{"id":2869,"date":"2008-03-31T12:02:07","date_gmt":"2008-03-31T19:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2869"},"modified":"2008-03-31T13:58:06","modified_gmt":"2008-03-31T20:58:06","slug":"nar-will-channel-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2869\/nar-will-channel-data\/","title":{"rendered":"NAR Will Channel Data"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m thirsty, but not drinking the Kool-aid just yet<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The NAR project formally known as the Gateway, a mash-up<\/a> of all real estate data in the country, has now been relabeled The Real Estate Channel (TREC).\u00a0 There has been a new \u201cinterim\u201d report<\/a> issued by the Presidential Advisory Group (PAG), but still there is very little detailed information about NAR\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n

The new report makes it clear that the intent of TREC is NOT to be a national MLS or have a public access point (other than REALTORS\u00ae).\u00a0 These two clarifications will ease the fears of many local MLS systems and REALTORS\u00ae who were worried about the Gateway project.\u00a0 For others, the idea of a national MLS is appealing and they are still thinking that eventually TREC will become a national MLS, but they are keeping quiet about the prospect for now.<\/p>\n

Not making the data publicly accessible is a similar situation.\u00a0 If you are against public access to data (read: still haven\u2019t made the shift to reality), you will feel good about the new clarification.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t worry about your clients having access to data, you will be happy with the report because you know that eventually such a massive mash-up will become available to the public.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

So, what the current report says is that NAR will set aside the controversial aspects of the project for now.\u00a0 This seems like a good compromise to keep things moving forward although is does not feel particularly honest.\u00a0 So I find myself struggling between integrity and progress \u2013 between trust and fear \u2013 between belief and skepticism.\u00a0 Someone referred to the issue in terms of the Wizard of Oz \u2013 is there really anything behind the curtain?<\/p>\n

The difficulty with this issue is that NAR does not have the details\/answers to the questions because this is still a work in progress.\u00a0 This lack of answers causes fear because it is human nature to fill in information voids with negative beliefs.\u00a0 There is so much still unknown about TREC, that there is a lot of negative stuff being made up or inserted into the general thinking on Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m thirsty, but not drinking the Kool-aid just yet\u00a0 The NAR project formally known as the Gateway, a mash-up of all real estate data in the country, has now been relabeled The Real Estate Channel (TREC).\u00a0 There has been a new \u201cinterim\u201d report issued by the Presidential Advisory Group (PAG), but still there is very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,29,5,25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-general","7":"category-group-therapy","8":"category-real-estate","9":"category-zillowcom","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3088,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3088\/updates-from-the-ivory-tower\/","url_meta":{"origin":2869,"position":0},"title":"Updates From the Ivory Tower","author":"Dave Phillips","date":"May 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This week all the elected and paid leaders of the REALTOR\u00ae organization will be headed to Washington DC for organizational meetings and visits with Congress.\u00a0 For all of you NAR malcontents, this would be a perfect time to carry out the hostile take-over of your local and state association of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Real Estate"","block_context":{"text":"Real Estate","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/real-estate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"White House","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.space-rockets.com\/photo\/congress.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2258,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2258\/real-estate-representation-has-never-been-about-information-brokerage\/","url_meta":{"origin":2869,"position":1},"title":"Real estate representation has never been about information brokerage","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 24, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm behind on these, but this is a good time to catch up. 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