LISLE, Ill., Sept. 28, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicagoland’s multiple listing service (MLS), announced that it has received the Gold Certification for the Real Estate Standard Organization (RESO) Web API (Application Programming Interface).
In computer programming, an application programming interface (API) is a set of subroutine definitions, protocols, and tools for building software and applications. This API will be used as the go-between for the apps and websites that use MRED data. By implementing the API, MRED’s subscribers apps and websites will be returning “real-time” listing information. Gold Level Certification enables MRED to provide more features and functions that allow technology partners to deliver greater innovation in applications utilized by MRED’s subscribers versus Core Level Certification.
“MRED’s penchant for innovation continues with its implementation of the latest real estate industry standards,” said Jeremy Crawford, Executive Director of RESO. “MRED helps to raise the bar for the entire MLS industry with their Gold Level Certification for the RESO Web API Server. Their proven and steadfast commitment to RESO standards demonstrates their leadership in helping our industry embrace more innovation to make it remarkably more efficient. The example MRED sets with their forward-thinking is something we hope every MLS emulates.”
“MRED has made a huge commitment to RESO and fully support the great work it is doing,” said MRED President and Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Jensen. “It was very important to us to attain the Gold Certification. We will continue our work, in conjunction with RESO and others across the industry, to establish data standards consistent with the best interests of our brokerages and the real estate industry.”
About MRED
Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) is the real estate data aggregator and distributor providing the Chicagoland multiple listing service (MLS) to more than 40,000 brokers and appraisers and nearly 7,200 offices. MRED serves Chicago and the surrounding “collar” counties and provides property information encompassing northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. MRED delivers over twenty products and services to its customers, complementing connectMLS™, the top-rated MLS system in the country for three years running according to the WAV Group MLS Technology Survey. MRED is the 2013 Inman News Most Innovative MLS/Real Estate Trade Association, and for five consecutive years the MRED Help Desk has been identified as one of the best small business centers in the United States and Canada by BenchmarkPortal. For more information please visit MREDLLC.com.
About RESO
The mission of the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) is to create and promote the adoption of standards that drive efficiency throughout the real estate industry. RESO incorporated was founded in November 2011, as an independent, not-for-profit trade organization that was previously a section of the National Association of REALTORS®. RESO has more than 500 active members, including NAR, multiple-listing services, real estate associations, brokerages and industry technology providers. For more information, visit www.reso.org.
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Jeff Lasky MRED Chief Operating Officer630-799-1470