MRED Announces Potential Disruption to Listing Data Feeds to Zillow Group

Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), a prominent Multiple Listing Service, has announced its intention to suspend property listing data feeds to Zillow Group websites, including Zillow.com and Trulia.com, unless Zillow rectifies alleged violations of its license agreements and MRED rules by May 19, 2026. MRED CEO, Rebecca Jensen, emphasizes that these rules are critical for protecting participating brokers and ensuring consumers receive a complete and accurate picture of the market. This immediate action stems from Zillow's reported "material breach" of its data licensing agreements, suggesting a conflict over how the online giant uses or displays the sensitive real estate data provided by MRED, potentially compromising the integrity or fairness intended by the MLS regulations. More broadly, this dispute highlights the ongoing power struggle and definitional differences between traditional, broker-owned Multiple Listing Services, which govern local real estate data, and large national digital real estate platforms like Zillow, who rely on this data to fuel their expansive consumer-facing operations, often leading to clashes over data control, usage rights, and competitive practices within the industry.