RESO Monthly, December 2024: Membership Renewal Deadline, Data Dictionary 2.0 Certification Swings Into High Gear and More!

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RESO Membership Renewal: Final Month!

You have just over three weeks to renew your RESO membership on time. Your support is critical to the development of standards that create efficiency throughout the industry.

2025 Membership Add-On: Purchase a RED-B Bulk bundle with your RESO membership renewal before December 31, 2024, and save!

• RED-B Bulk license for 10 team members – $1,600 ($400 savings)

If you need to update your primary contact, have issues logging in or have any other questions, please call 919.504.6235 or email Brian Ohnesorgen at membership@reso.org.

RENEW ONLINE NOW | MORE INFO

RESO 2025 Spring Conference: Standards in the Sonoran

It’s not too early to register for the 2025 RESO Spring Conference, which will be held April 15–17 at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona.

This year there’s a schedule change for the last day. Thursday, April 17, is reserved for the Transport Workgroup Technical Day. The host hotel block will be reduced for that final day, so please include that in your considerations if you’re the right candidate for Technical Day. Further details will be announced.

An opening reception will be held on April 14. | VIEW EVENT SITE

Product Updates

Data Dictionary

Community Pool Features Proposal – A new multi-select lookup-type field called CommunityPoolFeatures was approved.

Alignment Reports

This is a reminder that RESO Provider and Market Alignment Reports are officially for sale, Industry Alignment Reports are free to RESO members, and Consumer Alignment Reports are coming soon. | DETAILS

Intentionally International

Save the Date for the 2025 International MLS Forum
The next International MLS Forum will be September 25–26 in Toronto, Canada. Registration details, including hotel information and pricing will be announced soon, but we wanted you to get this marquee event added to your calendar. | READ MORE

International MLS Forum 2024, October 7–8, Milan, Italy
MEDIA PAGE (Gallery & Videos)

The Toronto destination brings the event from Europe to North America and will begin directly after the Council of Multiple Listing Services CMLS2025 conference taking place September 23–25 at the same venue! Past International MLS Forums have drawn representatives from more than 50 countries!

RESO’s membership involvement in global markets has increased greatly in recent years. International MLS Forum host Joe Schneider, EVP of Consulting at Modern.tech, recently led a panel on international growth of real estate standards at the RESO 2025 Fall Conference. | VIDEO

Certification Update

Data Dictionary 2.0 and Web API Core 2.0.0 are the latest RESO standards. RESO Common Format (RCF), Add/Edit, EntityEvent/Webhooks and Validation Expressions are additional certifiable endorsements. All results are viewable in RESO Analytics.

Data Dictionary 2.0 certifications are in full swing, and here are some of the latest MLSs to achieve certification.

View the certification status of all MLSs on the RESO Certification Map. Please send any address or subscriber count changes to certification@reso.org.

Questions about RESO certification should be directed to your MLS vendor. Questions about self-testing or the technical aspects of certification may be directed to dev@reso.org.

RED

Do you still have 2024 budget funds available for professional development? Consider a group investment in RESO’s Working with Real Estate Data – Business (RED-B) course, the best primer for understanding how data flows through the industry.

The course is designed for both nontechnical and technical professionals, covering the organizations, rules, processes and technology systems that create the real estate data ecosystem.

Congratulations to Zillow Group for empowering more than 100 employees to enhance their expertise in real estate data by completing the RED-B course. This achievement highlights Zillow’s commitment to staying ahead in the industry and leveraging data-driven strategies for success. Kudos to the team for investing in continuous education.

RED-B continues to be highly popular with organizations onboarding new employees and volunteer leaders. Many companies have made it a default training course. Consider incorporating it into your new staff and volunteer leadership onboarding strategy today. | MORE INFO

Industry News

CMLS Welcomes New Directors
The Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) recently announced their newly elected MLS directors, each of whom will serve four-year terms:

• Chris Carrillo, CEO of Metro MLS (Wisconsin)
• Rene Galicia, Executive VP of Customer Advocacy for Bright MLS (Mid-Atlantic Region)
• Richard Haggerty, CEO of OneKey MLS (New York)
• Nicole Jensen, CEO of realMLS (Florida) (re-elected for a second term)  

Officers for 2025 will include:

• Chair: John DiMichele, CEO of the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (Ontario)
• Vice-Chair: Nicole Jensen, CEO of realMLS (Florida)
• Secretary/Treasurer: Justin Haag, CEO of Northwest MLS (Washington)
• Past Chair: Dionna Hall, CEO of BeachesMLS (Florida)

READ THE FULL NEWS RELEASE

New Members

domii
domii are the creators of an app that uses an AI algorithm to predict which homeowners are most likely to sell in a market area, saving time and money by focusing on prospects with a high propensity to list their home in the near future.

