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Top 10 Violations

Check out the Top 10 MLS Rules Violations along with how to avoid them and support options…

Reliable and transparent market data

Reliable and transparent market data encourages and helps maintain the principal goals of fair housing; it is essential to provide a professional home buying and selling experience to consumers.

Our Data integrity department reviews every listing contract for accuracy and corrects any listing errors (violations).

Violation Tier of Escalation

1. Educational opportunity and Warning notice provided
2. Appropriate, reasonable fine
3. Escalation of appropriate fine
4. Suspension of MLS rights
5. Termination of MLS rights

Avoid Penalties

We also encourage you to tell on yourself, self-report a listing error to our Data Integrity team to avoid penalties. You can make most corrections within FlexMLS® or by reporting it using our Data Integrity Correction Request form.

Review Fines

Get up to date information on fines accessed for rules violations on our Data Integrity Page under the and Rules Violations section.

TOP 10 VIOLATIONS

Rank

Violation

1

Address Error

2

Incorrect Expiration Date

3

Variable Rate Commission

4

List Date

5

Incorrect Item in Remarks

6

Incorrect Municipality

7

Named Prospect

8

Incorrect ZIP Code

9

Broker Owned

10

Incorrect Tax Key