Clear Cooperation Update

After many months of analysis and deliberation across the industry—including MLS leadership; Association Executives; brokerages of all sizes; agents; multi-cultural partners; and fair housing, policy, technology, and legal experts—NAR has adopted a new MLS policy,

“Multiple Listing Options for Sellers.”

With this new policy:

• A consumer will have the option to market their home as a “delayed marketing exempt listing.” This means a seller can instruct their listing agent to delay the marketing of their listing by other agents outside the listing firm through IDX or syndication for a period of time.

• During the delayed marketing period, the home seller and the listing agent can market the listing in a manner consistent with the seller’s needs and interests. At the same time, the delayed marketing exempt listing will still be available to other MLS Participants through the MLS platform so they can inform their consumers about the property.

• Each MLS will have discretion to determine a delayed marketing period that is most suitable for their local marketplace.

• Listing agents representing sellers who choose to delay the public marketing of their listing must secure from their seller a signed disclosure documenting the seller’s informed consent to waive the benefits of immediate public marketing through IDX and syndication. Seller disclosure is required for both delayed marketing exempt listings and office exclusive exempt listings.

Contact MLS Director Jessica Cliver for questions on MLS policy, rules and regulations. jessica@vbr.net or 970-766-1032.

Resources from NAR

Resources on NAR’s new MLS policy providing additional marketing choices for consumers while preserving equal access to property information on Multiple Listing Services.

MLS FIELD UPDATES

NEW Club Membership field

We have added a new "Club Membership" field into the main fields. This will be a Yes/No option, that if Yes is selected, a remarks box will appear to enter details about the membership.

This field is intended for premier club memberships, and will make it easier to display this information without having to search in remarks (as well as make it more searchable).

Closed Riverwalk Listings

We have done a transfer of any Riverwalk listings Closed into the Area of Edwards as opposed to Riverwalk. If the listings used any of the Riverwalk Complex/Subdivisions, they were moved from Edwards into the area of Riverwalk for more accurate comps. We have removed all of the Riverwalk Complex/Subdivision options under the Area of Edwards to discourage the use of Edwards.

Please make sure to use Riverwalk in the Area field for Riverwalk listings.

DID YOU KNOW?

Remarks Field

Did you know you are able to search keywords within the Remarks field in the Quick Search?

If you’re looking for a specific feature, keyword, or detail that’s included in remarks but you need to "search by," you can do this with the “Add a Field” button in the Quick Search sidebar.

• You will type “remarks”
• Locate the Remarks field under Remarks.
• Click on the field to add it to the sidebar.
• You may then type your search term into the open field.

Run compliance on your own listings!

In addition, you can run a compliance check on your listings using the CheckIt tool from Listing Data Checker, our automated compliance tool. To use this tool, go into “edit listing."

Under “Scheduled Marketing Activities”, you will see the Check It tool. From there, a window will open with the violations highlighted in red.

UPCOMING TRAININGS

REMINE Trainings

Remine Pro Prospecting Tips & Tricks

Thursday, April 24

11:00 a.m. MDT

REGISTER

Remine Pro 101

Tuesday, April 29

11:00 a.m. MDT

REGISTER

Recorded trainings

Don’t forget Flex records all webinars and trainings in the FlexMLS Academy in Flex.

FOREWARN

The FOREWARN app can provide real-time verification of an individual, enabling safer engagements and smarter interactions. Monthly training webinars are offered to learn how to use FOREWARN to its fullest potential.

CMLS IN THE KNOW

Campaign Guidelines



We have linked some great campaign guidelines for agents to use, provided by CMLS.

FAIR HOUSING

Celebrate Fair Housing Month

Join the Colorado Association of REALTORS® for a Virtual film review on April 24th!

Norman Lear, creator of “All in the Family,” “Good Times” and “The Jeffersons” speaks with tenants, brokers, homeless people, housing activists, landlords and city officials — investigating the Big Apple’s affordability crisis, and a legacy of racist discrimination that still persists today.

Fair Housing: Virtual Film Review

April 24

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Register here to view the film.

Complete Fairhaven and be recognized on VBR's social media! It's no cost to NAR members - and meets the Fair Housing requirement.

Who are NAR's 2025 Fair Housing Champions? They are three Realtors® who are advancing fair housing in their communities.

Watch a recording of the recent Facebook Live video.

"Fair Housing Forward" Click here to view!

HELPFUL CONTACTS

For assistance with MLS, MLS Touch App, Tech Helpline, ShowingTime or Sentrilock, please use the contact information below.

Flexmls Support:

• Email: support@fbsdata.com
• Phone: 888-525-4747
• (7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. MTN, Monday - Friday)

Tech Helpline:

• Phone: 866-619-8170

Sentrilock Support:

• Phone: 877-736-8745

ShowingTime & InfoSparks:

• Phone: 800-379-0057
• 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
• E-mail: showings@showingtime.com
• Web: www.showingtime.com



For general MLS assistance or answers to your MLS rules or regulations, please contact MLS Director Jessica Cliver at jessica@vbr.net or 970-766-1032.

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