Colorado MLS adopts BIG technology that could allow it to take back control of listings | Cross River Real Estate
Another multiple listing service — Aspen-Glenwood Springs MLS, a 940-member MLS in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains — has brought on board technology developed by Bridge Interactive Group (BIG) that MLSs can use to take back control of the distribution of listings to third-party sites like Zillow, Trulia and Homes.com.
Last month, North Alabama MLS made waves by announcing that instead of outsourcing distribution to syndication platforms like ListHub and Point2 — as hundreds of other MLSs do — it would use BIG’s software to take charge of the distribution of more than 14,300 listings its members represent.
The Aspen-Glenwood Springs MLS, run jointly by two Realtor associations, has not yet made a decision to stop distributing its listings through its current syndication partner, ListHub, said Suzanne Frazier, the MLS’s executive vice president.
But, Frazier said, Aspen-Glenwood Springs MLS will “probably look at it down the road.”
Before making a decision of whether to drop ListHub and manage its own listing syndication, “we’re going to wait and see how it works out for North Alabama MLS,” Frazier said.
North Alabama MLS officials said they decided to take back control of listing syndication in order to more closely monitor where listings go, improve the accuracy of listings on third-party sites, and to negotiate separate agreements with individual portals that are in the best interests of members. The MLS, which serves more than 3,000 agents belonging to seven North Alabama Realtor associations, wants third-party listing portals to:
- See more at: http://www.inman.com/2013/11/05/colorado-mls-adopts-big-technology-that-could-allow-it-to-take-back-control-of-listings/#sthash.AtXCu2o5.dpuf
Last month, North Alabama MLS made waves by announcing that instead of outsourcing distribution to syndication platforms like ListHub and Point2 — as hundreds of other MLSs do — it would use BIG’s software to take charge of the distribution of more than 14,300 listings its members represent.
The Aspen-Glenwood Springs MLS, run jointly by two Realtor associations, has not yet made a decision to stop distributing its listings through its current syndication partner, ListHub, said Suzanne Frazier, the MLS’s executive vice president.
But, Frazier said, Aspen-Glenwood Springs MLS will “probably look at it down the road.”
Before making a decision of whether to drop ListHub and manage its own listing syndication, “we’re going to wait and see how it works out for North Alabama MLS,” Frazier said.
North Alabama MLS officials said they decided to take back control of listing syndication in order to more closely monitor where listings go, improve the accuracy of listings on third-party sites, and to negotiate separate agreements with individual portals that are in the best interests of members. The MLS, which serves more than 3,000 agents belonging to seven North Alabama Realtor associations, wants third-party listing portals to:
- See more at: http://www.inman.com/2013/11/05/colorado-mls-adopts-big-technology-that-could-allow-it-to-take-back-control-of-listings/#sthash.AtXCu2o5.dpuf
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