Zillow to include Canadian listings after partnering with Century 21
The US-based real estate listing website Zillow will display Canadian listings
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The US-based real estate listing website Zillow will display Canadian listings by the end of the year after signing a partnership deal with Century 21.
This is the first such deal Zillow has made in Canada. We haven’t, as yet, received brokerage requests to send MLS® listings to Zillow.
This announcement comes on the heels of www.rew.ca signing an agreement to post sold data registered with the Land Title Survey Authority (LTSA).
How do listing sites get their data?
The data in MLS® is owned by you, the members of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. As your professional organization, we act as the custodian of this data. Sometimes offices request that we share their listings with third-party websites they use to promote their listings.
These third parties must sign a contract that explains what they can do with the data. Once they agree to these terms, we provide them with the information that you, or your office, has requested that we send.
Can sites post listings that aren’t from MLS®?
Our rules apply to MLS® information. They don’t apply to external data sources such as LTSA or BC Assessment data.
Sites may also get their information from back-office systems. These are listing databases unconnected to the MLS®, maintained by individual offices. Even if these offices are Board members, they decide where the data they maintain appears online.
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