By LISA WAHLGREN
A contingent of Austin Realtors say listing agents should be clearly identified when brokers and agents publicize each other's listings on their websites.
With two of the city's prominent luxury brokers leading the charge, they've asked the Austin Board of Realtors (ABoR) to change current policies governing the display of Internet Data Exchange (IDX) listings.
An equally vocal group of ABoR members contends that promoting other brokers' listings on their websites is one thing, but promoting their agents is quite another. They object to a proposed IDX rule change that would require them to identify listing agents on the properties they showcase on their sites.
Some listing brokers and agents who are pushing for rule changes also want sellers to have the ability to opt out of having their listings included in feeds of shared listing data, without giving up their right to advertise their home on the listing broker's website.
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