Coming soon to a state near you??
Several years ago I received a referral from an old real estate friend from Texas. The referral was for a buyer moving to New Hampshire. I reminded her that I work in Connecticut. She replied. "But it's still in New England and all those states are so little." She's right of course. Connecticut is a little state. In under two hours, I can reach Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York. I hadn't thought about that referral in a long time but remembered it today, as the launching of our new State-Wide MLS is about to happen.
A Connecticut State Wide MLS has been talked about for many years. Rhode Island, our little next door neighbor has had a State Wide MLS for years. As with any good idea, the personal agendas and the big egos usually got in the way. But last year, the timing was right and the hurdles didn't seem so high after all. Cooperation became king. So, on January 10th, we will have one MLS, one MLS vendor, data in one format and one set of MLS rules. Well, almost. Unfortunately, there are a few board hold outs. Lucky for me the hold outs are at the opposite end of the state. And I predict (it's the Carnac in me) that before the years end, the membership of the boards who are not joining now will force the issue and we will be one happy family.
How cool is that?
Back to my friend in Texas. If Connecticut and Rhode Island can adopt a single MLS, is a New England MLS far behind? After all, those states are so little.
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