HISTORY OF THE BPP
For over a decade, real estate professionals accepted the emergence of online search sites operated by advertising companies. At the time, many agents believed that they had no choice but to spend their money advertising on third-party sites because there were no other viable options.
In 2014, a group of real estate industry visionaries set out to create a better and more accurate alternative to the large listing portals. Brokerage firms representing 300,000 agents and MLSs with 350,000 subscribers launched an effort to develop and manage a new consumer-facing website. The collaboration was born, and brokerage firms and MLSs contributed funding to develop the Broker Public Portal.
Founding Contributors
Brokerages
Allen Tate Realtors
Baird and Warner Real Estate
Berkshire Hathaway Alliance
Berkshire Hathaway Georgia Properties
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices The Preferred Realty
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Verani Realty
Berkshire Hathaway Starck
Better Homes & Gardens Rand Realty
Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene Realtors
Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers
Carolina Preferred Realty
Carrington Real Estate Services
Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston
Crye-Leike Real Estate Services
Cutler Real Estate
Ebby Halliday Realtors
Edina Realty Home Services
F.C. Tucker Real Estate
First Weber Group Realtors
Gardner Realtors
Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate
Greenridge Realty, Inc.
HomeServices of America
Homesale Realty Services Group, Inc.
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services
HUNT Real Estate Corporation
Iowa Realty Co, Inc.
J. Rockcliff Realtors
John Aaroe Group and Pacific Union International
John Green & Company Realtors
John L. Scott Real Estate
John R. Wood Properties
Keller Williams – Austin
Keller Williams Realty – Greater Cleveland West
Latter & Blum Realtors
Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE)
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
Long Realty Company
Lyon Real Estate
McColly Real Estate
Michael Saunders & Company
NRT LLC
PalmerHouse Properties
Real Estate One
RE/MAX Alliance Group
RE/MAX of Barrington
RE/MAX Crossroads
Realty USA
RealtySouth
SCS Realty Investment Group, LLC
Shorewest Realtors
Sibcy Cline Realtors
The Keyes Company
Watson Realty Corp.
Weichert, Realtors
William Pitt Sotheby’s Realty
William Raveis Real Estate
Windermere Real Estate
MLSs
Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service (ARMLS)
Austin Central Texas RIS
Bay Area Regional MLS
BeachesMLS
CarolinaMLS
Central New York Information Services
Charleston Trident Association of Realtors (CTAOR)
Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors (CABR)
Colorado Real Estate Network (CREN)
Columbus Realtors
Connecticut MLS
CRIS MLS
California Regional MLS (CRMLS)
Des Moines Area Association of Realtors
First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS)
Greater Fort Lauderdale Realtors
Greater Tulsa Association of Realtors (GTAOR)
Heartland MLS
Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (HGAR)
Intermountain MLS
IRES
Greater Louisville Association of Realtors (GLAR)
Maine Real Estate Information System (MREIS)
Mid America Regional Information Systems (MARIS)
MetroList MLS (California)
Metro MLS
MIBOR Realtor Association
Middlesex County MLS
MLS Listings
MLS PIN
Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED)
Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS)
MTRMLS, Inc.
My Florida Regional MLS (MFRMLS)
New England Real Estate Network (NEREN)
Northern Nevada Regional MLS (NNRMLS)
NORIS Toledo
NORMLS
Northwest MLS (NWMLS)
Omaha Area Board of Realtors
REcolorado
Realcomp MLS
RealtyWeb
Regional MLS of Minnesota
San Francisco Association of Realtors
Southwestern Illinois Regional MLS (SIRMLS)
Space Coast Association of Realtors
TheMLS.com
Trend MLS
Tucson Association of Realtors MLS
Upstate New York Real Estate Information Services (UNYREIS)
WNYREIS
Support The BPP
Broker Public Portal is an LLC. For a contribution of $5,000, your brokerage or MLS will:
- Become a voting shareholder of Broker Public Portal, LLC
- Become eligible to serve on the Board of Managers for the Broker Public Portal, LLC
- Become eligible to serve on the National Broker Portal, LLC, the joint venture between Broker Public Portal, LLC and Homesnap, Inc.
For more information about how to support Broker Public Portal, LLC or to request a copy of the full governance agreement, please email Victor Lund at victor@wavgroup.com.
A copy of the Broker Public Portal, LLC full governance agreement can be downloaded here.