Where Real Estate Gets Its Dirt

Who really has sovereignty over MLS data? [Sponsor]

How can we be the best stewards of our data? It’s a question every MLS, broker, and agent is asking, and one that deserves a straight answer.

FBS believes the MLS is the true steward of its database, and brokers own their individual listings—that’s a winning combination. Their technology is built to support this, giving your team simple, effective tools to manage data based on your specific market, honor broker distribution preferences, and keep compliance straightforward with built-in tracking. With the Spark Datamart, They’ve brought licensing, approvals, and usage tracking together into one central, easy-to-use dashboard for your team. They’re also introducing new photo watermarking technology, so you can easily verify that your listing photos are being displayed exactly as agreed.

The result is a data model shaped around each MLS’s own market and its own policies, not a template FBS hands down the same way to everyone. For an MLS weighing the long-term value of its data, that’s a distinction worth understanding.

One Partner. Unlimited Potential. See how to put your MLS’s data ownership to work

Thanks again to FBS for supporting Vendor Alley this month.

Sponsored By Lone Wolf Technologies