Brokers say they’ll continue to work with MLSs — no ‘huge’ announcement...
The highly anticipated 10-day deadline is here. But those expecting the launch of an industry bombshell today out of The Realty Alliance’s fall meeting shouldn’t hold their breath Go here to see the...
View ArticleBrokers moving forward with mysterious ‘big initiative’ to address MLS concerns
Now that The Realty Alliance’s fall meeting is over, many in the real estate industry are eagerly awaiting the juicy details of the group’s “big initiative,” which is expected to have potentially...
View ArticleThaw in broker, MLS relations? CEO of The Realty Alliance to sit on RESO’s board
In a sign the nation’s largest brokerages are still willing to work with multiple listing services and other industry players, Craig Cheatham, president and CEO of The Realty Alliance, has accepted an...
View ArticleNAR leaves list of MLS ‘basic services’ untouched
SAN FRANCISCO — The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) did not change its classification guidelines for MLS “basic services” at its annual conference, ensuring that, for at least the near future,...
View ArticleThe Realty Alliance said to be planning national broker database to address...
When The Realty Alliance, a network of dozens of the nation’s biggest real estate brokerages, issued an ominous-sounding warning to multiple listing services and Realtor associations concerning...
View ArticleNew ‘lean MLS’ platform pitched as a ‘broker-centric alternative to Zillow...
Real estate tech vendor Solid Earth believes it has a solution to conflicts between multiple listing services and brokers that have recently preoccupied the industry: a new “lean” platform the company...
View ArticleBig brokers want NAR to require that MLSs provide data for AVMs
Big brokers would like to use multiple listing service data to create automated property valuations to sell to financial institutions, and they want the National Association of Realtors to require MLSs...
View ArticleBrokers say mysterious ‘Upstream’ initiative not intended to replace MLSs
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Multiple listing services and associations have nothing to fear from a mysterious initiative by a coalition of some of the biggest names in real estate, the head of a large...
View ArticleMysterious ‘Upstream’ initiative won’t be consumer-facing
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. More: Mysterious ‘Upstream’ initiative won’t be consumer-facing
View ArticleUpstream denies Zillow suggestion it’s building a national MLS
The legal battle between bitter rivals Zillow and Move Inc. More here: Upstream denies Zillow suggestion it’s building a national MLS
View ArticleWhat is Upstream?
Upstream is a broad-based effort owned by brokers and designed to be managed at the strategic level by brokers elected by brokers to a board and run at the operational level by a contracted vendor....
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