By Budge Huskey - June 18, 2026
Recently, an event in Chicago captured the attention of all in real estate, exposing a developing conflict over a fundamental question that has never been adequately answered: Who really owns a listing and related data, and who has the right to market and profit from it?
One of the largest Multiple Listing Service (MLS) organizations, Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) in Chicago, cut its feed of li