How about a multiple listing service for the whole state for all Realtors touse?? Sound good? Sure does...and it will become a reality. But for now it will be Southern California...
On Tuesday, October 9th, over 200 REALTORS® came to hear Art Carter, CEO of MRMLS, Inc., give a lecture about the pairing of technology and tomorrow’s real estate agent. The REALTORS® spontaneously broke into applause at the point in the presentation when they heard that listings from most of Southern California would be combined into a single database called CARETS. CARETS, California Real Estate Technology Services, is the new database that will hold listings from participating Multiple Listing Services in Southern California.
What does this mean?—MRMLS members will have access to full property listings from Temecula to Ventura county including listings from CLAW, iTech, Greater South Bay, CrisNet, and SoCal MLS. By the first quarter of 2008, the IDX feed will be available for agents and brokers to place on their websites, which will allow their clients to view the listings. Three to six months later, or by the end of Spring, all of the listings will appear in MRMLS Matrix. These listings will be the full listings, not the limited dataset available on MLS Alliance.
Finally, brokers and agents will have better access to listing data from all over Southern California through MRMLS Matrix than can be found on public websites. (See www.CA-RETS.com for more information)
Carter saved the best news for last, saying that “more MLS organizations are considering joining the effort. In fact, California Desert AoR that covers Palm Desert and Indio joined CARETS the day before.” Talks are ongoing for SANDICOR, the MLS that covers San Diego, to join as well.
The Multi Regional Multiple Listing Service is one of the largest Multiple Listing Services in the nation, serving over 36,000 real estate professionals and the public in the San Gabriel Valley, parts of Los Angeles County, Inland Empire, and Greater South Bay market areas. Founded in 1979, the MRMLS is owned by 12 Realtor Associations.
Courtesy of the IMRMLS article by
| Eric Turner |
| Communications Manager |