The conversations continue. It appears there are a whole bunch of folks who want to talk about the future of listings. And rightfully so — listings are important to the modern practice of real estate. The latest salvo marks the return of David Harris of Geek Estate to blogging, and it’s a good one. Read … Read more
Now, this is good news from NAR: The integrity of data is a foundation to the orderly Real Estate market. The Real Estate Transaction Standards (RETS) provides a vendor neutral, secure approach to exchanging listing information between the broker and the MLS. In order to ensure that the goal of maintaining an orderly marketplace is … Read more
I know this is probably old news by now, but I confess that I just found out about it myself. Apparently, the real estate industry has a new standard data format for the distribution of real estate listings online. Seems the boys at Yahoo!, Zillow.com, and Trulia.com have gotten together and worked out a new … Read more