MLS, Data & Standards

16+ hour, 14+ min ago   (599+ words) Lionel Messi put down deeper roots in South Florida when he bought a $10.75 million waterfront estate in Fort Lauderdale in September 2023, just weeks after joining Inter Miami. The 10,500-square-foot home in the gated Bay Colony community gave Messi and his…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (410+ words) Dean Jones and Chad Shriner look forward to the future. Two legacy family businesses unite under one shared future: “Better Together” Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty now represents approximately 80% of market share sales volume in NWMLS for the brand. The transaction…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (509+ words) Seattle homeowners will soon have a new way to stop unwanted and persistent offers to buy their homes. Mayor Katie Wilson has signed an ordinance creating Seattle’s first citywide “Do Not Solicit” list, allowing homeowners to opt out of real…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (185+ words) Larry Dean lives in Seattle’s Madrona neighborhood. He’s constantly getting offers to buy his home. “I get a lot of those calls,” he told the City Council earlier this year. Dean said his neighborhood used to be full of Black…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (246+ words) If you’ve ever browsed apartment listings in New York only to show up to an open house and realize you’ve been completely catfished, a new piece of legislation creeping through Albany could soon put an end to digitally fabricated dream…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (733+ words) Cameron Kinzer joins CMLS from Boise Regional Realtors. Plus, Mainstream Realtors names Greg Phillips president; Jamie Huggins becomes a regional leader at C21. Editor's note: As an industry with millions of agents and over 100,000 brokerage companies, new leaders rise to the…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1061+ words) The column argues the strongest objection to private listings is not only price outcomes but the consumer experience of incomplete search. It offers 4 practical steps for agents to reframe listing conversations and document trade-offs. AI Summary The sellers signed the…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (240+ words) Coldwell Banker Real Estate promoted Lindsay Listanski to chief marketing officer. The company is consolidating brand, brokerage, and commercial marketing teams to support a more integrated strategy across its company-owned operations and franchise network. AI Summary Lindsay Listanski has been…...

3+ day, 12+ min ago   (499+ words) Home » Breaking MLS Borders: How AgentsExpand Their Search and Listing Reach Real estate license law follows political boundaries, but buyer demand ignores them completely. Agents working in multi-county metros or state border towns often find their home MLS showing only…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1075+ words) GUEST SUBMISSION: A name on a map seems like a small thing until somebody else changes it. Late last month a U.S. executive order renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America in the American federal names system. Canada's own record did not…...