Issue: 53
October, 2013
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Is Too Much Agent-Centricity at the Heart of the Industry Dysfunction?
Thinking About Regionalizing Your MLS?
IDX Reboot
One Path for MLSs and Large Brokers to Work Together More Effectively
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Is Too Much Agent- Centricity at the Heart of the Industry Dysfunction? 
By Marilyn Wilson

 A couple of months ago I wrote a post called the "Challenge for Positive Change" that highlighted many of the relationship dysfunctions we are experiencing in the industry today. We have the honor of working with large brokers as well as MLSs, Associations, technology companies and even title and home warranty providers. We see misperceptions and distrust running rampant between each of these groups. It's clear that there are many that are feeling as though our industry could be working together much better than it is at the moment. 

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Thinking About Regionalizing Your MLS?
By Mike Audet
We all know there are too many MLSs in the US. It's just a fact. MLSs were originally set up according to Board boundaries established by NAR based on market areas that existed many years ago. Times and technology have changed everything. Real estate market areas have expanded far faster then our industry has responded so in many areas of the country we have multiple MLSs serving areas that should logically be served by one. Click here to read more!

 

IDX Reboot
By Victor Lund

This is a rather obscene notion, but sometimes the best way to innovate is to ask a bunch of questions about the status quo. For brokers and MLSs to innovate, they need to question the effectiveness of IDX. I would not question its value. Rather, I believe that it has uncompromising value to MLS participants and subscribers. I question how we can make it more valuable. Perhaps it is time for a reboot. A reboot is a process where you turn something off and turn it back on to stop routines from running that undermine the operation of the machine. 

By Marilyn Wilson

As many of you know there is quite a bit of discontent with selected large brokers and their MLS relationships. While there are many components to this discontent, there is one tangible action step that MLSs can take to help improve the relationship. The Realty Alliance recently published their Fair Display For MLS Public Facing Websites Document. Fortunately, our experience suggests that most MLS websites comply with these rules.

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