eXp, HomeServices join CMLS effort to give brokers a bigger voice in MLS decisions

The Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) has created a new Brokerage Membership category intended to bring MLS and brokerage leaders into more structured and regular dialogue on the future of the MLS marketplace, the trade group announced at its Open House conference this week. The organization said the new membership is built around a straightforward premise: MLS executives and brokerage leaders need more direct, ongoing opportunities to work together on shared challenges. CMLS will roll out the initiative this fall with a founding group of brokerage leaders, who will help test and refine the membership experience, identify opportunities for tighter MLS-broker collaboration and lay the groundwork for a permanent Broker Advisory Committee. The founding group is designed as a closed forum for candid discussion rather than a broad marketing program, giving brokerage executives a defined role in shaping how the membership operates and how CMLS incorporates broker input into its work. “MLSs and brokerages are both essential to a transparent, efficient and competitive real estate marketplace, but too often we are having conversations in separate rooms,” CMLS CEO Jessica Edgerton ...