Arguments about real estate data are conducted in a specialized vocabulary, and the vocabulary is doing real work. These terms decide who may see your home listing, who may build products from your sale price, and who pays whom for what.
The grey market is not the black market of outright theft. It is the sprawl of MLS data circulating in ways nobody quite licensed and nobody can quite trace: the vendor feed that keeps running after the client relationship ends; the full payload delivered for one purpose and quietly repurposed for another; copies passed downstream to sub vendors and partners the license never named; over retained historical data reborn as someone’s analytics product; exported records laundered into tools and lists far from their source.
Did you know that it was only fifty years ago, in 1974, legal protections were finally put in place that allowed a woman to secure
Latest Resources to help members understand the recent lawsuits NAR Top KMs_15Dec23 NAR Top FAQS_8Jan24 NAR Top FAQS_8Jan24 NAR Sugg in Support of Rule 50(b)
The term “act of God” is a legal and insurance-related term used to describe events that are beyond human control and unforeseeable. These events are
Current Class Action Civil Litigation to end the “Offer of Compensation.” Where, when, and why is the MLS an “Offer of compensation.” The Current Offer
Word of the Day – Learning Real Estate One Word (or Phrase) at a Time Acceleration Clause A provision in a mortgage, trust deed, promissory
The Language of Real Estate – Learning Real Estate one word (or phrase) at a time) Accelerated Depreciation Accelerated depreciation (theoretical depreciation, a
The Language of Real Estate – Learning Real Estate one word (or phrase) at a time Abutting Owner An owner whose land adjoins a public
From a presentation at the RESO (Real Estate Standards Organization) Fall Conference in San Diego last week.
Current MLS Litigation… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFnNnrkVtAE
UNDER ALL IS THE DATA | PART 5 OF 8 The 2005 Argument, With Better Branding Private listing networks, seller choice, and how the consent
It is Fannie Mae’s standard practice to continuously evaluate its requirements to determine whether updates are appropriate based on changes to the market and industry.
