I don't understand why the Broker/MLS system even needs to exist in the first place. I've noticed more people selling their homes directly through Zillow lately -- shouldn't the internet be the ultimate platform for selling homes without forking over 10's of thousands of dollars to a broker?
I don't see withholding MLS listings from online listing sites helping brokers in the future.<p>These listings won't get sold because people won't be able to find them online. As a result people will stop listing their homes with brokers.<p>I recently bought my first home, and the negotiating started with "since you aren't using a broker we can take $10k of the listed price". That was the selling broker's opening negotiation, before I even made my initial offer.