Carolina Data Share pools listings of six MLSs

PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 03, 2009 – Cary, N.C. – North Carolina’s six largest multiple listing service (MLS) organizations from the mountains to the coast, including Asheville, the Charlotte region, the Triad, the Triangle, Wilmington and Brunswick County, have launched a program to share active real-estate listing information for display on brokerage Web sites. The program is called Carolina Data Share (CDS).  

CDS aggregates MLS active listing information.  Any real estate broker who participates in any one of the six MLSs can display listing data from all six MLSs on his or her personal Web site.  The program provides the database of information but brokers choose whether to display it.

CDS has the most comprehensive selection of active real-estate listing information available in the state.  Buyers benefit because they will have access to more listings and listing information.  Sellers benefit, too.  Unless a broker or seller opts out of the program, his or her listings can appear on the Web sites of thousands of brokers and agents.

CDS gives brokers the ability to compete against Web sites of national aggregators, which claim to be comprehensive sources of listing information.

CDS has selected WolfNet Technologies to standardize and host its data. Joel MacIntosh, WolfNet’s CEO, says, “We applaud the CDS member MLSs for their insight, innovation, and cooperative spirit in making this project a reality for their members.”

All other MLSs in the Carolinas are invited to take part in CDS as well.  The MLSs actively involved in the CDS project are: Brunswick County Association of Realtors® (Brunswick, Bladen and Columbus counties); Carolina Multiple Listing Services, Inc.  (Charlotte-metropolitan area); North Carolina Mountains MLS (Asheville, Brevard, Hendersonville and Waynesville metropolitan areas); Triad MLS, Inc. (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point metropolitan areas); Triangle MLS, Inc. (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill metropolitan areas); and Wilmington Association of Realtors® (Wilmington area).

For information and questions, please contact one of the following:

•   Asheville, Brevard, Hendersonville and Waynesville metropolitan areas
Doug Kenny, executive director, North Carolina Mountains MLS,
828-606-8131

•   Brunswick County Association of Realtors®
Cynthia Hansen, director of MLS and member services, 910-754-5700

•   Charlotte metropolitan area
Anne Marie Howard, Esq., chief executive officer, Carolina Multiple Listing Services, Inc., 704-940-3167

•   Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point metropolitan areas
Richard Renton, executive vice president, Triad MLS, 336-841-1337

•   Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill metropolitan areas
Ray Larcher, president, Triangle MLS, 919-654-5400

•   Wilmington Regional Association of Realtors®
Jerry Panz, chief executive officer, 910-762-7400