Real Estate Brokers Are Joining Forces To Refuse Listing Syndication To Marketing Sites Like Trulia, Zillow, etc.

Hi Laurie - Thanks for stopping by.

Hi Pamela - Thanks for stopping by.  It's not right that the first contact the client might have in searching for assistance, is a site which neither is owned or employed by licensed agents or brokers.

Hi Ron - I hear what you're saying, but buyers interested in homes will find a site that has access to them.  When Zillow, Trulia, Homes.com, and Realtor.com were not on the internet, the buyers would be patronizing websites of ACTUAL REAL ESTATE COMPANIES AND/OR AGENTS.

If I'm sitting in front of my computer, I can find a realtor website just as easy as finding Zillow, Trulia, or Realtor.com.  There's 100,000 times as many.

Thanks for stopping by.

P.S. Syndication to other agents sites is perfectly fine, as those professionals are licensed agents/brokers.

Easy questions... easy answers Miriam...

The listing agent is absolutely the best source of information for the listed property (short of the home owner).  They have a relationship (business or personal) with the seller and have seen inside the property.  Where the buyers agents and buyers agencies provide a choice of agents for consumers, those agents need to be trained and effective at asking the right questions and obtaining a good picture of what the listing agent knows.  (Not sure why you would ask this question Miriam... If you didn't have a real estate license, I'd guess you'd be talking directly with a listing agent on a home you were interested in buying (and if you wouldn't, I'd question your real estate expertise).

Relocating buyers who have name recognition of Trulia, Zillow, etc. are misguided as only the local MLS in any area will have the most accurate information.  If their comfort is with the scraper sites, they are likely in need of a knowledgeable agent/broker.
 

Patrick - That's exactly the question to ask... What do they bring to the table? (and if you take away the MLS information they post from other sources, I'd say they bring nothing to the table).  Thanks for stopping by.  

Hey Ron - Just to expand on our earlier discussion.  When you do a search for real estate related companies, homes, agents, or brokers, you likely see the big marketing sites (Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com, etc.) right on top, and then tens or hundreds of real estate agents or brokers websites below that.

If the big marketing sites were not there, the first thing the searching party would see would be a site of a licensed real estate agent or broker, right?

So, losing Zillow, Trulia, or Realtor.com wouldn't matter in the end.

To Whom It May Concern - Thank you for the reblogs!