Selection or Filtering of Listings on IDX or VOW Display
MLS participants can tailor displays to consumer interests using neutral, consistent, and verifiable standards pursuant to the participant’s independent business decisions. When tailoring a display of listings, ask if the selection criteria meet all of these conditions:
A. Applied equally to all participants
B. Not based on the existence or level of compensation offered to the cooperating broker
C. Not explicitly and/or directly targeting particular brokerage or agent by name
D. Based on measurable or verifiable facts, such as
Is ranking or sorting of listings prohibited by MLS policy?
No, ranking or sorting is the ability to organize a list of MLS listings in a particular order. However, ranking or sorting must not involve the removal or the blocking of listings which prevent the communication of those listings, based on the existence or level of compensation offered to a cooperating broker or the name of a brokerage or agent, to a client or customer.
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