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Section 16.3

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Display of listing information pursuant to IDX is subject to the following rules:

  1. Listings displayed pursuant to IDX shall contain only those fields of data designated by TREND. Display of all other fields (as determined by TREND) is prohibited. Confidential fields intended only for other MLS Participants and Subscribers (e.g., cooperative compensation offers, showing instructions, property security information, etc.) may not be displayed on IDX sites. (amended 7/2010, renumbered 7/2010)
  2. IDX Participants shall not modify or manipulate the data relating to another IDX Participant’s listings. (renumbered 7/2010)
  3. Any search result identifying another IDX Participant’s listing which only displays seven (7) data fields or fewer and which does not provide for the display of photos (when available) must display either the listing company’s or firm’s name or the TREND-approved IDX icon. All other search results displaying another IDX Participant’s listing must bear the listing company’s or firm’s name and may (but is not required to) display the TREND-approved IDX icon. (modified 7/2004, renumbered 7/2010)
  4. Subscribers affiliated with an IDX Participant may display information available through IDX on their own websites subject to:
    1. their Participant’s consent and control, AND
    2. the requirements of all applicable state law and/or regulation, AND TREND rules.

      Such a Subscriber, upon acceptance by TREND of a fully executed licensing agreement (available from TREND) to display content obtained from TREND’s IDX Database shall be considered an IDX Subscriber. (renumbered 7/2010)

  5. If the name(s) of any affiliated licensee(s) is/are co-branded with the name of the brokerage firm or company, the display of such co-branding must conform with the regulatory requirements of all states for which the Participant chooses to display TREND IDX Database properties.

    Exception: In the event of a mutually exclusive conflict between the regulatory requirements of states for which Participant chooses to display properties, IDX Participant’s must display TREND IDX Database properties located in such states on separate pages or windows of the web site branded to conform with such states regulatory requirements. (modified 4/2005, renumbered 7/2010)

  6. On websites, print outs, or e-mails which display TREND content obtained under an IDX licensing agreement with TREND, the following notifications, explanations and/or disclosures must appear legibly, either on 1) the website home page, or 2) every website page used to search for TREND IDX content, or 3) if not on pages of the website as described in 1 or 2 above, then on all website pages which display TREND IDX content:
    1. An explanation of the nature of the IDX program
    2. A disclosure that TREND is the source (or a source) of the IDX content on the website
    3. A notification that the property information being provided on or through the website is for the personal, non-commercial use of consumers and such information may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing
    4. A notification that some properties which appear for sale on the website may no longer be available because they are for instance, under contract, sold or are no longer being offered for sale.
    5. A TREND copyright notification using the following wording:

      “© <current year> TREND, All Rights Reserved” or

      “Copyright <current year> TREND, All Rights Reserved”

    6. A disclosure that the property information displayed is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed. (amended 7/2010, renumbered 7/2010)
  7. Websites displaying listing content obtained through the TREND IDX program may not use the term “MLS” or the words “Multiple” (or “Multi”) “Listing” (or “List”) “Service” (or “System”) together or in any combination in a website address (URL) or website name in a manner that would lead a reasonable consumer to believe the website is a multiple listing service or provides access for consumers to a multiple listing service. In addition, nowhere on a website that displays listings obtained through the TREND IDX program may there be any assertion, reference, indication or suggestion that “the MLS”, “the Multiple Listing Service”, “the Multiple Listing System”, “TREND”, “TREND MLS”, “the TREND Multiple Listing Service” or “the TREND Multiple Listing System” can or is being searched or viewed. (modified 2/2004, renumbered 7/2010)
  8. IDX Participants are permitted to display listings obtained from sources other than TREND IDX as follows:
    1. Other MLS’ IDX Listings.

      IDX Participants are permitted to display listings obtained from the IDX or Broker Reciprocity programs of other MLSs (Other MLS’ IDX Listings) with listings obtained from TREND’s IDX Database provided that on any page or window which displays both TREND IDX Database listings and Other MLS’ IDX Listings all such listings are displayed in accordance with the display requirements of TREND. If such Other MLS’ IDX Listings cannot be displayed in accordance with TREND requirements, then such Other MLS IDX Listings must not be displayed on any page or window that displays the listings of other Participants obtained from TREND’s IDX Database but may be displayed on a separate page or window.

    2. IDX Participant’s Non-TREND MLS Listings.

      IDX Participants are permitted to display properties their company or firm currently has listed with another MLS that are not contained in the TREND MLS Participant Database (IDX Participant’s non-TREND MLS Listings) with listings obtained from TREND’s IDX Database provided that on any page or window which displays both TREND IDX Database listings and IDX Participant’s non-TREND MLS Listings all such listings are displayed in accordance with the requirements of TREND. If such IDX Participant’s non-TREND MLS Listings cannot be displayed in accordance with TREND requirements, then such IDX Participant’s non-TREND MLS Listings must not be displayed on any page or window that displays the listings of other Participants obtained from TREND’s IDX Database but may be displayed on a separate page or window.

    3. Non-MLS Listings.

      IDX Participants are not permitted to display or frame non-MLS listed properties (Non-MLS Listings) on any page or window of their web site that displays the listings of other Participants obtained from TREND’s IDX Database. Such Non-MLS Listings may be displayed on a separate page or window of the IDX Participant’s web site.

    4. Other Brokers’ Non-IDX Listings.
  9. IDX Participants are not permitted to display or frame properties listed by other brokers obtained from sources other than TREND’s IDX Database or the Internet Data Exchange or Broker Reciprocity program of another MLSs (Other Brokers Non-IDX Provided Listings) on any page or window of their web site that displays the listings of other Participants obtained from TREND’s IDX Database. Such Other Brokers Non-IDX Provided Listings may be displayed on a separate page or window of the IDX Participant’s web site. (amended 7/2010, renumbered 7/2010)