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Posted by PRO Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:14:00 GMT
Listings filed with the MLS are not made available to brokers or firms that are not a member of the MLS without the consent of the listing broker.
A listing, extension, or status change may not be filed with MLS until the listing agreement, profile sheet, and listing status report form have all required information and signatures.
Posted by PRO Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:19:00 GMT
Only the listing broker’s For Sale sign may be placed on the property.
Posted by PRO Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:21:00 GMT
Prior to closing, only the listing broker’s Sold or Contract sign may be placed on the property unless the listing broker authorizes the cooperating (selling) broker to post a Sold sign.
Posted by PRO Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:22:00 GMT
Participants shall not solicit a listing on property filed with the MLS unless such solicitation is consistent with Article 16 of the REALTORS® Code of Ethics, its Standards of Practice and its Case Interpretations.
Note: This section is to be construed in a manner consistent with Article 16 of the Code of Ethics and particularly Standard of Practice 16-4. This section is intended to encourage sellers to permit their properties to be filed with the Service by protecting them from being solicited, prior to expiration of the listing, by brokers and salespersons seeking the listing upon its expiration.
Without this protection, a seller could receive hundreds of calls, communications, and visits from brokers and salespersons who have been made aware through the MLS that the listing date will expire and who desire to substitute themselves for the present broker.
This section is also intended to encourage brokers to participate in the MLS by assuring them that other participants will not attempt to persuade the seller to breach the listing contract or to interfere with their attempts to market the property. Without this protection, listing brokers would be reluctant to disclose the identity of the seller or the availability of the property to other brokers.
Note: This section does not prevent solicitations of listings that are advocated in Article 16 of the REALTORS® Code of Ethics, its Standards of Practice and its Case Interpretations.
Posted by PRO Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:08:00 GMT
No MLS participant, subscriber or licensee affiliated with any participant shall, through the name of their firm, their URLs, their e-mail addresses, their website addresses, or in any other way represent, suggest or imply that the individual or firm is an MLS, or that they operate an MLS.
Participants, subscribers and licensees affiliated with participants shall not represent, suggest or imply that consumers or others have direct access to MLS databases, or that consumers or others are able to search MLS databases available only to participants and subscribers.
This does not prohibit participants and subscribers from representing that any information they are authorized under MLS rules to provide to clients or customers is available on their websites or otherwise.
Posted by PRO Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:25:00 GMT
When Participants, Subscribers, and Administrative Users qualify for participation in the MLS, they create a secure password to provide the user access the MLS database. The MLS will also require the user to answer three security questions to verify user identity.
User Security Password Rules
Passwords are issued to an individual user, and it is strictly prohibited to share or provide security passwords or security question information to anyone including, but not limited to spouse, significant other, team members or unregistered personal assistants. Administrative Users must be registered users with the MLS.
Note: Third-party vendors must obtain a license from MLS to provide services using MLS data. This includes (but is not limited to) IDX or Web developers who require an ftp feed of MLS data to Participants’/Subscribers/ Web sites.
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Unauthorized Access: Violations of Section 7.5 will be in accordance with the MLS’ Authority to impose Discipline, Section 10.1 |
Posted by PRO Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:35:00 GMT
The lockbox fields in the MLS are located in the Showing Instructions under Residential Features.
The following violations are subject to the Progressive Fine and Rules Schedule as stated in Section 10.1:
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Publication, in any field, of access codes, combination lockbox codes, security gate codes, security system alarm codes or any other codes for equipment or systems designed to ensure the security of the property. |
Posted by PRO Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:37:00 GMT
Participants must enter all information into the MLS database fields in such a manner as not to impair the capabilities of the database such as, but not limited to, the following:
The following violations are subject to the Progressive Fine and Rules Schedule as stated in Section 10.1: