Move supports real estate agents and brokerages by providing many services to grow their businesses, including ListHub ™, the nation's leading
listing syndicator and centralized intelligence platform for the real estate industry; TigerLead ®; Top Producer ® Systems; and FiveStreetSM; as well as many free services.
ListHub,
a listing syndicator owned by Move Inc., which operates realtor.com ®, also said in January that its long - standing syndication relationship with Zillow will expire on April 7.
Last week, after Zillow finalized its $ 2.5 billion acquisition of Trulia, ListHub,
a listing syndicator owned by Move Inc., announced that it will cutoff thousands of listings sent to Trulia effective February 26.
Finally, RPR is not
a listing syndicator, a public facing website, nor a national MLS.
Zillow is on the brink of a deal with one of the nation's largest multiple listing services that would help the top real estate portal weather the end of a contract with
listing syndicator ListHub.
Zillow Group filed for a temporary restraining order today in a bid to keep listings flowing to Trulia from
listing syndicator ListHub.
Sandicor has provided its members with options for posting their listings to Zillow, including via Zillow Group's
listing syndicator Postlets, manually, or with an XML file.
Trulia revealed that as a condition of entering into an agreement with ListHub, Trulia was prohibited from operating its own
listing syndicator unless it provided notice to Move, after which Move could terminate the agreement.
And it's not just
listing syndicators whose rights to the data might be seem overly generous.
Not exact matches
In a matter of weeks, the land's value jumped from $ 3,500 and $ 6,500 per acre (its
listing prices before the
syndicators bought the land in two pieces) to about $ 20,000 an acre (the price at which the
syndicators resold it to their investors) to more than $ 200,000 an acre (the claimed easement deduction).
Move, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE) is a leader in online real estate and operator of realtor.com ®, the official website of the National Association of REALTORS ®; Move.com, a leading destination for new homes and rental
listings, moving, home and garden, and home finance; ListHub ™, the leading
syndicator of real estate
listings; Moving.com ™; SeniorHousingNet; SocialBios; TigerLead ®; and TOP PRODUCER ® Systems.
Q. Can an MLS sue a
syndicator or publisher that violates the contract and won't fix improperly displayed
listings?
If an audit is too expensive a proposition for the MLS or broker an alternative would be to require the
syndicator to provide periodic reports or certifications detailing all of the activity related to MLS
listings such as:
If a
syndicator receives duplicate
listing information — for example, a feed from an MLS and a broker regarding the same property — how will the
syndicator process such duplicate
listings?
A
syndicator's main function is to distribute the
listings to a number of publisher Web sites.
For the purpose of this article (as well as the checklist), the MLS, broker or agent providing the
listing data is called the «provider»; the company receiving the data directly from the provider is called the «
syndicator»; and the third party that receives the data from the
syndicator is called the «publisher.»
Must the
syndicator and publisher display the source of the licensed content in proximity to the
listing?
If the provider permits the display of active
listings only, be sure the agreement describes how the
syndicator and the publishers will delete or destroy the
listings after the properties have sold.
Describing the mechanisms for keeping
listing data accurate and for removing
listings from the
syndicator's or publisher's sites at the provider's request
Therefore, it is essential that the provider understands what each of the terms means and ensures that the contract properly articulates any restrictions the provider wants to impose against the
syndicator or publishers regarding use of the
listings now, and in the future.
Q. What's an MLS's legal liability when a
syndicator or a publisher
lists properties with missing or wrong information?
The impetus and driving philosophy is that
listing data belongs to the broker and that in recent years, portals,
syndicators, and even online data pirates have weakened brokers» ability to control and monetize that data.
Although third - party portals like Zillow and Trulia receive
listings directly from some multiple
listing services, some also rely on individual brokerages, agents and third - party
syndicators for data.
While Zillow and Trulia and other national
listing portals receive
listings from MLSs in some markets, they rely heavily on
listing «
syndicators» like ListHub and Point2 that gather up data from brokerages.
But brokers have the right to withhold
listings they represent from the portals, and in many markets, portals must rely on individual brokerages, agents and third - party
syndicators for
listing data.
Listing syndicator Point2 Technologies says it's giving real estate brokerages and multiple
listing services more control over how their
listings data is used by publishers like Zillow, Trulia and HomeFinder.com.
In light of the impending end of the contract between real estate website Zillow and ListHub, a leading
syndicator of online
listing data, Move Inc., operator of realtor.com ®, which owns the syndication business, detailed the terms that ListHub proposed to Zillow before the third - party portal announced in January that it would halt negotiations with ListHub.
ListTrac is announcing today a new revenue model for real estate professionals wherein they are paid for the use of their
listings to third party
syndicators.
Move, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE), the leader in online real estate, operates: realtor.com ®, the official website of the National Association of REALTORS ®; Move.com, a leading destination for new homes and rental
listings, moving, home and garden, and home finance; ListHub ™, the leading
syndicator of real estate
listings; Moving.com ™; SeniorHousingNet; SocialBios; Doorsteps, TigerLead ®; and TOP PRODUCER ® Systems.
As relationships between MLSs, aggregators,
syndicators, and brokerages shift, pay close attention to what happens after your
listings are entered into the MLS.
Some MLSs have expanded their syndication services and others actively negotiate with
syndicators or portals over how member
listings are displayed.