“Believe it or not, there was a time when people needed to be convinced that the internet would matter. In 1995, when web browsers were first becoming commercialized, I had the opportunity to tell the real estate industry that the internet was going to change the way business was done. That turned out to be true.”
The challenge is no longer simply deciding how listings should be shared.
It is preserving consumer trust while the rules of cooperation, competition, and innovation continue to evolve.
That broker responsibility formula is the pressure point, and it is about to be tested by the largest brokerage in the country. If a company with tens of thousands of agents concludes that it is paying association dues for licensees who have chosen not to be members, and can point to a $20 alternative it already funds, the conversation with local leadership changes character quickly. The association is no longer selling a benefit. It is defending an invoice.
Industry Crossroads™ is built on the belief that the residential real estate industry benefits when informed professionals are willing to think critically, challenge assumptions, and engage respectfully with competing idea. Our goal is not simply to report events, but to elevate the conversation.
Today, a listing is no longer simply a property record. It is the industry’s most valuable business asset. Whoever controls the listing controls consumer relationships, lead generation, advertising opportunities, artificial intelligence training data, and billions of dollars in downstream services
Together they crystallize the central question facing the industry: should a residential listing belong first to the open MLS marketplace, or first to the brokerage that signed the seller? The answer will reshape how listings flow, where consumers find homes, which businesses capture the revenue, and what the Multiple Listing Service exists to do
There’s a lot of meat in her simple one-sentence writing style. You’ll find lots of spot-on insight as you quickly scroll through. We’ll give you a peek at a few of her descriptions of Coming Soon
What used to be a cooperative system is fragmenting into competing strategies—portals seeking consumer attention, brokers defending inventory, and agents working to secure direct, contractual relationships with buyers.
Just completed a podcast discussing the graphic. There’s a lot to unpack in our follow-up post.
“MLS Router™ has fundamentally changed how we think about MLS data. It’s no longer just about distributing feeds. It’s about governance, transparency, and creating new revenue opportunities in a way that scales. For the first time, we can measure usage, manage licensing, and monetize data through a single operating system.”
Tools to address high prices and short supply include zoning reform to increase walkable urban land supply by 5% and expansion and investment in affordable housing
In today’s Spotlight Speaker Series, we feature panelist Fayyad Sbaihat, CEO of Supra — the provider of electronic access, appointment scheduling, and showing services to more than 1.2 million real estate professionals.
John Dolan is one of my business associates at Places Platform LLC: FYI- Zillow recently updated their 1-, 3-, and 12-month HPA forecasts. Among
