Silicon Valley and Northern California MLS Prepares Real Estate Pros for the Future
MLSListings, the premier multiple listing service (MLS) for real estate professionals in Silicon Valley and the northern California region, is the first MLS in the nation to be RESO Web API Certified.
Known for its forward-thinking approach to providing services to its more than 15,000 real estate professionals and their clients, MLSListings received its certification from the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO), a nonprofit organization that creates data standards for the real estate industry.
“We are extremely proud of our RESO certifications. As we elevate data standardization, we also elevate the ability for brokers and agents to align with buyers and sellers,” said James Harrison, RCE, CAE, President and CEO of MLSListings. “Data standardization is an important part of our platform to enable seamless real estate transactions, without technological or unnecessary business barriers.”
Jeremy Crawford, Executive Director of RESO, says MLSListings is once again “leading the charge among MLSs” as a pioneer in implementing the latest industry standards.
MLSListings was among the first MLSs to adopt the RESO Data Dictionary and has continuously brought some of the nation’s brightest engineers to the standards table with heavy participation within the RESO community for the good of the overall industry.
Crawford explains that the RESO Web API is “simply a way to transfer data that can eliminate the need to copy listing information between different servers.” He added, “It is not only the best way for an MLS to be the original and only source of MLS property data, but the new RESO Web API can make everyone’s life simpler because the technology will deliver efficiencies in the collection and use of MLS data by real estate agents, brokers, MLS technology providers and MLSs.”
Harrison added, “For home buyers and sellers, this new technology can mean more reliable and more current information, and that will create a better real estate experience.”
For real estate firms that intersect with property data, the RESO Web API delivers several “big wins” Crawford said, including “speedier development with more robust features, a faster path to listing data deployment, a lightweight footprint helping power mobile solutions in real-time and simplification.” Crawford added, “The RESO Web API means reducing the need to have multiple software solutions for multiple markets, and that is incredibly welcomed news, particularly for real estate brokerages and software developers.”
MLSListings members will benefit from improved MLS data access with faster updates and results, as well as increased security. | MORE INFO
