Comments on: Why Won’t CLAW Give Us the Square Footage? http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html Redfin Los Angeles Sweet Digs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:33:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Guest http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html/comment-page-1#comment-69547 Guest Wed, 26 May 2010 23:55:55 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html#comment-69547 Of course Annie Ives will not respond to any emails you've written or contact you in any way. She's too busy walking around with food in her mouth yelling at her employees violently! I have no idea how CLAW board members continue to allow such a person represent them as CEO of the company. She is rude, uneducated, and has terrible manners! Sad to see such poor leadership and poor work ethics. Of course Annie Ives will not respond to any emails you've written or contact you in any way. She's too busy walking around with food in her mouth yelling at her employees violently! I have no idea how CLAW board members continue to allow such a person represent them as CEO of the company. She is rude, uneducated, and has terrible manners! Sad to see such poor leadership and poor work ethics.

]]> By: ed hardy http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html/comment-page-1#comment-39561 ed hardy Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:46:27 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html#comment-39561 Most MLS associations are less than cordial.They’ll be sure to contact you though, if they are pushing some political agenda. Most MLS associations are less than cordial.They’ll be sure to contact you though, if they are pushing some political agenda.

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]]> By: Bart Hubbard http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html/comment-page-1#comment-15734 Bart Hubbard Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:48:58 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html#comment-15734 Hi there. I used to work for CLAW and I was involved in the first set of data that was shared out to consumers via the public face of themls.com in late 2000. The decision then was based on what the CLAW board had deemed was good for agents. The information was available to realtor members of CLAW. I would suggest that in addition to contacting Mrs. Ives, that you contact the current CLAW Board members directly to get their explanation. Generally, the heads of BHGLAAR, Malibu Association of Realtors, and the Southwest Los Angeles Association of Realtors sit on the CLAW board. Pat Douglas was of SLAAR was one of the people on the board at that time and had a big say in what was put out to the general public. I'd keep in mind that CLAW serves realtor members first and foremost. Playing square footage close to the vest, keeps up the importance of the realtor in the role of buying a house. Best of luck, Bart Hubbard Hi there. I used to work for CLAW and I was involved in the first set of data that was shared out to consumers via the public face of themls.com in late 2000. The decision then was based on what the CLAW board had deemed was good for agents. The information was available to realtor members of CLAW. I would suggest that in addition to contacting Mrs. Ives, that you contact the current CLAW Board members directly to get their explanation. Generally, the heads of BHGLAAR, Malibu Association of Realtors, and the Southwest Los Angeles Association of Realtors sit on the CLAW board. Pat Douglas was of SLAAR was one of the people on the board at that time and had a big say in what was put out to the general public. I’d keep in mind that CLAW serves realtor members first and foremost. Playing square footage close to the vest, keeps up the importance of the realtor in the role of buying a house.

Best of luck,

Bart Hubbard

]]> By: Los Angeles, We Have Square Footage | Redfin Los Angeles Sweet Digs http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html/comment-page-1#comment-11788 Los Angeles, We Have Square Footage | Redfin Los Angeles Sweet Digs Thu, 01 May 2008 15:48:15 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html#comment-11788 [...] March, I wrote a post expressing frustration with the absence of square-footage and lot-size information in [...] [...] March, I wrote a post expressing frustration with the absence of square-footage and lot-size information in [...]

]]> By: CLAW Responds! | Redfin Los Angeles Sweet Digs http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html/comment-page-1#comment-10119 CLAW Responds! | Redfin Los Angeles Sweet Digs Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:37:46 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html#comment-10119 [...] this blog for the last couple of days, you’ll know that on Thursday I wrote a post entitled “Why Won’t CLAW Give Us the Square Footage?” CLAW is the Combined L.A./Westside Multiple Listing Service, and, unlike other MLSs, it does not [...] [...] this blog for the last couple of days, you’ll know that on Thursday I wrote a post entitled “Why Won’t CLAW Give Us the Square Footage?” CLAW is the Combined L.A./Westside Multiple Listing Service, and, unlike other MLSs, it does not [...]

]]> By: Bryan http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html/comment-page-1#comment-10019 Bryan Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:48:14 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html#comment-10019 Typically we do talk to all MLSs about making sure Redfin has all the listing data that is publicly available in an MLS on another site or through a data feed. For example, when we found CLAW MLS had open house times available on their public site, we asked to get that into our feed as well and they were great in providing us that data. We have open house times in LA thanks to their help. That being said, we in the technical team don't always know what fields are possible to get in our feeds. It's great to hear that we can get this square footage information added and we'll definitely follow up with the technical folks at CLAW to get that data and any other we might be missing added as well. Regards, Bryan Selner Director of Product Management, Redfin Typically we do talk to all MLSs about making sure Redfin has all the listing data that is publicly available in an MLS on another site or through a data feed. For example, when we found CLAW MLS had open house times available on their public site, we asked to get that into our feed as well and they were great in providing us that data. We have open house times in LA thanks to their help.

That being said, we in the technical team don’t always know what fields are possible to get in our feeds. It’s great to hear that we can get this square footage information added and we’ll definitely follow up with the technical folks at CLAW to get that data and any other we might be missing added as well.

