Comments on: Getting ready for another MLS PAG http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/09/11/getting-ready-for-another-mls-pag/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:30:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: NAR/RPR + Cyberhomes = http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/09/11/getting-ready-for-another-mls-pag/comment-page-1/#comment-28374 NAR/RPR + Cyberhomes = Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:34:09 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/09/11/getting-ready-for-another-mls-pag/#comment-28374 [...] - Getting ready for another MLS PAG [...] [...] – Getting ready for another MLS PAG [...]

]]> By: How Did Saul get the NAR’s Notes? | Real Central VA http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/09/11/getting-ready-for-another-mls-pag/comment-page-1/#comment-18039 How Did Saul get the NAR’s Notes? | Real Central VA Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:30:31 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/09/11/getting-ready-for-another-mls-pag/#comment-18039 [...] of his paper sounds like he read summaries of the NAR’s MLS PAG that lasted about 18 months, specifically his “takeaway [...] [...] of his paper sounds like he read summaries of the NAR’s MLS PAG that lasted about 18 months, specifically his “takeaway [...]

]]> By: The Conversation Continues…. - Tales from the Techside http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/09/11/getting-ready-for-another-mls-pag/comment-page-1/#comment-8743 The Conversation Continues…. - Tales from the Techside Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:32:09 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/09/11/getting-ready-for-another-mls-pag/#comment-8743 [...] Conversation Continues…. Add Jim Duncan over at the RealCentralVa blog has written a post that follows thread of conversation that Michael over FBS Blog began, Brian at Geekestate [...] [...] Conversation Continues…. Add Jim Duncan over at the RealCentralVa blog has written a post that follows thread of conversation that Michael over FBS Blog began, Brian at Geekestate [...]

]]> By: cgmckeever http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/09/11/getting-ready-for-another-mls-pag/comment-page-1/#comment-8727 cgmckeever Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:06:01 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/09/11/getting-ready-for-another-mls-pag/#comment-8727 "Yet consumers don’t want to search many sites, they want to search one. They want to be confident they are seeing the entire inventory." This is a great statement - while I was working for a Chicago based Broker, I was well aware that users had a sense when inventory was incomplete and/or stale. Often times it is because they are subscribed to a few different sites as a method of checks-and-balances. "MLS’s primary function be for the Realtors to market to each other or to market homes and land to each other and the general public?" I think the Houston Assoc. is a great model. They are getting close to 50% of web searches originating with their consumer portal that they then pass along to the listing rep. It all starts with the source and flow downstream from there. Couple a tremendous user portal with a agent client manager, and you have a winning cobo that leaves the first time web consumer with an unbiased search, and the experienced and tethered clinet with an agent that is empowered and efficient. The flip side model is that everyone is competing with everyone for placement on the web. Often times agents compete with their broker and vice versa. Which sounds better? “Yet consumers don’t want to search many sites, they want to search one. They want to be confident they are seeing the entire inventory.”

This is a great statement – while I was working for a Chicago based Broker, I was well aware that users had a sense when inventory was incomplete and/or stale. Often times it is because they are subscribed to a few different sites as a method of checks-and-balances.

“MLS’s primary function be for the Realtors to market to each other or to market homes and land to each other and the general public?”

I think the Houston Assoc. is a great model. They are getting close to 50% of web searches originating with their consumer portal that they then pass along to the listing rep. It all starts with the source and flow downstream from there.

Couple a tremendous user portal with a agent client manager, and you have a winning cobo that leaves the first time web consumer with an unbiased search, and the experienced and tethered clinet with an agent that is empowered and efficient.

The flip side model is that everyone is competing with everyone for placement on the web. Often times agents compete with their broker and vice versa.

Which sounds better?

]]> By: FBS Blog » Blog Archive » Future of MLS Wiki http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/09/11/getting-ready-for-another-mls-pag/comment-page-1/#comment-8726 FBS Blog » Blog Archive » Future of MLS Wiki Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:41:40 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/09/11/getting-ready-for-another-mls-pag/#comment-8726 [...] meant to get more content into the wiki before announcing it, but Jim Duncan’s post today about the NAR’s MLS Presidential Advisory Group prompted me to move things up a little (well, actually, a lot) and just see where it goes.  [...] [...] meant to get more content into the wiki before announcing it, but Jim Duncan’s post today about the NAR’s MLS Presidential Advisory Group prompted me to move things up a little (well, actually, a lot) and just see where it goes.  [...]

]]> By: Michael Wurzer http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/09/11/getting-ready-for-another-mls-pag/comment-page-1/#comment-8724 Michael Wurzer Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:34:18 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2007/09/11/getting-ready-for-another-mls-pag/#comment-8724 Jim, thanks for the update on the PAG! Excellent to hear the discussion is progressing. I, too, would love to see the discussion broadened. To that end, I've spent a little (very little) time setting up a wiki on the future of MLS. I meant to do so much more but, with your post, thought it might be worth putting forward now. The details can be filled in as we go along. The URL for the wiki is http://futureofmls.wiki.zoho.com/. I'm hoping it will prove easy for people to use. To edit documents, users will need to sign up with Zoho, but it's free. A great start would be if someone could post the initial MLS PAG report to the wiki. Next, I want to review the CAR's principles, because I think they have a lot of great points, but there are areas where they should be extended or modified, too, such as by clarifying that data standards should follow RETS and by making declarations regarding advertising and public display of listings by the MLS. There's so much more and it will be great if the conversation can be done in the open. Jim, thanks for the update on the PAG! Excellent to hear the discussion is progressing. I, too, would love to see the discussion broadened. To that end, I’ve spent a little (very little) time setting up a wiki on the future of MLS. I meant to do so much more but, with your post, thought it might be worth putting forward now. The details can be filled in as we go along. The URL for the wiki is http://futureofmls.wiki.zoho.com/. I’m hoping it will prove easy for people to use. To edit documents, users will need to sign up with Zoho, but it’s free. A great start would be if someone could post the initial MLS PAG report to the wiki. Next, I want to review the CAR’s principles, because I think they have a lot of great points, but there are areas where they should be extended or modified, too, such as by clarifying that data standards should follow RETS and by making declarations regarding advertising and public display of listings by the MLS. There’s so much more and it will be great if the conversation can be done in the open.

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