A second class-action lawsuit has been filed in protest of the buyer broker compensation rules set forth by the National Association of Realtors. The suit alleges that NAR and MLS providers violated federal antitrust laws by requiring property sellers to pay the buyer's broker an inflated fee, a claim NAR called "completely without merit" as it vowed to defend its policies in court.

A class-action lawsuit filed last week by a Minnesota home seller is taking aim at the big four multiple listing services that have transformed the real estate business. The suit alleges that the National Association of Realtors has driven up costs to sellers and has stifled competition by requiring brokers to offer buyer broker compensation when listing a property on an MLS site, and it names NAR, Realogy, HomeServices of America, RE/MAX and Keller Williams as the culprits.

Aiming to simplify consumer access to real estate listings, CoreLogic announced on Monday a partnership with Homes.com to offer consumer-facing real estate websites to its multiple listing services clients. After a stream of acquisitions in the valuations space, it seems CoreLogic is beginning to move into real estate territory. Could it be taking aim at Trulia, Zillow, or other MLS sites?

It turns out that 2014 was quite a good year for Trulia in terms of forming new partnerships with multiple listing services. During 2014 alone, Trulia entered into 69 new MLS relationships, with 21 in the fourth quarter alone, more than doubling its previous total.

Midwest Real Estate Data, the multiple listing service for the Chicagoland area, named Rebecca Jensen as its new president and chief executive officer. Jensen joins MRED from the UtahRealEstate.com MLS, where she has been CEO since 2007.

“Retsly’s platform will spur tremendous innovation in the real estate space, enabling developers to build software that works across MLS boundaries and without the overhead of dealing with local data formats,” said Spencer Rascoff, Zillow CEO.