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All Northern Virginia MLS IDX Search Engines. 31, Add More!

The goal here is to list ALL the MLS search engines in the MRIS area (Northern Virginia, DC Maryland) that pull the entire MLS (all broker listings).

MRIS is the back end provider of the Northern Virginia MLS. They allow Realtors to log into their back end system via Matrix.MRIS.com. But they also let brokers and 3rd party providers have access to the MLS Data and republish it in their own manner via IDX and RETS feeds.

While almost every Realtor website has a "Click here to search," 95% of those link to a partner that slaps their name and photo on it, like Homesdatabase.com with about 1,000 sub accounts.

This list took me 2 hours to compile. Let me know if I missed any!

10,000 NOVA Realtors, but only 32 31 total unique search engines that pull the MLS (all broker listings) directly, yet they display them differently

Large Brokers:

Smaller brokers

BrioRealty.com
Choice Real Estate
NVFH.com (registration required for details)
Realtywatch.com
Redfin.com
TheBestHomeSearchEver.com and BirdsEyeSearch.com
VirginiaMLS.com
ZipRealty.com (registration required for details)

3rd Party Providers (most Popular), something an agent or Broker would subscribe to and put their name all over it.

Homesdatabase.com, Realtor product called Active Agent from MRIS $325/yr. Ex: MLS Virginia
iHOMEFINDER.com, Example Broker: Exit AllStar Realty
ListingsToGo, Watchdog service. "Starts at" $540/yr. Example: Bill Davis
MLSFinder.com from Wolfnet, Agent example: JustNewListings.com or Broker: KellerWilliams.com
MRIS Bridge, From MRIS for brokers. $750 a year. Example: Fairfax Realty
Top Producer, Agent example Grace Neary

3rd Party Providers (less frequently used), something an agent or Broker would subscribe to

Advanced Access, Agent example: Ann Gross
GoMethod.com, Agent example: BernieKagan
HomeCards, Broker example: Westgate Realty
Househunt.com Agent example: Maggie DelGallo (registration required for details)
IDXco, Starting at $468yr, Agent example: (Valarie Smallwood)
IDXPro.com, Agent example: Nova Real estate Team

3rd Party MLS showcasers (not sponsored by a particular broker or agent)

Homes.com
Homescape (Washington Post)
Realtor.com (they strip 50% of the images, details here)

Individuals:

Not included:

Century21 It only searches C21 listings. (Correct me if I'm wrong)
ColdwellBanker.com Only searches their own listings.
Zillow, Trulia. They do not have MLS access, read details here

Let me know if I missed any.

- Written by Frank Borges LL0SA- Broker FranklyRealty.com

Please report typos and errors.

UPDATE: and of course my new site FranklyMLS.com

Update: Roost.com

Posted by FRANK LL0SA- Northern Virginia Broker .:. FranklyRealty.com on 01/05/2008 04:21 PM

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7 Comments on All Northern Virginia MLS IDX Search Engines. 31, Add More!

JAN

2008

Frank-I am using the IHomefinder IDX search on my outside blog. Went with this one since it could be customized to match my site with headers and colors. The biggest problem with the homesdatabase solution is that the average agent can't customize the look and feel so it sticks out like a sore thumb if you try and integrate it in your site. If they would let agents customize they might get a higher market share in this area.

APR

2008

I'm a software engineer for Diverse Solutions (an IDX vendor), and I just happened to stumble on this post today and thought I might chime in with a tip to the IDX solution we make. It's a mapping application, and you can find out more about it here: http://www.diversesolutions.com/dssearchagent.htm .

Here's an example of one of our clients who uses our IDX solution: http://idx.diversesolutions.com/search/591/20 .