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APPENDIX A: MLS GRID IDX RULES

Canopy MLS is a participating partner in MLS GRID, and uses MLS GRID to license and provide access to MLS
data feeds for Member Participants, Subscribers and their designated technology vendors. Visit Canopy MLS
Data Licensing to request a data feed. All capitalized terms carry the same definitions given in the MLS GRID
Data License Agreement.

1. IDX AND MLS GRID DATA USAGE: IDX or Broker Reciprocity is defined as a cooperative program
where the Member Participant grants permission to display their listings on the websites of other Member
Participants, and receives the same permissions in return. The use of MLS GRID Data for IDX grants MLS
participants the ability to authorize limited electronic display and delivery of their listings by other
participants via the following authorized mediums under the participant’s control: websites, mobile apps and
audio devices. As used throughout these rules, “display” includes “delivery” of such listings. Electronic display
subject to these IDX Rules means displays on public websites and displays using applications for mobile
devices that the Member Participant controls. In order to use MLS GRID Data, a Member Participant must be
actively engaged in listing properties for sale and/or assisting and negotiating on behalf of buyers or seller(s)
in real estate transactions.

2. CONSENT TO IDX DISPLAY: The Member Participant’s consent for display of their listings by other
Member Participants may be presumed unless a Member Participant affirmatively notifies MLS GRID or their
MLS that they refuse to permit display on a listing-by-listing basis or a Member Participant affirmatively
notifies MLS GRID or their MLS that they refuse to permit display on a blanket basis. An MLS may require a
Member Participant to affirmatively Opt-In their listings on a listing-by-listing basis to consent for display of
their listings by other Member Participants. Any Member Participant may at any time, by written notice to
MLS GRID, request that no data from their listings be included in MLS GRID Data for IDX and an IDX Opt-Out
Form may be required. Within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice, MLS GRID shall discontinue
including any data from the Member Participant’s listings in the MLS GRID Data for IDX.

3. PARTICIPATION: Participation in IDX is available to all Member Participants who are authorized by
their applicable MLS’s Governing Documents and who consent to the display of their listings by other
Member Participants.

4. NOTICE OF INTENT: Each Member Participant must notify MLS GRID or their applicable MLS of their
intention to establish a website, an application, or to provide services involving the use and/or display of MLS
GRID Data. Member Participants also must give MLS GRID direct access for purposes of monitoring and
ensuring compliance with applicable policies and license agreements, including these IDX Rules.
5. USE OF MLS GRID DATA: Member Participants may not use IDX-provided listings for any purpose
other than display as provided for in these IDX Rules. This does not require the Member Participant to prevent
indexing of listings by recognized search engines.

6. CONTROL AND BRANDING: Any IDX display must be under the actual and apparent control of a single
Member Participant who has executed a MLS GRID Data License Agreement. Actual control means that the
Member Participant has either built the website for their own use with internal resources, or obtained
technology for the website under an agreement with a Vendor that provides the Member Participant final
control over the operations of the website. Additionally, “actual control” means the ability to add, delete,
modify and update information as required by MLS GRID and their applicable MLS’s Governing Documents.
Apparent control means that a reasonable consumer viewing the website would conclude that it is under the
control of the Member Participant. The following are currently conclusively deemed to be evidence of apparent
control: that the Member Participant’s branding is equal to or more prominent than that of any other entity, and
that the domain name and branding on the website distinguish the Member Participant from nonparticipating
firms, e.g., from other franchisees of the same franchise, if applicable.

7. WITHHOLDING PROPERTY ADDRESS FROM DISPLAY: Listings, including property addresses, can be
included in displays of MLS GRID Data except where a seller has directed their Member Participant to
withhold their listing or the listing’s property address from all public display on the Internet (including, but
not limited to, display on publicly-accessible websites or VOWs or on maps) or other electronic forms of
display or distribution.

8. SELLER WITHHOLDING IDX LISTING FROM DISPLAY: A Member Participant who lists a property for a
seller who has elected not to have the property listing or the property address displayed on the Internet or
other electronic forms of display or distribution shall cause the seller to execute a document that includes
such a provision, in accordance with their applicable MLS Governing Documents.

