We hope that you all enjoyed or are still enjoying the holiday weekend and some time off this summer. We don’t want to get too much in the way of your down time, so we’re simply going to update you on one new member, one workgroup meeting from last week...
This week we welcome a new member, dive into the WAV Group’s 2020 Data Services Survey (particularly as it relates to RESO), and highlight the happenings of not one, not two but five workgroup meetings last week! Since we want you to look at the most important...
RESO’s Broker Advisory Workgroup is hosting discussions that illustrate ongoing pain points for brokerages. Access to data is at the top of the list. Brokers regularly cite high costs for MLS data – which brokers consider to be their own – and access to data in...
Collaboration is crucial to the creation, adoption and implementation of real estate standards. Bringing representatives together from all facets of our industry – from technology firms and brokerages to multiple listing services (MLSs) and associations –is one of the...
RESO’s well-known standard for a Universal Property Identifier (UPI) has picked up steam, not just in the U.S. but also internationally. The RESO UPI Workgroup’s chair, Mark Bessett, traveled to Malaga, Spain last year to speak about the expansion of this...
Real estate agents are creating new ways to introduce busy, remote or self-isolated clients to properties online. In order to reduce foot traffic in sellers’ homes during the pandemic, new digital showing trends have emerged. Defining these digital property platforms...
The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) recently approved a new MLS policy regarding the “Right of brokers to obtain an MLS data feed of their listing information.” The policy, proposed by Council of MLS, references RESO standards: A Multiple Listing Service must,...
by Matt Cohen of CoreLogic, Kevin Hawkins of WAV Group, and RESO Staff RESO’s Spring Summit is traditionally an in-person conference with speakers, technology demonstrations and standards workgroup meetings. The 2020 spring meeting provided some brand new challenges...
At our first-of-its-kind, smash success, RESO Remote digital tech summit, April 21–23, we announced our RESO Contributor Award winners in two categories: individuals and organizations. More than 450 attendees – including leaders in industry technology, MLS and...
2020 RESO Remote – Spring Conference I FULL AGENDA I REGISTER Forward march. While we are no longer walking to New Orleans, we’re still on the move, and you are the grand marshals for our exciting new digital event: RESO Remote, April 21–23, 2020. Most of us...
RESO Members, Our MLS partners are discussing the handling of listing statuses, virtual tours and Days on Market (DOM) during the current health crisis. The Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) and the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) recently held a...
Gene Millman is CEO of Northern Nevada Regional MLS (NNRMLS), serving more than 3,000 agents in the Greater Reno, Nevada, area. Real estate is both Gene’s passion and his expertise, having spent his career of 32-plus years in the industry as an agent,...
Colorado’s largest MLS, REcolorado®, recently converted its native MLS database to the RESO Data Dictionary standard. This upgrade creates a RESO Platinum-certified foundation for the MLS and a more seamless technology experience for brokers, technology partners,...
Early-stage real estate technology start-up TourZazz allows agents to create and manage real estate property tour itineraries online in collaboration with today’s home buyers. TourZazz CEO and Co-Founder, Stacy Spickes, along with her husband and long-time real...
With Bill Gaul, CEO of Builders Update A serial entrepreneur who started his first firm at 11 years old and is working on his fourth startup, Bill Gaul has been driven by solving problems. His first appreciation for standards came from his military experience, and it...
Internet tracking events have become an essential part of the modern software business model. For real estate, it can help brokers and agents gain greater insight into consumer activity and behavior to better serve their needs. That’s why RESO Internet...
With a technology career that spans three decades, Rob Larson is one of RESO’s most knowledgeable volunteers as chair of its Data Dictionary Workgroup. Larson also is the Chief Information Officer of the California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS), the...
With Colette Stevenson, CEO of Hilton Head Island MLS Collette Stevenson is an active RESO volunteer. She’s also the CEO of Hilton Head Island MLS (HHIMLS), an independent MLS with more than 1,600 members and affiliates that has been active in...
RESO members, On Monday, November 11, 2019, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Board of Directors voted to approve the Clear Cooperation Proposal, also known as MLS Policy Statement 8.0. MLSs can adopt the policy at any time, but it must be implemented no...
The work of the RESO Universal Property Identifier (UPI) Workgroup, led by Chair Mark Bessett of the California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS), is an excellent example of “When brokers talk, RESO listens.” The UPI serves a need that the members...
With Mark Lesswing A veteran advocate for innovation and data standards, Mark Lesswing has been involved with RESO from its earliest beginnings in 1999. Lesswing is the former CTO of the National Association of REALTORS® and current Senior Vice...
With Ashish Antal, Engineering Director of MLSListings Ashish Antal, Director of Architecture at MLSListings and co-chair of the RESO Distributed Ledger Workgroup, is a leader in MLS innovations. In this video interview, Antal talked about how...
If you have never seen how sausage is made, as the saying goes, you don’t want to, or you’ll never eat another sausage. The truth is we really don’t think about what goes into creating a lot of things, and like industry standards, once they are...
Tracking usage data across web-based tools has become an essential process for modern organizations to gather business intelligence. More than just a tactic for technology companies, Internet data tracking has become a valuable tool for MLSs, associations,...
The New England Real Estate Network, a regional MLS with more than 9,700 subscribers, and their former Director of Marketing & Communications, Meg Garabrant, were kind enough to work with RESO staff to put together a white paper with clear explanations and...
