Public Comment of National Association of Realtors In the Matter of Multiple Listing Service, Inc.;

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,., ''''"''- ".",,"" . . . -\ / - ./,.430 Nort Michga AvenueNATIONAL ASSOCIATION Chicao. Ilinois 60611-4087 8371 Fax [phone]. 8256 OF REALTORS" Visit us atwww. RELTOR. org.Janua 9, 2008REALTOR The Voice for Real Estate Laurene K. Jan General Counsel Bv Federal EXDress 1.7 Federal Trade Commssion 1 0 2007 Offce of the Secreta 'O.. S-33 Room 135-iA; 600 Pennsylvana Avenue, NW Washigton, D.C. 20580 Re: Multiple Listing Service. File No. 0610090 Dear Secreta, The National Association of RealtorsCI (' ) respectflly urges the Federal Trade 'NAR'' Commssion not to give fmal approval to the consent decree agaist Multiple Listing Service Inc. ("MLSI") in ths matter - at least until resolution of the Commssion s litigated proceeding in Matter ofRealComp II. Ltd.. FTC Docket No. 9320. The reasons for ths request are set forth below. Prelimarly, however, we set fort the relevant facts. FACTS The consent decree in ths matter arses out of a policy of MLSI by which MLSI determined not to feed exclusive agency listings to IDX sites or to thd par websites such as Realtor.com. The proceedig againt MLSI was one of severa Commssion actions agaist MLSs across the countr that had adopted substatially simar policies. Severa such proceedigs resulted in consent decrees. See Analysis of Agreement Contag Consent order to Aid Public Comment (72 Fed. Reg. 72359, at n. 2). Signficantly, however, RealComp II, one of the MLSs which had adopted a policy ...

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