NAR Board of Directors, 1909
As it stands right now, MLS systems and data exist purely for Realtors and members. The public is more of an afterthought. This will continue to be true, unless people start to stand up and say, “I WANT MY MLS!”
Some may say that [David Barry’s] goal is not ethics or reform, but destroying the NAR and the privately-owned MLS’s so companies that do not share these goals, or, in some cases, even actively participate in the buying and selling of real estate, can use the privately held data (listings) for their own benefit and profit.
Those two arguments shoot across each other’s bow, but much of this debate does. Truly, the whole mess was started in 1908. It seems unlikely that it will be resolved by 2008.
I have much more to say about this…
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