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MLS & Associationsmredrebecca jensenruss bergeronSelectutahUtahRealEstate.com
January 10, 2015

Giant Chicago-area MLS, MRED, names new CEO

Midwest Real Estate Data LLC — one of the nation’s largest multiple listing services, supporting more than 40,000 real estate pros in the Chicago region — has tapped UtahRealEstate.com CEO Rebecca Jensen as its next president and CEO. Rebecca Jensen UtahRealEstate.com serves more than 10,000 members in Utah and southeastern Idaho. Jensen came…
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MLS & Associationsmredrebecca jensenruss bergeronSelectutahUtahRealEstate.com
January 10, 2015

Giant Chicago-area MLS, MRED, names new CEO

Midwest Real Estate Data LLC — one of the nation’s largest multiple listing services, supporting more than 40,000 real estate pros in the Chicago region — has tapped UtahRealEstate.com CEO Rebecca Jensen as its next president and CEO. Rebecca Jensen UtahRealEstate.com serves more than 10,000 members in Utah and southeastern Idaho. Jensen came…
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listing syndicationMLS & AssociationsSelectZillowzillow data dashboard
January 9, 2015

Direct MLS feed puts Zillow in a ‘friendlier’ light

Zillow continues to prepare for the day when it will no longer receive listings from listing syndicator ListHub come spring. The top real estate portal said today that it had signed an agreement to get listings directly from a multiple listing service in a high-end real estate market in Massachusetts.…
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BrokerageMLS & Associationsmrisrbirealestatebusiness intelligenceSelect
January 9, 2015

MLS serves up agent productivity tool to give brokers an edge

Brokers often cite agent recruiting as one of their biggest challenges. In order to tackle that challenge, a new service has sprung that will help brokers leverage one of the biggest assets they have at their disposal: multiple listing service data. The service, MarketView 360, was created by RealEstate Business…
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listhublisting syndicationMLS & Associationsrealtor.comSelecttruliaZillow
January 7, 2015

Portals seek national standards for listing syndication

More and more multiple listing services are signing direct agreements with third-party listing portals such as Zillow and Trulia, but the terms of these agreements — and the technology behind them — are often less than ideal. That’s according to Clareity Consulting, a real estate consulting firm that along with…
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MLS & Associationsmls data-sharingSelectstatewide mlsVCRDS
January 5, 2015

Brokers ask to data share with nation’s largest MLS

A data-sharing project from the nation’s largest multiple listing service is growing. California Regional MLS, which services more than 73,000 real estate professionals, and the Ventura County Regional Data Share, which has about 4,500 subscribers, have signed an agreement to import listing data directly from each other’s systems. VCRDS is…
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jacksonville board of realtorsMLS & Associationsmls consolidationNARnorth carolina regional mlsSelectwilmington regional association of realtors
January 5, 2015

MLS merger will help Realtors pack a bigger punch

In a move designed to save real estate agents and brokers money and boost their own bargaining power, seven Realtor associations in coastal North Carolina are joining forces to create a regional MLS. The North Carolina Regional MLS LLC was incorporated earlier this month and is on course to go…
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listing alertsMLS & AssociationsSelectw&r studios
December 30, 2014

MLS listing alert tool aims to give agents an edge over top portals

Tools offered by multiple listing services are not generally known for their slick interfaces. MLSs are great at compiling accurate, comprehensive listing data, but the tools to access that data are often clunky and, well, unattractive. Real estate software firm W&R Studios hopes to change that with its MLS listing…
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