Voiceflip Technologies
Voiceflip, developers of FLIP, an AI-powered real estate assistant, seeks to make property searches accessible, engaging and efficient for everyone by leveraging cutting-edge technology to break down barriers and create a seamless real estate experience.

Lead Accelerator Solutions LLC
Lead Accelerator Solutions is a lead generation/conversion company managing and modernizing IDX websites and related online assets.

Welcome to RESO!

Three Questions

The Three Questions interview series introduces you to real estate professionals with a hint of personality and humor. Watch for new entries on Fridays. | VISIT THE THREE QUESTIONS ARCHIVE

Recent entries:

• Beldon Panter of BAREIS
• Casey Hickman of UtahRealEstate.com

RESO Workgroup Meetings

Interoperability Workgroup | November 12, 2024
The group provided an update on payloads tagging, including suggestions for new payloads for Appraisal/Valuation, MLS Only and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Potential use cases for the RESO Common Format (RCF) standard and in-progress Autofill Service standard were also discussed, as well as the group’s efforts toward documenting Offer Management (OM) user stories. | NOTES

Bulk Sale Subgroup | November 13, 2024
The meeting covered the proposal for a PackageSale resource or shape to communicate package sale information, including the individual parts of the package. | NOTES

Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Subgroup | November 14, 2024
The group reviewed the Additional Living Quarters Shape proposal and suggested changes and additions to better express details about Additional Living Quarters (ALQ). | NOTES

Fast Track Subgroup | November 19, 2024
The group reviewed the Fast Track Potential Data Dictionary Additions sheet and suggested several additions to the New Lookup Considerations from Fast Track Subgroup post. The term “Master” is increasingly being phased out in the industry and is in use in the names of six lookups in the Data Dictionary, so the group agreed to move any mapping suggestions from “Primary” to “Master” and suggested that “Primary” should not be flagged during certification testing. | NOTES

Internet Tracking Workgroup | November 20, 2024
The group will make its Tracking Fields 2.0.11 Spreadsheet match the fields and lookups in use in the most recent version of the Data Dictionary before the next meeting. EventTypes lookups were reviewed in relation to their potential use as results from user actions taken on listing websites. Privacy updates were given, including state-specific legislation on biometric data collection and use. | NOTES

Data Dictionary Workgroup | November 21, 2024
The group voted to add a new lookup field named CommunityPoolFeatures. Other topics included adding lookups to ParkingFeatures, data elements to communicate Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) information, a field to indicate currency type and possible options for handling Data Dictionary lookups that use the word “Master.” “Master” is increasingly being phased out for “Primary” in the industry, and the group would like to choose a definitive path for the Data Dictionary going forward. Additionally, 2025 initiatives and priorities were discussed with the hope that the next meeting will provide more direction. | NOTES

Upcoming RESO Workgroup Meetings and Key Topics

Here is a list of meetings on the slate for the next month, including the major topics for discussion. Join a workgroup to be part of the conversation! Members can review workgroup agendas in the RESO Workgroup Collaboration System.

• Dec 05: Research & Development – New Development Business Case, New Construction Data Fields, Licensee Display Rules
• Dec 10: Interoperability – Exploration of an Appraisal/Valuation payload
• Dec 11: Bulk Sale – Selecting a structure to communicate bulk or package sales
• Dec 12: Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) – Working on an Additional Living Quarters Proposal
• Dec 17: Fast Track – Review potential Data Dictionary additions
• Dec 18: Broker Advisory – Conference follow-up on most pressing items for the group to champion
• Dec 19: Data Dictionary – Make decisions for Attached/Detached Garage, Master/Primary Bedroom and priorities for 2025
• Dec 19: Certification – Data Dictionary 3.0 testing rules