Regards,
Bryan Selner
Director of Product Management, Redfin

]]> By: Cindy Allen http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html/comment-page-1#comment-10018 Cindy Allen Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:42:46 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html#comment-10018 CLAW MLS, thank you for replying. As far as who I contacted: I phoned Carlos Constanza, CLAW compliance coordinator, around March 6 and left a message on his voicemail. After receiving no reply, I called CLAW's main number again, and was told the person I needed to speak with was Gigi Marina; I was given her e-mail address. I e-mailed her on March. 11. After receiving no reply, I paid a visit to CLAW's offices on Robertson on St. Patrick's Day and met Gigi in person. She knew who I was and told me she had forwarded my e-mail to Annie Ives, the CEO, who was at lunch. I was given Ms. Ives' business card. I returned home and forwarded Ms. Ives my e-mail to Gigi along with another note explaining my inquiry. I asked that she respond by Wednesday. On Wednesday morning, after not hearing anything, I wrote to Ms. Ives and told her I'd be writing about the subject on Thursday's blog and I'd welcome her comments until 5 p.m. I didn't hear anything. When you say that you "provide numerous data feeds to various organizations/websites" and that Redfin needs to specifically request that square footage be included: Are there other public sites that you have provided square footage and lot size information to? I am unaware of any. I'm very encouraged to hesr that you will consider upgrading themls.com to include this information. Again, thank you for responding. CLAW MLS, thank you for replying. As far as who I contacted: I phoned Carlos Constanza, CLAW compliance coordinator, around March 6 and left a message on his voicemail. After receiving no reply, I called CLAW’s main number again, and was told the person I needed to speak with was Gigi Marina; I was given her e-mail address. I e-mailed her on March. 11.

After receiving no reply, I paid a visit to CLAW’s offices on Robertson on St. Patrick’s Day and met Gigi in person. She knew who I was and told me she had forwarded my e-mail to Annie Ives, the CEO, who was at lunch. I was given Ms. Ives’ business card. I returned home and forwarded Ms. Ives my e-mail to Gigi along with another note explaining my inquiry. I asked that she respond by Wednesday. On Wednesday morning, after not hearing anything, I wrote to Ms. Ives and told her I’d be writing about the subject on Thursday’s blog and I’d welcome her comments until 5 p.m. I didn’t hear anything.

When you say that you “provide numerous data feeds to various organizations/websites” and that Redfin needs to specifically request that square footage be included: Are there other public sites that you have provided square footage and lot size information to? I am unaware of any.

I’m very encouraged to hesr that you will consider upgrading themls.com to include this information.

Again, thank you for responding.

]]> By: clawmls http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html/comment-page-1#comment-10008 clawmls Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:44:57 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html#comment-10008 I’ve been following this post and since I work for CLAW MLS, I’d like to respond to some issues and concerns raised in the post and in the comments. First of all, do you know who you have spoken with or which e-mail address have you used? Secondly, as far as Redfin and square footage is concerned: this is an issue that you have to take up with Redfin, not us. We provide numerous data feeds to various organizations/websites and I don’t believe that Redfin specifically requested to receive square footage as part of their feed. We provide this data when asked for it. If your company submits this request via proper channels it will be reviewed and addressed in an expedient manner. In more generic terms as far as data availability at http://guests.themls.com and other sites, please do keep in mind that our organization primarily serves our membership and we do have to respond to their needs and wishes. The guest site is important to us and we want to make it a valuable destination and an important resource for the public; however we do have to balance interests of buying and listing agents, brokers and general public. Having said that, we are currently working on redesigning the guest site and we are exploring possibilities where we may include additional information with the listings. Hopefully you will find that it is vastly improved both from a design/experience perspective and the information that it makes available. Regardless of where you may stand on this particular subject, we do appreciate concerns and suggestions that you may have. We consistently monitor a number of blogs as well as other resources for feedback from agents as well as general public. We do want to interact with our users and we’ll try to be a more frequent presence on these pages. In the mean time, if you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact us at blogreply@themls.com Thanks I’ve been following this post and since I work for CLAW MLS, I’d like to respond to some issues and concerns raised in the post and in the comments.

First of all, do you know who you have spoken with or which e-mail address have you used?

Secondly, as far as Redfin and square footage is concerned: this is an issue that you have to take up with Redfin, not us. We provide numerous data feeds to various organizations/websites and I don’t believe that Redfin specifically requested to receive square footage as part of their feed. We provide this data when asked for it. If your company submits this request via proper channels it will be reviewed and addressed in an expedient manner.

In more generic terms as far as data availability at http://guests.themls.com and other sites, please do keep in mind that our organization primarily serves our membership and we do have to respond to their needs and wishes. The guest site is important to us and we want to make it a valuable destination and an important resource for the public; however we do have to balance interests of buying and listing agents, brokers and general public.

Having said that, we are currently working on redesigning the guest site and we are exploring possibilities where we may include additional information with the listings. Hopefully you will find that it is vastly improved both from a design/experience perspective and the information that it makes available.

Regardless of where you may stand on this particular subject, we do appreciate concerns and suggestions that you may have. We consistently monitor a number of blogs as well as other resources for feedback from agents as well as general public.

We do want to interact with our users and we’ll try to be a more frequent presence on these pages. In the mean time, if you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact us at blogreply@themls.com

Thanks

]]> By: Cindy Allen http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html/comment-page-1#comment-10003 Cindy Allen Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:28:56 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/03/why_wont_claw_give_us_the_square_footage.html#comment-10003 Hi, Jeff; thanks for your comment. I think most consumers realize that square footage is often off. There are disclaimers that let agents off the hook, and appraisers who will get everyone the exact figure. Even ballpark figures, however, are better for consumers than no figures at all. Hi, Jeff; thanks for your comment. I think most consumers realize that square footage is often off. There are disclaimers that let agents off the hook, and appraisers who will get everyone the exact figure. Even ballpark figures, however, are better for consumers than no figures at all.

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