MLS Searches

For those who haven't noticed the little house in the right side bar, that's the place to go to search for houses listed in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area of Minnesota.  The link connects the consumer (you) with an IDX (information data exchange) link from the Multiple Listing Service.  That link contains all the listings from brokerages in the Twin Cities metro area that have given permission for their listings to show on the IDX.  Only a very few brokerages do not participate in this exchange of information.

A big change is coming to the IDX search as soon as the providers can figure out how to get the kinks out.  The change will require every consumer using the REALTOR "search listings" sites to accept the terms required for usage of the listing information.  A gray box will pop up in the search listings window which will describe these terms.  Unless the consumer checks "I accept" or "I agree" they will be unable to search the listings provided in the IDX link to the MLS.  The MLS is requiring this terms of use box to be placed on ALL the IDX listings site which are coming from the MLS.  There will be no avoidance of the gray box by going to another company's website as "the box" will be there as well!

For those of you using my site regularly to search for listings, just consider this new step to be a simple hoop everyone has to jump through to get to the houses that are for sale!  It's just one more click to get to the goal.

Comments

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[Donald]

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[Bonnie Erickson]

Larry, It will be an end user license agreement requiring the user to agree NOT to use the info unless authorized.

[Larry Cragun]

What will the grey box ask?