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The Arizona MLS

The Arizona MLS System

As a real estate practitioner, you’ve probably encountered the frustration of navigating around our Arizona MLS system. There is the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service (ARMLS), which many people refer to as the Arizona MLS, the Phoenix MLS, the Tucson MLS, the Prescott MLS, the White Mountain MLS, etc. This challenge of regionalized MLS providers can make it difficult when agents are trying to assist buyers and sellers. It can even be difficult to contact specific real estate companies or agents due to the wall between MLS systems.

Talks are underway to unify the MLS system statewide into one true Arizona MLS, which in my opinion would be a wonderful benefit to all agents, buyers and sellers in Arizona. There may even come a day when there is one nationwide MLS system. It is interesting to note however, that some area MLS providers and brokers are opposed to this unification for fear they might lose a perceived advantage over Realtors® in other areas.

This protectionist notion reminds me of a similar event that took place several years ago with the Sun City MLS. Sun City brokers had their own listing service. When we proposed a unification of the Sun City MLS system with the Arizona MLS, the largest broker in the area fought the change tooth and nail, fearing their loss of dominance in the market. Fortunately, the merger occurred and everyone survived quite nicely. Now ARMLS includes the Sun City areas as a part of their service and agents valley-wide can access properties for sale that were previously not available because of the smaller MLS system.

While it is important for Realtors® to follow the rules when it comes to not practicing outside their area of expertise, the opening up of information into one Arizona MLS system would certainly better serve our buyers and sellers to provide them with the best opportunity to meet their real estate needs. After all, isn’t that our goal?

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