MLS launches its own real estate listings site
At first blush Homes Database looks like a normal online real estate listings site. The twist: it was started by an MLS.
MRIS, the largest MLS in the U.S., with listings in Maryland, Washington DC, Northern Virginia, and parts of West Virginia and Pennsylvania, has launched a beta version of its site displaying all listings in the MRIS MLS, but no more…for now at least – the company hopes to eventually partner with other MLS’s to create a database spanning the U.S.
Notably absent – for sale by owner listings, of course.
The site is clean and functional and has all the usual bells and whistle – homes shown in text and map format, natural language support and e-mail alerts.
Still, we have to wonder how a relatively limited newcomer to the market can compete against gorillas (and up and coming gorillas) like Realtor.com, Zillow, Trulia and others.
Take a look at Beta.HomesDatabase.com (avoid the old URL HomesDatabase.com - it’s downright ugly!)
