The database your neighborhood built is worth understanding, because everything about how homes are bought and sold runs through it.
The debates are not about technology. They are about which rights travel with which feeds, to whom, at what price. Read any new rule with the feed and license distinction in hand and it becomes legible. Read it without, and it looks like plumbing. It is not plumbing. It is property.
THE LANGUAGE OF DATA | PART 2 OF 7 How the Data Travels: FTP, RETS, and the Web API The industry has rebuilt the pipe
THE LANGUAGE OF DATA PART 4 OF 7 The Display Feeds: IDX, VOW, and Publisher The three feeds that show listings to human beings:
One habit will keep you oriented across all of these. For any feed, ask two questions. What may the recipient do with what arrives, that is the license. And is the output a listing being shown, or something new being made?
THE LANGUAGE OF DATA SERIES | PART 7 OF 7 How Should Data Be Priced? Member uses at cost, commercial uses at market, and the
Key Highlights With a network of more than 1,000 local associations and 54 state associations, it is important to understand commonalities and differences and
Who will buy mortgages? From a friend… Interest rates matter but a broken bond market matters too. There is a role for government during a
“We need to get back to fundamentals and understand that the foundation [of the MLS system] is solid and doesn’t need to be replaced. It just needs to be modernized and built on
