MLS Data Control Policy: A Time For Clarification
“The next real estate disruption isn’t technology — it’s regulation of who controls the data.”
The IDX Elephant in the Room: It’s Time to Reclaim the Value of Your Data
The risk here isn’t just lost revenue, it’s the loss of relevance. When unauthorized “grey market” entities provide easier access to your data than you do, they become the primary source of truth in the eyes of the industry. To protect the exclusivity and value of an MLS membership, boards must transition from passive data providers to active Data Custodians
Is This The End Of The MLS?
As the CEO of the San Diego MLS, Saul was quick to respond with the fact that MLSs should be looking for alternative ways to showcase the value of the MLS. He explores the concept of flipping the current subscription-based business model and finding opportunities to monetize the data and bring benefits back to the providers of the data.
Does Your Use of AI comply with the Copyright Fair Use Rules?
In practice, it’s hard to reason about the “purpose” of a product as broad as ChatGPT, or the “purpose” of the entire internet. A better framing is: do the market harms from ChatGPT come from it producing substitutes that compete with the originals? Or is it an indirect effect, like a book critic review could have on a book?
Technology Product Licensing for MLSs — A “Site License” or a “Hunting License?”
A vendor seeking a site license must have a program that takes the MLS or association through these steps and be ready to fund the necessary efforts to ensure high usage and value for the fee paid.
Proving MLS Value With RESO Data — New Study by SFAR
The findings from San Francisco show that on-MLS listings consistently outperform off-MLS transactions in both sale price and transparency metrics.