9. CRITERIA FOR IDX DISPLAY: Member Participants may select the listings they choose to display
through IDX based solely on objective criteria, including but not limited to factors such as geography or
location, list price, type of property or type of listing. Selection of listings displayed through IDX must be
independently made by each Member Participant. If the Member Participant chooses to limit the display of
any listings based on objective criteria, the Member Participant’s IDX site must include a disclosure to
consumers that clearly states “Some IDX listings have been excluded from this website.”

10. CRITERIA FOR THUMBNAIL DISPLAY: “Thumbnail” refers to a summary of listing information
containing no more than eight selection criteria describing the property (e.g. List Price, MLS Number, Address,
Beds, Baths, SqFt., Status and Subdivision). Any search result identifying another Member Participant’s listing
in a thumbnail format may not include contact information or branding of the Member Participant’s IDX site
or brokerage.

11. REFRESH OF MLS GRID DATA DOWNLOADS: Each Member Participant must refresh all MLS GRID
Data downloads and IDX displays automatically fed by those downloads at least once every twelve (12) hours
to include new data and exclude data that has been removed from the MLS GRID Data.
12. SHARING OF MLS GRID DATA COMPILATION: Sharing of the MLS GRID Data compilation with any
third party not authorized by MLS GRID is prohibited.

13. IDENTIFYING MEMBER PARTICIPANT’S BROKERAGE FIRM: All IDX displays must be under the actual
and apparent control of a Member Participant and must clearly identify the name of the brokerage firm under
which the Member Participant operates in a readily visible color and typeface. Displays of minimum
information (e.g. a one-line or “thumbnail,” text messages, “tweets,” etc. of two hundred (200) characters or
less) are exempt from this requirement but only when linked directly to a display that includes all required
disclosures.

14. THIRD-PARTY COMMENTS AND AUTOMATED VALUE ESTIMATES: Any IDX display controlled by a
Member Participant that (a) allows third parties to write comments or reviews about particular listings or
displays a hyperlink to such comments or reviews in immediate conjunction with particular listings, or (b)
displays an automated estimate of the market value of the listing (or hyperlink to such estimate); in
immediate conjunction with the listing, shall disable or discontinue either or both of those features as to the
seller’s listing at the request of the seller. The listing broker or agent shall communicate to the MLS that the
seller has elected to have one or both of these features disabled or discontinued on all displays controlled by
the Member Participant. Except for the foregoing and subject to the section below, a Member Participant’s
IDX display may communicate the Member Participant’s professional judgment concerning any listing.
Nothing shall prevent an IDX display from notifying its viewers that a particular feature has been disabled at
the request of the seller.

15. ACCURACY OF INFORMATION: If the Member Participant publishes content to augment the data
sourced by the MLS GRID, then the Member Participant shall maintain a means (e.g. email address, telephone
number) to receive comments about the accuracy of content. The Member Participant shall correct or
remove any content that is false, fraudulent or deceptive upon receipt of a communication explaining why
the data or information is false, fraudulent, or deceptive. However, Member Participant need not remove or
correct any content that the Member Participant determines in their good-faith opinion, advice, or
professional judgment is not false, fraudulent, or deceptive.

16. CO-MINGLING OF DATA/DISPLAYING PROPERTY INFORMATION FROM OTHER SOURCES: The
search results and display of listing information and property details sourced from MLSs (including through
the MLS GRID) may be augmented with property information from other non-MLS sources subject to the
following:

a. the information is otherwise displayed consistent with these rules;

b. the source of the information must be prominently identified in the search results and in the
display of the property’s details. The source of the information must be displayed in a readily
visible color and typeface not smaller than the median used in the display of the listing data.
For example, no tiny text or gray text displayed on a gray background. Displays of minimal
information (e.g. “thumbnails, text messages, tweets”, etc., or two hundred (200) characters
or less) are exempt from this requirement but only when linked directly to a display that
includes all required disclosures. For audio delivery of listing content, all required disclosures
must be subsequently delivered electronically to the registered consumer performing the
property search or linked to through the device’s application;

c. Any function that permits a user to search among property information sourced from MLSs
and from other sources must permit (but need not require) the user to choose to filter the
search results based upon the source of the information (e.g., a user may choose to limit results
only to properties with information sourced from MLSs). This requirement is effective
beginning January 1, 2025.

17. SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF ACCESS TO MLS GRID DATA: In the event of any default by the
Member Participant, or the occurrence of any event which MLS GRID believes may constitute an event of
default by the Vendor under these IDX Rules, including any violation of or noncompliance with the MLS GRID
Data License Agreement, or failure by the Member Participant to pay any fees or fines owing to MLS GRID,
MLS GRID may at its option and without prior notice to the Member Participant, and in its sole discretion
temporarily suspend, or terminate, the license granted to Member Participant to access the MLS GRID Data
until all outstanding fees have been paid in full or the default has been cured.

18. UNAUTHORIZED IDX ADVERTISING: No display or use of the listings, or any portion of the listings,
shall be used in connection with sending unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, spam, promotional
materials or any other form of unsolicited message, whether commercial or otherwise.

19. DISPLAY OF FIELDS OF DATA: Listings displayed pursuant to IDX shall contain only those fields of data
designated by MLS GRID. Display of confidential fields intended only for other Member Participants is
prohibited. Confidential fields intended only for other Member Participants (e.g. showing instructions, and
property security information) may not be displayed. Fields may be designated as confidential at the
discretion of the applicable MLS. Vendors may request a comprehensive list of confidential fields from the
MLS GRID for each MLS.

20. LISTING AGREEMENT TYPE: The type of listing agreement (e.g., exclusive right to sell, exclusive
agency, etc.) may not be displayed.

21. PROHIBITION OF LISTING MODIFICATION: No MLS GRID Data made available to a Member
Participant for IDX display shall be modified by such Member Participant, except that the display of IDX
listings or other data may be augmented with additional data not otherwise prohibited from display so long
as the source of the other data is clearly identified. This requirement does not restrict the modification of the
listing using RESO-approved synonyms for normalization purposes. This requirement does not restrict the
format of the display of the IDX listings or display of fewer than all of the IDX listings or display of fewer than
the authorized data fields.

22. IDENTIFYING THE LISTING BROKERAGE: With the display of any IDX listings, all listings displayed
pursuant to IDX shall identify the listing brokerage name, the listing number, the email or phone provided by
the Member Participant and the status of the listing immediately adjacent to the property information. When
displaying a sold listing, the name of the cooperating brokerage OR the following disclaimer must also appear:
“Properties displayed may be listed or sold by various participants in the MLS,” as established by the
applicable MLS Governing Documents.

Required items must be displayed in a readily visible color and typeface not smaller than the median used in
the display of listing data. For example, no tiny text or gray text displayed on a gray background. Displays of
minimal information (e.g., “thumbnails, text messages, “tweets,” etc. of two hundred (200) characters or
less) are exempt from this requirement but only when linked directly to a display that includes all required
disclosures. For audio delivery of listing content, all required disclosures must be subsequently delivered
electronically to the registered consumer performing the property search or linked to through the device’s
application.

23. IDENTIFYING THE SOURCE OF IDX LISTINGS: The display of any IDX listings shall clearly and
conspicuously identify the providing MLS as the source of the IDX listings as distributed by the MLS GRID (e.g.,
“Listings courtesy of APPLICABLE MLS as distributed by MLS GRID”) in accordance with these IDX Rules. MLS
GRID approved icons or logos identifying MLS GRID as the source of IDX listings must appear on the first page
where any listings are displayed. Displays of minimal information (e.g. “thumbnails,” text messages, “tweets,”
etc., or two hundred (200) characters or less) are exempt from this requirement but only when linked directly
to a display that includes all required disclosures. For audio delivery of listing content, all required disclosures
must be subsequently delivered electronically to the registered consumer performing the property search or
linked to through the device’s application.

24. CONSUMER USE OF IDX LISTINGS: Member Participants (and their affiliated licensees, if applicable)
shall indicate on their websites that IDX information is provided exclusively for consumers’ personal
noncommercial use, that it may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties
consumers may be interested in purchasing, that the data is deemed reliable but is not guaranteed by MLS
GRID, and that the use of the MLS GRID Data may be subject to an end-user license agreement prescribed by
the Member Participant’s applicable MLS, if any, and as amended from time to time. MLS GRID may, at its
discretion, require use of other disclaimers as necessary to protect Member Participants, and/or their MLS
from liability.

Each display or use of the IDX Listings, or any portion of the IDX Listings, shall include the conspicuous display
of the following:

“Based on information submitted to the MLS GRID as of (date and time MLS GRID Data was obtained). All
data is obtained from various sources and may not have been verified by broker or MLS GRID. Supplied Open 

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