What’s the biggest influence on the real estate industry

What has had the biggest effect on change in the real estate industry? Has it been lawsuits filed by the Department of Justice providing increased awareness of flat fee MLS companies and limited service brokerages? Has the internet and the display of MLS listing information had the greatest effect? Or has it been free websites providing home valuation information to home sellers? Whatever the answer, one thing is for sure, the industry is changing on a daily basis. There are more alternatives to selling with a traditional agent than ever before and the internet has empowered home sellers. Sellers can learn home valuations, search for homes currently for sale in their area for pricing, list in the MLS and create home fliers all from the convenience of their own PC. It will be interesting to see over the next few years if technology will have the same effect on the real estate industry as it did on the travel agency industry.