…or the “Baltimore Orioles plan to learn football to compete with Denver Broncos”
@drewmeyers http://t.co/lM4ikd4uZI or "Baltimore Orioles plan to learn football to compete with Denver Broncos"
— Greg Fischer (@FischRealEstate) October 9, 2013
Following today’s recent news, I was going to rant about the public facing MLS issue again.
But I already wrote that post back in 2011 when Sandicor launched their site.
MLS’ still don’t stand a chance to compete, and it’s still a waste of money. Nothing has changed.
Back to your regularly scheduled programming.
Posted in
Bookmark the permalink
Shubhankar Durvaa
Posted at 05:44h, 10 OctoberThanks for sharing
Sam DeBord, SeattleHome.com
Posted at 08:14h, 10 OctoberStill disagree. Not in full support of the idea, but MLSs can already compete. HAR.com competes with, or beats, the portals in total traffic. Accurate listings still count, and the portals don’t have them.
You could definitely argue that the sellers aren’t being served by the agents if their listings are pulled from popular portals. But, could the MLS become an even bigger driver in that city if it pulled syndication from portals? Absolutely.
Drew Meyers
Posted at 11:26h, 10 OctoberWe can agree to disagree 🙂
HAR.com has been around how long though? They have a 5 or 6 year head start on the others..
Sam DeBord, SeattleHome.com
Posted at 13:57h, 10 OctoberNo disagreement there. It’s a big leap, but look how far Zillow has come in the last 6 years. The market changes quickly.
Drew Meyers
Posted at 14:01h, 10 OctoberAgreed. But look at how many people they’ve hired and how much money it took to get there. Is the MLS industry going to put that same investment in?
Sam DeBord, SeattleHome.com
Posted at 14:05h, 10 OctoberThat’s the huge hurdle. They have a big advantage in terms of content quality, but a huge disadvantage in being able to raise money.
Drew Meyers
Posted at 20:13h, 15 OctoberI would be beyond shocked if any investor would invest in an MLS that is trying to make a technology play..