RAHB members are enjoying access to active and sold listings from our neighbouring boards and associations using the regional Matrix and RAHB’s Fusion MLS® Systems. Therefore, Phase I of the regional listing sharing project is now complete. Going forward, RAHB intends to keep this sharing agreement in place and has now started the second and final phase of the project — the focus of which is to retire Fusion.
Phase 2 of the regional MLS® listing sharing project is upgrading to our own Matrix MLS® System to ensure that RAHB members continue to enjoy this important service. RAHB’s Matrix system will be compatible with the regional Matrix system, allowing listings to flow freely between the two so REALTORS® will continue to have access to the complete information they need. The target launch date is before the 2017 spring market. Keep watching your inbox for future issues of The Shift PHASE 2, where you’ll find the latest news, training information, helpful links and more!
Have you read about PHASE 2 yet?
The details of PHASE 2 of RAHB’s participation in the regional MLS® System were sent to all members on Monday, July 18, 2016.
The short version:
RAHB will be implementing its own Matrix MLS® System. The RAHB Board of Directors is concerned about some of the risks posed by the business model developing for ORTIS, the company managing the regional MLS® System. The Directors believe that RAHB members will continue to be better served by their own MLS® System with listing sharing in place across the region and with ORTIS.
RAHB remains committed to sharing MLS® listing information with the members of the regional MLS® System – today and in the future. RAHB’s top priority is to make sure RAHB members have access to the broadest, most complete compilation of listings – that is, after all, your bread-and-butter.
RAHB will continue to share listing information with the regional MLS® System via Fusion until RAHB’s own Matrix system is launched before the spring market in 2017. Fusion will continue to upload listing information to the regional Matrix system every 15 minutes.
Once RAHB’s Matrix system is launched, you will do everything – enter listings, listing maintenance and regional listing searches – in Matrix, and let the two Matrix systems communicate seamlessly to upload and download all RAHB and regional listings.
RAHB is still part of the regional group!
Contrary to some of the information that is floating around, RAHB has not left the regional group! All that’s happened so far is that we’ve notified the other regional boards and associations and ORTIS of our intentions. RAHB will be part of the regional MLS® System at least until our own Matrix system is launched. After that we will manage our own MLS® System, just like we do today, and we intend to continue to share listings across the region.
If RAHB is going to have its own Matrix system, will it be different than the one RAHB has been training us for?
If you’ve done Matrix training, that’s fantastic! RAHB’s Matrix system will be virtually the same as the regional Matrix system, so everything you learned will help you make that final transition to the new system.
Have other questions?
If you have questions about Phase 2 and the Board’s decision to implement a RAHB Matrix MLS® System, you can:
- Contact RAHB President Kim Alvarez at president@rahb.ca.
- Call the RAHB office and speak to CEO George O’Neill (905.529.8101 ext. 230)
- Send your question in to RAHB and we’ll add it to our ongoing Q & As. You can send your questions to mls@rahb.ca.
You can find an up-to-date Q & A at http://bit.ly/2axCxC1.
Thank you for being a member. RAHB staff are on hand between 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. weekdays to answer your MLS® and membership-related questions. Our MLS® Services phone number is 905.667.4650.
Important links
Regional Matrix
http://matrix.onregional.ca
Updated Q&A
http://bit.ly/2axCxC1
CoreLogic’s Matrix 6.12 Quick Start Guide
http://www.marketlinx.com/download/pdf/Matrix_6.12_Quick_Start_Guide_CAN.pdf
New Regional Residential Data Input Form
http://www.rahb.ca/email/ORTIS_RES_EXPLAIN.pdf
New Regional Commercial Data Input Form
http://www.rahb.ca/email/ORTIS_COM_EXPLAIN.pdf