Integrating MLS listings into your website via IDX feed

Posted by Steinar on Nov 27, 2008 in Blog, Marketing | 0 comments

MLS listings are an unusual creature, but I must say the folks at CAAR have done a great job with the tools available via IDX feed.

Update … here

I’m currently building my platform to integrate the CAAR IDX feed into a Charlottesville Realtor’s website and I am very excited about the opportunities here.

There are several challenges to incorporating the CAAR MLS IDX listing.

  1. listings are fed via text files, so you must have programming skills to move this information into a database
  2. listings must be updated daily per CAAR rules so you’ll need a cron job to update the tables
  3. you must have familiarity and skills building and managing both a database (e.g., sql) and programming know how to create the user interface (e.g., php).

All-in-all this is not a project for the novice web designer and I’m glad to report I’ll have an operational integration up and running in a couple days.

More to come soon – I’ll update my portfolio section with a link once the realtor’s site is complete.

Update … here

Thanks,
Steinar

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