IDX Real Estate Solutions
What is IDX?
An Internet Data Exchange (IDX) is a real estate property search site which allows the public to conduct searches of approved Multiple Listing Service properties in a certain area.
Site users generally gain the benefit of anonymous property searching and review. IDX sites usually provide less detailed information than the full Realtor Multiple Listing Service, limiting the data to that which is deemed publicly accessible. The benefit to realtors is that users of their IDX web site can search freely, establish some confidence, and qualify themselves before contacting the realtor. Text provided by Wikipedia
Certain rules apply to the real estate companies' ability to display each detail about a property. These "display rules" are set by the Multiple Listing Service organization, which generally forms its policy around the recommendations of the National Association of Realtors.
The greatest benefit a Realtor© will gain by operating their own IDX website is piece of mind knowing they have a safe place to send any client or potential client to self search for homes. Using IDX you must identify the name of the brokerage who owns the listing but you do not have to display contact information or even the name of the listing agent. You can however, prominately suggest that all site visitors contact you for more information regarding any listing they find.
