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Metrolist, Inc. of Colorado has recently notified its vendors of a change to their MLS Rules & Regulations to restriction the use of the term 'MLS' in its members' URL's, brokerage names, domain names, email addresses, or in any other way that may misrepresent themselves as the MLS. All current uses of such terms must cease no later than October 31st, 2008. The new rules states:

MLS Rules & Regulations Section 15.5 IDX Display Subsection (3):

3. Participants, Users and Licensees shall not use the term "multiple listing service," the acronym "MLS," or derivatives thereof, in Participant names, except as provided in Section 3.4 (3). In addition, Participants, Users and Licensees shall not use the term "multiple listing service," the acronym "MLS," or…

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In an announcement this morning, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors has notified all of its IDX web vendors about the upcoming addition of new fields to the IDX data feed. These fields will allow web vendors to indicate which listings are in Foreclosure, are Short Sales, and Reposession listings. The fields will be available in the data feed within the next 15 days.

To take advantage of these new fields, or just to discuss your IDX options, please give us a call.

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In an email update this morning, Real Estate Webmasters has been informed that Metrolist, Inc. of Colorado will be adding a designation for Short Sales to the IDX data feed. The update will take place on September 18th, 2008. This will allow Metrolist IDX clients from REW to feature short sales on their IDX's.

Please contact us for more information on taking advantage of this great update!

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In an effort to make the life of an IDX vendor like Real Estate Webmasters less hectic, the Realtor Association of Northwestern Wisconsin is ensuring that Open House records expire once the date of the open house has passed. They are enforcing this criteria on their end, so we will not likely have to update our framework to take advantage of the change.

Thank you, RANWW.

If you are a member of RANWW and would like any information on an IDX in your area, you can contact us at 250-753-9893.

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The Bay Area Real Estate Information Services, Inc. has contacted all of its members and BAREIS MLS Vendors to inform them of an exciting new development in the area of REO listings for public display. Here is what the MLS had to say:

Recently there have been many inquiries by vendors and agents alike in regards to adding REO/Foreclosure’s to IDX website search criteria, as well as inquiries in regards to building REO/Foreclosure IDX websites. Up until now, we have not allowed sale conditions to be displayed publically. Due to the high volume of requests, it has been discussed by the BAREIS MLS Board of Directors and we are now going to allow public sites to add REO/Foreclosure’s  to the search criteria and/or allow an agent or broker to have an… Read Full Post

The Realtor® Association of Northwestern Wisconsin (RANWW) and MLS have just announced that their agent members will now be allowed to have IDX solutions on their websites. This will require broker authorization and the completion of the appropriate licensing paperwork. This is great news for all members of the RANWW! Please contact us for more details about this MLS and IDX.

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The East Bay Regional Data, Inc. on Monday, May 5th, will be extending the size of their remarks fields from 255 to 512 characters for the Mobile Homes, Residential Income and Lease Rental-type listings.

All REW clients will automatically receive this upgrade and should see this change sometime after May 5th.

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The Garden State MLS has informed all IDX FTP Providers, such as Real Estate Webmasters, of an upgrade to their IDX data feed to include more data and more frequent updates. The new data totals more than 180 new fields across all property types including:

• Amenities
• Flooring
• Handicap Modified
• Parking Spaces
• Pets Allowed
• Roof
• Siding
• to name a few...

If you would like more details on this exciting development and how it might affect a current or potential IDX project, please contact us!

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