Private listings are changing the MLS record lenders rely on

The fight between Compass, the country’s largest brokerage, and Zillow, its largest listing portal, has been covered as a corporate turf war — dueling lawsuits, a judge in Chicago ordering tens of thousands of listings restored, executives trading accusations. A two-day federal hearing wrapped in Ch

Everything you need to know about Zillow’s listing war with MRED and Compass

The battle between Zillow, Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass International Holdings, reached a zenith this week when MRED suspended its IDX and VOW listing feeds to Zillow and Trulia. This came after the portal allegedly refused to cure what the MLS called a “material breach” of its licens

Kelley Blue Book launches home valuation platform

Kelley Blue Book, a name synonymous with trusted automobile valuations, is the latest non-traditional player looking to make some waves in the real estate space.  Kelley Blue Book Homes has launched a residential real estate platform that offers homeowners free, data-driven home valuations and gives

A new MLS value proposition from North Texas Real Estate Information Systems: Pay the brokers

North Texas Real Estate Information Systems, Inc. (NTREIS) has launched NTREIS Rewards, a new incentive program that returns a portion of MLS-generated revenue directly to broker participants based on their listing activity and data contributions, according to an announcement on Tuesday.  The Texas-