MarketLinx, a provider of information technology to the residential real estate industry and a member of The First American Corporation, recently signed a multi-year agreement with North Texas Real Estate Information Systems to provide multiple listing service (MLS) products and services to the organization’s 24,000 Realtor members.

In addition to renewing its primary TEMPO MLS contract, NTREIS selected MarketLinx’s InnoVia system to provide a second way to access the MLS. The InnoVia MLS system is recognized for its ease of use, wireless and offline accessibility and compatibility with a wide range of Web browsers on both the Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

"NTREIS performed a thorough search for a new parallel browser system," said John Holley, the chief-executive-officer of NTREIS. "After all was said and done, the evaluators unanimously selected InnoVia — in conjunction with our existing TEMPO MLS system—as the best solution to take us into the future.”

NTREIS also selected MarketLinx’s MLS Data Checker product to provide data quality and rules enforcement services. The program automatically detects MLS rule violations and validates the accuracy of MLS listings by comparing them to public tax records. Working closely with membership management systems, MLS Data Checker helps generate additional revenue by fining listing brokers that fail to make the required corrections.

“MarketLinx has provided NTREIS with excellent service throughout our six-year partnership,” Holley added. "MarketLinx has also helped NTREIS reduce its technology costs in the face of tough market conditions. Their support has not gone unnoticed. We are very pleased to expand our relationship with MarketLinx and regard them as the best technology partner to fulfill our needs now and in the future."

We're privileged to have this opportunity to continue serving North Texas," said Bryan Foreman, the president of MarketLinx MLS Solutions. "Our product vision and dedication to customer service have made us the leading MLS provider in both the state of Texas and across North America. We are working hard every day to build upon that success by pushing forward with new technologies that make the process of buying and selling real estate faster, easier and less expensive."