Internet Listing Display (ILD) was a set of rules put forth by the National Association of

National Association of Realtors The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is an American trade association for those who work in the real estate industry. It has over 1.4 million members, making it one of the biggest trade associations in the USA including NAR's institutes, so ...

in 2005 to regulate how homes and properties can be displayed on internet sites. The ILD policy was intended to consolidate and replace both the Virtual Office Website (VOW) and

Internet Data Exchange An Internet Data Exchange (IDX, also known as Information Data Exchange) refers to the agreement between listing (Selling) Agents or Brokers and Buyers' Agents to display Multiple Listing Service properties online, across multiple websites (via ...

(IDX) policies to create one set of rules. The ILD policy is a work in progress created as a result of investigation from the

U.S. Department of Justice The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United State ...

into anti-competitive practices by traditional real estate brokers. The ILD policy is intended to prevent traditional brokers from solely excluding their property listings from selected discount broker web sites, since they must "opt out" from display on ''all'' other brokers' sites . In late 2005, the NAR recommended to avoid using ILD, and the policy has since largely been abandoned.NAR Postpones Internet Listing Display Policy, Reinstates IDX
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* ILD Polic
ILD Internet Listing Display policy
Retrieved November 7, 2005 American real estate websites Network protocols

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