on the site. While the hack we’re about to show you will not give you featured ...
Friday Freebies
The market may be slow in your area or not, but either way, we can all take advantage of some great free tools to help us in our day to day lives. Here’s a roundup of the ones I use frequently and ones I would use more if I were an honest-to-goodness REALTOR®. Listing Syndication/Widgets Postlets.com – Personally, one of ...
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