How do incorporate a LOCAL MLS (Multiple Listing Service) database into my website?

Has anyone created a website with MLS search/listing functionality?

Currently, brain storming how something like this is done and would like to see how others have implemented t开发者_C百科his.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thank You. (in ASP.NET 3.5)

Tommy,

As Dave said, the MLS "system" is very much "local" and as I discovered myself, a shambles with no agreed standard. When you say local, where are you talking about? In California, you can use the ezRETS ODBC driver:

http://www.crt.realtors.org/projects/rets/ezrets/

Check out the CRT Center for Realtor Technology: http://www.crt.realtors.org/

Hope this is of use :-)

MLS is fragmented and local, there is no one uber-MLS to rule them all nationwide. Contact your local market MLS provider and ask them for rates on a subscription to their database, if they offer one. A local Realtor would have the contacts to get you in the door. If you're looking to provide national listings, the aforementioned fragmentation makes this a tall order.