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MLS - Multiple Listing Service

California Association of Realtors

Updated 10-31-2026

MLS - Multiple Listing Service

The service combines the listings for all available homes in an area, except for For-Sale-By-Owner properties, in one directory or database.

California Association of Realtors Glossary

California Association of Realtors · p. 9

FTC

Updated 10-31-2026

MLS - Multiple Listing Service

A clearinghouse through which member real estate brokerage firms regularly and systematically exchange information on listings of real estate properties and share commissions with members who locate purchasers. The MLS for an area is usually operated by the local, private real estate association as a joint venture among its members designed to foster real estate brokerage services.

FTC Real Estate Terms

FTC · p. 12

FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook Glossary November 26 2025

Updated 08-20-2026

MLS - Multiple Listing Service

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