IHS Realty - an alternative to traditional real estate agents
The real estate market is dominated by the use of the Realtor MLS listing which accounts for over 70% of home sales in the country - and some believe that number is even higher.
Any real estate model that ignores the MLS is at this time doomed to failure yet the cost of transacting business using the Realtor MLS is prohibitive - as much as 7% of the home sale proceeds can disappear in real estate agent commissions.
IHS Realty’s real estate model is to unbundle all of the services offered by traditional real estate agents and separately cost them so that home sellers may pick and choose what they wish to use to help sell their home.  Instead of a commission they pay a flat fee - the most essential and popular item is access to the Realtor MLS - hence the term flat fee MLS listing.