In April 2006, California Real Estate Technology Services (CARETS) began development of an aggregated database of Southern California listings. The CARETS vision was to create a standardized data definition for listings, ONE set of MLS Rules and Regulations, ONE set of Data Integrity Standards, ONE set enforcement rules, and more. MLSs such as CLAW, CrisNet, iTech, SoCal MLS and MRMLS collaboratively traveled this long journey to share this common vision for your benefit.
Starting June 15th, MRMLS will implement the CARETS Data Integrity Standards. These new standards will be universally enforced through each of the five MLSs and participating Association and Board of Realtors.
The CARETS Data Integrity Standards and the MRMLS Data Integrity Policy share similar and uphold similar standards. Click here to read through the CARETS Data Integrity Standards and Violation Enforcement and Fine Structure. These differences between the CARETS Data Integrity Standards and the MRMLS Data Integrity Policy are mentioned in the table below.
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NEW CARETS Data Integrity Standards
Starting June 15, 2009 |
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OLD MRMLS Data Integrity Policy
April 22, 2002 - June 14, 2009 |
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Primary Photo Required within 5 days |
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Primary photo required within 10 days |
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Reporting of a New Listing, Pending, Sale or Status Change must be updated within 48 Hours |
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Reporting of New Listing, Pending, Sale or Status Change must be updated within 72 Hours |
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Do Not Place any information related to a property’s situation as being a Short Sale, Bank-Owned or REO property, or legally in required statements in Property Description. |
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Property description may contain specific terms such as legally required statements. For example. Foreclosure, REO, Short Sale are acceptable terms. |
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The Violator of the CARETS Data Integrity Policy has within 48 hours to correct inaccurate information following a notification via email to the Violator and/or Responsible Participant |
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The Violator is notified by the local Association or Board of REALTORS® to correct inaccurate information. |
***Note, on June 15th, MRMLS Matrix will require you to accept the terms and agreements to the CARETS Data Integrity Policy upon logging into Matrix. To preview the CARETS Data Integrity Policy, click here. More information will come within the coming week. Please stay tuned.
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