Internet Data Exchange Update
Internet Data Exchange Resources
This page contains frequently updated links to IDX resources from NAR and other sources.
Enhanced IDX (Internet Data Display) Policy, May 2005
The following revised IDX (Internet Data Exchange) policy was approved by the NAR Board of Directors during the 2005 Midyear Meetings in Washington D.C.
Policy Resources:
IDX Virtual Kit (revised May 2005)
NAR's "virtual kit" of information about the Internet Data Exchange ("IDX") policy including 1) Background, 2)Statement of Policy, 3) Frequently Asked Questions, and Resources and
Model IDX Rules, 2001
Model rules that associations can use to add Internet Data Exchange (IDX) provisions into their MLS rules and regulations are now available online. The rules include wording for opt-in or opt-out participation.
Articles and Studies:
IDX in Action
This feature story from REALTOR Association Executive Magazine profiles MLSs that have been allowing members to post each other's property listings for year. Learn from their experience. [10-25-01]
IDX (Internet Data Exchange) Implementation Case Studies
NAR's Center for REALTOR® Technology, sent out an IDX Request for Information survey in September, 2001. From the pool of 40 responses, the Center selected seven to illustrate several of the numerous available options for IDX implementation. [11-12-01]
New Internet Data Exchange Implementation Guide
This 56-page guide will help MLSs implement IDX by spotlighting the options available in technology, writing your association's IDX rules and regulations, selecting vendors, calculating costs, and addressing legal and policy issues. The guide also provides an IDX checklist for implementation. [8-28-01]
Articles written about IDX (Broker Reciprocity) and more resources:
From the California Association of REALTORS®' Real Estate Technology magazine:
Broker Reciprocity & You: What you need to know about NAR’s new policy, by Richard Westlund [11-01]
From the California Association of REALTORS®' Real Estate Technology magazine:
Broker Reciprocity Puts Traffic in Play: NAR policy good for brokers, bad for aggregators? [7-01]
From Realty Times:
Brokers Take Control of Internet Leads: Systems help keep leads from falling through the cracks. [11-01]
From REALTOR Association Executive magazine:
What is Internet Data Exchange?
This frequently updated article describing the NAR policy is available to reprint and distribute to members.
From REALTOR Association Executive magazine, Summer, 2001:
Changes to the Internet Data Display policy offer more clarity and options
This frequently updated article describing the NAR policy is available to reprint and distribute to members.
Reciprocal Internet Listing Info from Regional MLS of Minn.
Broker Reciprocity, which was one of the models used by NAR to develop Internet Data Display, is actually the name of a branded term at the Regional MLS of Minnesota. The Minnesota logo above is available for licensure to any association free of charge.
