MLS Update's Blog: All Categories

The Memphis Area Association of Realtors(R), in an attempt to reduce the overall over-utilization of their RETS server, has started to limit the RETS record returns over the last week.

For details on how this might affect your IDX or if you are interested in getting an IDX from the Memphis Area Association of Realtors, contact Real Estate Webmasters. Read Full Post

The SunshineMLS, which includes the Naples Area Board of Realtors® and the Bonita-Estero Board of Realtors®, is updating their with new metadata on October 9th, 2007. Their notice was as follows:

To all FTP/RETS users:

Please note that SunshineMLS will implement the following metadata changes on 10/9/2007:

Residential (RES) Property Class:

METADATA-LOOKUP_TYPE

-       The "City" lookup type will have additional values (all Florida cities being added to the list)

Lot and Land (LOT) Property Class:

METADATA-LOOKUP_TYPE

-       The "City" lookup type will have additional values (all Florida cities being added to the list)

Residential Income (RIN) Property Class:

METADATA-LOOKUP_TYPE

-       The "City" lookup type will have additional…

The Florida Association of Realtors (R) just went live with a dedicated photo server. Combined with two new fields to the data feed (PHOTO_QUANTITY and PHOTO_URL), IDX feed subscribers can now hot-link to all of the photos for all of the respective FAR feeds. Other than the great news, the important thing to notice is that they are discontinuing photo download service in the near future. That mean people who don't switch over will not have ANY photos. Here is the full update from FAR:

"Hello,

On 26 JUL 2007 multiple IDX property photos were made available to those offices using the FAR IDX Download service. Multiple photos have been available in our framed solution since inception and now multiple photos are also available to those offices that… Read Full Post

Rejoice! Rejoice! FAR bringing out photo server for hot-linking!

Florida holds some of the highest number of Realtors and real estate related professionals in the United States. Couple this with Multiple Listing Service organizations and you have a dizzying mess of relationships if you are a company dealing with Realtors and MLS's in Florida. Luckily, there exists one body to help streamline things a little: the Florida Association of Realtors.

They provide, in their own words "The tools you need, the advice you can count on." One key benefit is a readily available IDX strategy for web professionals like Real Estate Webmasters, or the layman. People wanting to integrate IDX content on their websites without programming can simply frame an easy to use… Read Full Post

This morning Real Estate Webmasters got an update from the Carolina Multiple Listings Service updating us on the new rules regarding the display of virtual tours in their IDX's. In the past, they had banned the display of virtual tours until they could resolve the issue of not displaying the URL of the host of the virtual tour. Their resolution is as follows:

SECTION 17.1.23: VIRTUAL TOURS: An IDX Participant’s Web site may contain links to virtual tours included in the IDX Database. The virtual tour link text may not display the actual virtual tour URL, the link must open a new browser window (target=_blank), and the domain address displayed in that window must be the same as the domain address of the IDX Participant’s Web site.

Virtual tour URLs are…

After several requests for addition fields in the IDX content, the Austin Board of Realtors (R) plans on adding the following fields on July 17th, 2007:

Property Type Field Name FRM AREA FRM REGION FRM MAPSCOGRID FRM MAPSCOPAGE FRM ASSOCFEE FRM ASSOCFEEINCLUDES FRM ASSOCFEEPAID FRM ASSOCFEETYPE LOT … Read Full Post

The CMLS, on May 24th, approved the use of two new fields in their North Carolina MLS. The two were remarks and virtual tour URL's. In an effort to prevent browsers of the listings from unintentionally visiting the listing agent's site by way of the virtual tour URL, they insisted on a routine of having the virtual tours open in a new window with the address bar disabled. Not long afterwards they discovered that Microsoft was not going to make their job easy and has removed the ability to disable the address bar in their new browser, Internet Explorer 7, in a attempt to prevent malicious content and phishing. So, until such time as CMLS finds a workaround, their listings will only have added a remarks field.

If you have any questions about this or any… Read Full Post

Regional MLS of Oregon has announced the expansion of their area numbers to include coverage in the Eastern Oregon area. This update to the MLS will occur on the night of June 13th. They have not release a list of the new areas, but stay tuned for updates in the coming weeks.

If you have any questions about this or any other MLS in the US, contact Real Estate Webmasters at (250) 753-9893. Read Full Post