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WATCH: How can MLSs evolve to work with iBuyers?

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Capturing iBuyer activity and data has never been so important. Is there a way to entice iBuyers to become MLS members? How do we identify and work with this new data in innovative ways?

Emily Chenevert, CEO of Austin Board of Realtors, lead a panel discussion at Inman Connect Las Vegas debating the merits of iBuyers and where iBuying makes sense.

“[MLS] rules were built at a time that these business models didn’t operate in the way that they did today,” Chenevert said. “So what obligation do we have now to evolve our rules as MLSs and create different parameters for our market place?”

Watch the full video above on to hear insight from three industry experts working in various regions across the country: Matthew Consalvo, CEO of Arizona Regional MLS; Caitlin McCrory, head of industry relations at Redfin; and Jon Coile, senior vice president of regional development at Long & Foster Real Estate in the mid-Atlantic.

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