Built
What has been built and when, from the code history. Times in US Eastern.
- Mon, Oct 26 · morningNews
Open Real Estate announced
The founders publish their model: enter a listing once, free to join, listing brokers own their listings.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 2:42 PM ET4 fixes
First working demo
Enter a listing once, record the seller's choice, and watch it reach the MLS, member brokerages, home search sites and data feeds.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 4:10 PM ET9 fixes
Five consoles and a read API
Views for agents, brokerages, MLSs, data licensees and the operator, a seller approval page and a RESO style read API.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 5:58 PM ET1 fix
Any brokerage can join
A join page, an onboarding pipeline and five ways for a brokerage to connect, from its own system to a provided screen.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 7:32 PM ET
Members only visibility
Shown to agents at member brokerages and never publicly marketed; the MLS, sites and feeds hold it back.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 7:34 PM ET
One business day rule
Each listing records its agreement date and shows whether it reached the platform on time.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 7:35 PM ET
Proceeds shared per listing
License fees cover running costs and the rest is split equally per listing among participating brokerages.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 7:35 PM ET2 fixes
Enter at the local MLS
A listing entered at the MLS passes on to the platform, the founders' second way in.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 8:13 PM ET4 fixes
Real backend live
A database, a write API for listings, signed webhooks with retries, and API keys stored only as hashes.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 8:54 PM ET1 fix
Named ListOnce
The product takes its name and its own domain.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 9:20 PM ET
Tested at a million listings
The feed and write path measured at one million listings, with a sizing plan.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 9:21 PM ET3 fixes
Statements and compliance
Each brokerage's monthly payout statement and on time entry report, on screen and through the API.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 9:44 PM ET1 fix
Coming soon goes live on its date
A coming soon listing goes public on its date in its own market, with no one pressing a button.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 10:20 PM ET
Two-way MLS sync
Listings go to the MLS as RESO records and changes made at the MLS come back, every five minutes, against a demo MLS.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 10:20 PM ET
Signed reZEN connector
Listings entered in reZEN arrive signed and are created or updated exactly once (sample connection).
- Mon, Oct 26 · 10:20 PM ET1 fix
Leak tracing for members only
Every member's copy of a members only listing carries its own marks, so a leaked copy names where it came from.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 10:34 PM ET1 fix
RESO Web API readiness
A published data model, lookups and the standard query options a RESO client expects. Not yet certified.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 10:34 PM ET1 fix
Developer docs
Guides and an OpenAPI 3.1 document for the engineers building each founder's single input.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 10:36 PM ET2 fixes
Founder sandboxes
Ready for each founder's engineers: a private key and test listings kept apart from real ones.
- Mon, Oct 26 · 10:56 PM ET6 fixes
Sign in and Join free
Brokerages apply to join free, the operator approves them, and their people sign in by emailed link to list on the real database.
- Tue, Oct 27 · 12:11 AM ET
Members export everything
A brokerage downloads every listing it owns, with where it went and its full history, at any time.
- Tue, Oct 27 · 1:14 AM ET
RESO Add/Edit
Listings can be entered and changed in RESO Data Dictionary names, under the same owner checks as the rest of the API.
- Tue, Oct 27 · 1:32 AM ET6 fixes
Listing photos
Up to 25 photos per listing, stored privately and served by signed links with location data removed, and offered as RESO Media.
- Tue, Oct 27 · 2:24 AM ET16 fixes
Security build
Two-step sign-in required for admins, API keys that rotate without downtime, deletion tools, security headers on every page and a public Trust page.
- Tue, Oct 27 · 2:45 PM ET
Founders dashboard
Each founder sees its own listings, delivery health, on time rate and payout share beside an anonymized network average.
- Tue, Oct 27 · 2:45 PM ET
Public status page
Checks every five minutes, 90 days of uptime and incidents posted by the operator, open to anyone.
- Tue, Oct 27 · 2:47 PM ET
Duplicate address checks
One active listing per address per brokerage, and two brokerages at one address flagged to both for the operator to decide.
- Tue, Oct 27 · 2:48 PM ET
Listing alerts
Email and Slack when a listing is held, sent back by an MLS, or close to its entry deadline.
- Tue, Oct 27 · 2:50 PM ET
Listings widget for members
A brokerage shows its public listings on its own website with one line of code.
- Tue, Oct 27 · 2:52 PM ET
Proposed governance
Versioned rules, member proposals and one vote per brokerage, as a working proposal for the members to shape.
- Tue, Oct 27 · 2:53 PM ET
Listing from a document
A listing sheet or pasted text fills the form, each field marked for the agent to check, with a fair housing wording review.
- Tue, Oct 27 · 2:56 PM ET
MLS draft
For an MLS not yet connected, its input form arrives pre-filled from the listing, ready to enter.
- Tue, Oct 27 · 2:59 PM ET
List from a phone
Step by step listing with the camera, photos shrunk before upload and uploads that resume on a weak signal.