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NorthstarMLS Newsletters: Read our Latest Editions and Past Issues

Get the information and resources you need for your real estate business with our most recent NorthstarMLS Newsletter and NorthstarMLS Product News! April 2025 April 2025 NorthstarMLS News April 2025 Product News Past Issues 2025 March 2025 NorthstarMLS News March 2025 Product News February 2025 NorthstarMLS News February 2025 NorthstarMLS Product News January 2025 NorthstarMLS…


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NAR’s New Multiple Listing Options for Sellers Policy

On March 25, 2025, NAR introduced a new policy, “Multiple Listing Options for Sellers.” Designed to exist along with the  Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP), NAR set a September 30, 2025, deadline for MLS implementation. NorthstarMLS immediately engaged the RMLS Board of Directors to begin forming an implementation plan. While we are in the initial stages,…


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2024 Subscriber Survey Results: Thanks for All You Shared!

by Tim Dain Without real estate professionals like you who want to share standardized, accurate and current listing data with each other, NorthstarMLS would not exist. Every day we go to work with this in mind and want to make sure we are doing all we can to provide maximum value for your subscriber dollars….


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The Value of NorthstarMLS: A Look Back at 2024

As 2024 ends, we look back on a year that included many accomplishments and new beginnings for our industry. It’s been a journey that we are thankful to have been on with you, and we hope to continue as your trusted source for updated, accurate listing data and relevant MLS tools and resources in 2025…


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Subscriber Survey 2024: Tell Us How We’re Doing

When it comes to providing input, NorthstarMLS subscribers are simply the best at letting us know what’s going well and where we have opportunities to improve the ways we serve you. In fact, the results of last year’s survey led us to focus efforts on new products and services like the WellcomeMat Video Suite for…


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Settlement Update: The Written Buyer Agreement Requirement

Since publishing the NorthstarMLS Settlement MLS Updates in July, we’ve received a number of questions about the Written Buyer Agreement Requirement (NorthstarMLS Rule 4.2) that takes effect August 15, 2024. The primary question we’ve received is some variation of, “Do I need a written agreement to show a buyer a home I have listed?” The simple answer…


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Read the 2024 NorthstarMLS Subscriber Report

The 2024 NorthstarMLS Subscriber Report provides key documents, finances and projects as well as T3 Sixty’s analysis of Real Estate Trends in 2024. We hope it gives you a perspective of who we are, and how we are serving you today and into the future. Read the Report The report was also featured in our…


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Ensuring Fair Housing in Real Estate Listing Public Remarks

We devote the whole month of April to Fair Housing and take required courses related to it. When it comes to the MLS, it plays out in the public remarks section in real estate listings. While it might seem like just another box to fill out, its potential impact on fair housing cannot be overstated. …


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Collabra Technology’s Digital Marketing Platform Coming to Northstar MLS

SPOKANE, Wash., /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Collabra Technology, Inc. (“Collabra”), a real estate digital marketing technology and analytics solution provider, and NorthstarMLS, a leading regional multiple listing service in the Upper Midwest, today announced a new partnership in which NorthstarMLS will integrate Collabra’s AdBuilder™ digital ad solution directly in NorthstarMLS’ listing management system. Subscribers will also have…


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What You Liked and Our Opportunities to Improve: 2023 Subscriber Survey Results

In mid-November 2023 we launched our annual 2023 NorthstarMLS Customer Experience Index (CXI), working with WAV Group for a second year to gather in-depth feedback from our subscribers about our product offerings and services. In total we received 1,588 responses (a 6.18% response rate) to the CXI. The NorthstarMLS results, summarized in the infographic below,…