By WAV Group|2018-05-03T21:25:34-07:00July 20th, 2011|Main category|
If you want something to remind you how fast things are going in our world today just think back to where things were in San Diego at the NAR Conference in 2009, when RPR was announced for real! Things have moved pretty dramatically since that first sales pitch, not just for RPR, but also for real estate data in general. In that 20 months we have seen RPR grow to have agreements with 274 MLSs and over 500,000 Realtors. RPR reports they are launched in 80 MLSs serving about 224,000 Realtors and recent months have seen some of the big [...]
By Victor Lund|2018-05-03T21:25:53-07:00February 3rd, 2011|Main category, MLS Insights|
The places one finds business intelligence these days….. Twitter! If you follow@marketlinxnews on twitter, you will see their rather casual announcements of each instance that an MLS or Association enters into a licensing agreement for InfoNet.InfoNet is CoreLogic’s data licensing program whereby they license active listing content from MLSs (and pay them for it) then sell access to the data via their AVM products to the federal government, banks, freddie, fannie, insurance companies and the like. Their only competitor in this marketplace is NAR’s subsidary, the Realtor Property Resource. They also build an AVM called the RVM (Realtor Valuation Model) [...]
By Victor Lund|2021-01-08T14:41:45-08:00January 8th, 2021|News, Security and Privacy|
In the early days of listing syndication, WAV Group investigated the terms of use on third party advertising websites like Zillow.com®, Trulia.com® and others. Zillow® and Trulia®, who received data through listing syndication feeds rather than though data licensing terms with MLSs like Realtor.com® and Homes.com® had some shocking language.
By Marilyn Wilson|2020-10-27T09:40:05-07:00October 27th, 2020|MLS Insights, Research|
A recent study conducted by WAV Group underscores the reason this collaboration is so important for the real estate industry. According to the study, nearly three-quarters of brokers and vendors said they want a centralized data licensing approval process with ONE standardized data licensing approval form.
By Victor Lund|2026-01-08T10:49:04-08:00January 9th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, Our Services|
California may be writing the rules first, but the market is adopting them everywhere. For brokers nationwide, the question is not: “Do we have to do this yet?” The real question is: “Why wouldn’t we?”
By Korey Hawkins|2025-10-15T10:22:31-07:00October 15th, 2025|
REAL AI: Personalization hack for ChatGPT, AI facts, headlines, and quote of the week By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 3 Issue 41 REAL AI is a human-created weekly roundup of all things related to artificial intelligence in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact our industry. A favor: Will you please pass this link on to a friend? Our free – realai.blog. CHECK OUT OUR NEW BOOK! The REAL AI Guide to Real Estate: No BS. No Hype. Just Real ChatGPT Skills You’ll Use Every Day - $19.95 on Amazon, $9.95 Kindle [...]
By Victor Lund|2025-07-10T12:34:38-07:00July 10th, 2025|Broker Technology Research, MLS Insights|
When neutral facilitators become competitive threats, cooperation inevitably gives way to conflict.
By Victor Lund|2025-07-03T16:07:40-07:00July 9th, 2025|Data-Driven Culture, MLS Insights, Photography|
In a market where consumer engagement increasingly determines platform success, historical property photos represent just one example of how creative data applications can create competitive advantages.
By Victor Lund|2024-10-15T10:54:58-07:00October 16th, 2024|MLS|
In every country without an MLS, the portals hold real estate professionals and consumers hostage for exorbitant advertising fees.
By Kevin Hawkins|2024-09-23T07:36:41-07:00September 20th, 2024|Agent Recruitment, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, PropTech, Real Estate Technology, Technology, Uncategorized|
By Kevin Hawkins with Korey Hawkins | Vol. 2 Post 38 REAL AI is a human-created weekly roundup of all things related to artificial intelligence in real estate and emerging AI innovations in other sectors likely to impact our industry. We post a new edition every Friday, and our free newsletter is delivered every Monday. KW and practical AI At the burgeoning Blueprint VC-tech conference in Las Vegas this week, I had a chance to meet with Chris Cox, Chief Technology and Digital Officer at Keller Williams. KW is the world's largest real estate franchise by agent count, with over [...]
By Victor Lund|2024-06-09T23:33:59-07:00June 10th, 2024|Broker Information, Data-Driven Culture, MLS Insights|
Because the MLS licenses the data from the broker, they must uphold their side of the bargain.
