Should Brokers and Agents Charge Royalties For Property Listings?

In the wake of Abbott Realty Group’s announcement that they will no longer allow third party websites such as Zillow, Trulia and Realtor.com to use their listings,is it time that brokers and agents begin to think differently about how the internet is affecting their control of property listings, which are the “bread and butter” of the real estate brokerage business?

ARG Abbott Realty Pulls Listings From Syndicates

Leading San Diego realtors ARG Abbott Realty Group have become the latest high-profile real estate company to reject third party listings syndicates, posting a seven-minute video on YouTube explaining why they will no longer share their listings data with third parties such as Trulia, Zillow and Realtor.com.

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