UtahRealEstate.com is Leading the MLS Industry in Data Distribution Technology
Summary
In Utah, however, Brad Bjelke, the CEO of UtahRealEstate.com (“URE”), refuses to wait and see what may happen, and instead believes with passion that multiple listing services must innovate now. When Bjelke took over nearly six years ago, he assembled a strong technology team and a plan to completely rewrite the company’s MLS software and data distribution methodology. In addition, the URE Board of Directors supported the new development tactics as well as the push to lead the country in data distribution. Constellation Web Services, one of the largest consumers of real estate data in the nation, was one of the first vendors to utilize URE’s API, and said, “The transition from the old Real Estate Transaction Standard (“RETS”) to URE’s modern API has been extremely easy, and it has made the data we receive much easier to work with. This type of leadership is what moves the real estate data industry forward and helps agents and consumers get the best data and innovation possible.” Bjelke believes that the API is just the initial step in a wide range of innovations that will arise in the coming years, and he is excited to adopt new technologies to continue moving URE forward and leading the MLS industry.