Comments on: If you love real estate information, set it free! http://blog.findwell.com/real-estate-industry/if-you-love-real-estate-information-set-it-free/ Seattle Real Estate Info, Advice, Statistics & Discussion Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael P Lindekugel http://blog.findwell.com/real-estate-industry/if-you-love-real-estate-information-set-it-free/#comment-30 Michael P Lindekugel Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:50:10 +0000 http://blog.findwell.com/uncategorized/if-you-love-real-estate-information-set-it-free/#comment-30 <p>The residential market could move to a more open MLS system which has been around for a long time in the commercial space. LoopNet, CoStar. Anyone can get an account such as a agents, lenders, buyers and sellers. There is a substantial subscription price for the ala carte services offered.</p> The residential market could move to a more open MLS system which has been around for a long time in the commercial space. LoopNet, CoStar. Anyone can get an account such as a agents, lenders, buyers and sellers. There is a substantial subscription price for the ala carte services offered.

]]> By: Michael P Lindekugel http://blog.findwell.com/real-estate-industry/if-you-love-real-estate-information-set-it-free/#comment-29 Michael P Lindekugel Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:46:58 +0000 http://blog.findwell.com/uncategorized/if-you-love-real-estate-information-set-it-free/#comment-29 <p>“The second wave was a series of startup companies like Zillow who have made the vast amount of publicly-available real estate records consumable by the general public.”</p> <p>Not exactly true. RE/MAX, Realtor®, and a few other national brokerages have provided national access to the data. Zillow does not provide more data from the MLS than RE/MAX. Zillow limited to the data fields in the IDX just like every one else.</p> “The second wave was a series of startup companies like Zillow who have made the vast amount of publicly-available real estate records consumable by the general public.”

Not exactly true. RE/MAX, Realtor®, and a few other national brokerages have provided national access to the data. Zillow does not provide more data from the MLS than RE/MAX. Zillow limited to the data fields in the IDX just like every one else.

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