So the century old bargain now leaks at both ends. Firms that take everything out while putting nothing in. Firms that want to stay in while holding inventory back. And a new class of consumers who want the whole database for purposes the founders never dreamed of.
UNDER ALL IS THE DATA | SPECIAL EDITION The First Draft of the Next Decade CRMLS proposes to abolish IDX and VOW, license everything, and
UNDER ALL IS THE DATA | PART 8 OF 8 Reciprocity With Nothing to Take Private networks and paper brokers are mirror images of
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.
The fear most frequently expressed is that AI will replace real estate agents. Yet the evidence suggests otherwise. Buyers and sellers continue to rely on professional representation in overwhelming numbers. AI has proven highly effective at automating repetitive tasks but it has not replaced the judgment required to negotiate, advise, and successfully close a transaction. The more revealing question is not whether AI replaces agents. It is whether AI changes the position where value is created within the real estate ecosystem.
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.
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What you said reflects real-world DRE culture, where the textbook answer (cooperation) and the practical outcome (heightened scrutiny) don’t always align. That kind of nuance underscores the gap between rule-based reasoning and lived experience, the very space where human judgment still matters.”
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Strategic planning is the process of devising a plan of both offensive and defensive actions intended to maintain and build competitive advantage over the competition
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