Love your commentary! Curious if you feel the same about any information that is contained only within the MLS (for MRED that includes many things like price change history, days on market, broker agent remarks, showing instructions, and more)? Are you advocating for any member of the public to have full access to every MLS? Seeking to understand – in your analogy, members of the public are not able to get full access to medications – they must go through pharmacies… maybe you also don’t like that dynamic? Seeking to understand.
@Rebecca First off, the post is intentionally satirical, I think you know this already. š
To your question: no, Iām not advocating for full public access to everything in the MLS. Thereās a clear difference between data that has traditionally remained private (showing instructions, access details, agent remarks) and data that has long been consumer-facing, like days on market and price history.
My concern is really about that shift.
When information that consumers have historically relied on suddenly becomes optional or hidden, it creates an optics problem. Itās not hard to imagine the narrative becoming: āagents are hiding key information to benefit themselves.ā Thatās a tough one to walk back once it takes hold.
The second issue is the positioning. Thereās a difference between quietly supporting different business models within the MLS and actively promoting the ability to suppress consumer-facing data. The latter invites scrutiny in a way that the former doesnāt.
Especially in the current environment, where the industry is already under the microscope, messaging like this could be interpreted in ways that werenāt intendedābut could still be used as evidence of intent.
Thatās really the point I was trying to make, albeit with tongue planted firmly in cheek.
Love your commentary! Curious if you feel the same about any information that is contained only within the MLS (for MRED that includes many things like price change history, days on market, broker agent remarks, showing instructions, and more)? Are you advocating for any member of the public to have full access to every MLS? Seeking to understand – in your analogy, members of the public are not able to get full access to medications – they must go through pharmacies… maybe you also don’t like that dynamic? Seeking to understand.
@Rebecca First off, the post is intentionally satirical, I think you know this already. š
To your question: no, Iām not advocating for full public access to everything in the MLS. Thereās a clear difference between data that has traditionally remained private (showing instructions, access details, agent remarks) and data that has long been consumer-facing, like days on market and price history.
My concern is really about that shift.
When information that consumers have historically relied on suddenly becomes optional or hidden, it creates an optics problem. Itās not hard to imagine the narrative becoming: āagents are hiding key information to benefit themselves.ā Thatās a tough one to walk back once it takes hold.
The second issue is the positioning. Thereās a difference between quietly supporting different business models within the MLS and actively promoting the ability to suppress consumer-facing data. The latter invites scrutiny in a way that the former doesnāt.
Especially in the current environment, where the industry is already under the microscope, messaging like this could be interpreted in ways that werenāt intendedābut could still be used as evidence of intent.
Thatās really the point I was trying to make, albeit with tongue planted firmly in cheek.