It also means that the listings war has just moved from who can control the MLSs and their listings with lucrative agreements, to who can control the MLS information management systems. Homestore's equivalent to Interealty, Wyldfyre, is a technology company but it isn't a true peer. Interealty, thanks to its acquisition of GTE Enterprise Solutions, is not only a systems provider, it is also a Web-based Internet solutions provider. It is its own parallel system. Because the MLS listing is the key.
Nothing happens until something is negotiated and sold.
You heard it here first. Watch for some interesting developements. Companies with MLS service contracts will suddenly be worth their weight in gold. Strange bedfellows will suddenly make sense. Announcements will shortly be made concerning mergers or acquisitions involving some companies that many thought were down for the count.