"After consideration of consumer demand, member sentiment and industry trends including a growing number of popular third party websites which feature sold listings, the NNEREN BOD has approved display of sold listings from the NNEREN compilation on NNEREN member IDX sites and on NNEREN.com.

NNEREN sold listing displays will include a limited set of fields- closed date, closed price, listing firm, selling firm, property type, property address, primary photo, and bedrooms within Residential, Condo, Mobile, Multi-Family and Land property types. For the Land property type, acreage will be displayed.

If you currently display the NNEREN database on your website via framed IDX display, sold listings will be included upon implementation date, which is currently planned for May 1st. If you have an agreement in place to receive a distributed IDX feed (non-framed), and opt to display sold listing content on your website, modifications to accommodate this new listing status will be necessary. Information will be provided shortly to IDX consultants via email, and additional communications to NNEREN IDX Participants and all users will be forthcoming."

So they have completely given away the keys to our business. I think I might just go start a travel agency now.  Notice how there are no more travel agents out there. Well, that's because we made it all doable on the internet. What do they need us for if they can find out all the info on line. What was are our so called leadership thinking when they are now making SOLD data an approved display.

And guess what I will bet you that this "new" information will just lead to more third party groups trying to sell leads back to you and exorbitant rates for the FREE CMA's they will now offer on line.

And the limited set of fields - Not telling you who sold it - just the firm. So you don't even get credit for your hard work. And I will bet you that it will have to be posted in itty bitty type face somewhere obscure at the bottom of the page where no one will see it. Just like it is with the listing feed.

One agency in particular I will bet will stream this data and make it look like they have sold all the listings out there - just as they currently use the data stream to make it look like every house on the market is listed with them.

The only way for us to save ourselves is to stop being willing sheep to the IDX feed. You can opt out and now it is apparent that we should opt out.

Member sentiment - was any member even asked before they decided to do this. I encourage everyone to contact NNEREN and express their sentiment that this is not good for business.

Email NNEREN today at suggestions@nneren.com

Maybe together we can stop this madness and save our businesses.