The last few years NAR has been investigating the possibility of having a
National Data base of all properties in the United States. Filled with
tax information, Insurance documents ( like the Clue report), survey, title
information, anything to do with the subject property. The purpose is to have
a place to go to get all information about a property with one click.
While the project is still in it's infancy, the final product would be available
to members of NAR and not to the public. The MLS Issues and policy
forum heard from Dale Ross who is chair of the RPR (Realtors Property
Resource). He indicated they have contracted with Move.com to consult with
NAR to bring the RPR to reality.
Inman News also reported on the presentation.
Opinions I have heard vary from:" finally a system that will be helpful" to
"there they go again spending our dues dollars to build something that the
local market may already have."
I think we have a bigger issues that should be solved first. We need to
have systems in place that offer the consumer programs similar to the
Zillows and Trulias of the Internet and let the brokers and title offices
continue to offer property detail.
I don't think we need a national MLS but we need to get away from the small
local MLS's that can not offer all the bells and whisles that are available.
But that is another blog.
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