TL;DR MLS PIN Legal and Regulatory Backdrop The Nosalek Antitrust Lawsuit In 2020, home sellers filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against MLS PIN—known as the Jennifer Nosalek v. MLS Property Information Network case. The plaintiffs alleged that MLS PIN’s rules effectively forced sellers to include blanket, non-negotiable offers of compensation to buyer agents. This structure […]
Massachusetts Landlords: How the New Rental Fee Law Can Save You Thousands Entry Only MLS Listings: Now the Best Approach for Most MA Landlords The game has changed. As of August 1, 2025, Massachusetts landlords finally have the upper hand when it comes to rental broker fees – but only if you know how to
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The answer is “Yes!”, however, that’s now a silly question. If a Massachusetts homeowner doesn’t want to pay a buyer’s agent, they can simply choose not to offer buyer’s agent compensation on their listing – this is done in MLS PIN. The real estate landscape in Massachusetts is undergoing a significant transformation, particularly for For
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The landmark real estate lawsuit, Burnett v. National Association of Realtors (NAR), filed in 2019, is a class-action lawsuit on behalf of home sellers in Missouri and border towns and has far-reaching effects, including on Massachusetts FSBOs. A similar and parallel lawsuit originally filed in December 2020 in United States District Court, D. Massachusetts, the
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Need to schedule a virtual open house or broker tour in this new era ushered in by Covid-19? MLS Property Information Network (MLS PIN), the MLS system with which we exclusively partner, recently released the capability to create, schedule, and edit virtual open houses and virtual broker tours in the MLS system on MLS listings.
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The Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is a database used by licensed real estate professionals to list property for sale or rent. It is used ubiquitously by licensed real estate brokers and agents, and is the standard source for advertising property for sale or rent. A question, and sometimes a concern, from FSBOs is whether it’s
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