Good news for those who sell houses online. Zillow finally spoke up about how every real estate site seems to handle information differently - and how that just doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
So Zillow, recently out of beta, decided it was time to speak with some of its fellow industry members - Yahoo Real Estate and Trulia - and get to collaborating on decent standard all could share. Their collective standard will now allow a home seller to assemble a single listing, one which will work all participating in the effort.
The idea was definitely a good one. The Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO), not too long before the announcement of the standard was made, requested that such universalism be applied to the industry. In an open letter delivered last week to Zillow, Yahoo, Trulia, and Google, Michael Wurzer, the newly appointed chair of the trade group, said, "With a single standard being widely adopted across the industry, brokers will be able to enter listings once and deliver them when and where they want, including your sites."
The RESO must've been happy with the speed with which this was accomplished. Selling property online just got a whole lot easier for realtors around the country.