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REcore Sues CoStar and Homes.com, Will Cut Off CRMLS Data Over Alleged Nonpayment

The MLS licensing vendor alleges the portals did not pay agreed fees tied to monetizing CRMLS listings.

Overview

  • REcore filed a breach‑of‑contract lawsuit in San Bernardino County against Homes.com, parent CoStar Group, and CoStar‑owned broker Ten-X, seeking monetary damages.
  • The complaint says CoStar and Homes.com signed a license effective January 2024 that required roughly $2 per CRMLS listing record displayed when used for monetization, but they failed to pay the full amounts.
  • REcore asserts the defendants triggered monetization fees through Homes.com’s Boost advertising program and substantial listing traffic yet did not remit the fees.
  • REcore will terminate Homes.com and HomesPro feeds carrying CRMLS listing records on November 1, 2025, while offering brokers an optional no‑cost Participant’s Data Return feed to send their own listings.
  • Planned 2025 distributions to CRMLS listing brokers are delayed to 2026 because of the dispute, and CoStar did not immediately respond to requests for comment.