Compliance Guidelines for Integrating MLS Data into Websites and Apps
When using our real estate APIs to enrich your websites and apps with listing content, it is crucial to adhere to MLS compliance guidelines. These guidelines ensure transparency and prevent misrepresentation of listings. Here are the common compliance items you should consider:
Requirement: Each listing must clearly disclose the listing brokerage using a font that is as conspicuous as the rest of the text.
Purpose: To ensure that the website owner does not falsely present the listing as their own.
Requirement: If the website owner is a real estate agent, the agent's information must be disclosed on every page of the website. Brokerage websites are exempt from this requirement.
Purpose: To ensure users are aware of the website owner's identity.
Requirement: The website owner's brokerage information must be disclosed on every page of the website.
Purpose: To ensure users are aware of the website owner's identity.
Requirement: If the website allows users to browse sold data, the user must first log in to the website and verify their email address before any sold data is displayed. Additionally, the user must agree to the website's terms of service as part of the login/signup process.
Purpose: To ensure compliance with MLS rules regarding the display of sold data.
Requirement: Individual MLSs have specific requirements about MLS disclosures that may need to appear on each page of the website.
Purpose: To meet MLS-specific transparency requirements.
Requirement: Individual MLSs have specific language requirements that must be included in the website's terms of use.
Purpose: To ensure legal compliance with MLS terms.
Requirement: Content not provided by the MLS must not be mixed with MLS content.
Purpose: To ensure that non-MLS information is not misrepresented as MLS-provided.
These are the major compliance items that are common across MLSs, but it is essential to check with your specific MLS for any additional requirements that may be unique to that MLS.
By adhering to these guidelines, you ensure that your website or app remains compliant with MLS regulations, maintaining transparency and trust with your users. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please contact our support team or your MLS directly.
1. Listing Brokerage Disclosure
Requirement: Each listing must clearly disclose the listing brokerage using a font that is as conspicuous as the rest of the text.
Purpose: To ensure that the website owner does not falsely present the listing as their own.
2. Real Estate Agent Information
Requirement: If the website owner is a real estate agent, the agent's information must be disclosed on every page of the website. Brokerage websites are exempt from this requirement.
Purpose: To ensure users are aware of the website owner's identity.
3. Brokerage Information
Requirement: The website owner's brokerage information must be disclosed on every page of the website.
Purpose: To ensure users are aware of the website owner's identity.
4. Sold Data Access
Requirement: If the website allows users to browse sold data, the user must first log in to the website and verify their email address before any sold data is displayed. Additionally, the user must agree to the website's terms of service as part of the login/signup process.
Purpose: To ensure compliance with MLS rules regarding the display of sold data.
5. MLS Disclaimers
Requirement: Individual MLSs have specific requirements about MLS disclosures that may need to appear on each page of the website.
Purpose: To meet MLS-specific transparency requirements.
6. Terms of Use
Requirement: Individual MLSs have specific language requirements that must be included in the website's terms of use.
Purpose: To ensure legal compliance with MLS terms.
7. Separation of Content
Requirement: Content not provided by the MLS must not be mixed with MLS content.
Purpose: To ensure that non-MLS information is not misrepresented as MLS-provided.
Important Note
These are the major compliance items that are common across MLSs, but it is essential to check with your specific MLS for any additional requirements that may be unique to that MLS.
By adhering to these guidelines, you ensure that your website or app remains compliant with MLS regulations, maintaining transparency and trust with your users. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please contact our support team or your MLS directly.
Updated on: 29/11/2024
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