The PLS, formerly a private listing network for real estate agents, is set to relaunch on January 19 as a public-facing site with new agent services that complies with a pocket listing policy from the National Association of Realtors, the company told Inman in an exclusive interview.
The California-based company’s name, formerly The Pocket Listing Service, is changing to The Property Listing Service and its slogan will be “Where Real Estate Happens First.”
The PLS’s founders are Mauricio Umansky, CEO and founder of luxury brokerage The Agency and Chris Dyson, James Harris and David Parnes, top-producing agents at The Agency. ThePLS.com has several owners: FASP Realty, Midnight Capital, Harris Family Trust, David Parnes Living Trust, Green Collective and Sidehill Ventures.