Executive Group
Stellar MLS Executive Team: (L to R) Shayne Fairley, Chief Operations Officer - Mathew Kallumadil, Vice President, Technology & Innovation - Jose Heras, Executive Assistant - Merri Jo Cowen, Chief Executive Officer - Marion Weiler, Vice President of Marketing & Communications - Eben Moran, Vice President of MLS Services - Mark Schafer, Chief Financial Officer - Jennifer Thompson-Kersting, Chief Growth & Relationship Officer

We believe every broker deserves access to the best data.

There’s a revolution in real estate, and it’s changing the way brokers compete. From iBuyers to artificial intelligence, there is more pressure on brokers than ever to double down on service and expertise while optimizing their technology and capital expenditures.

We make listing data easier to access and actively break down old barriers to create a future with greater opportunity for every broker.

Together, we’re creating a future of new opportunities.

We embrace change. Ancient inefficiencies and politics that get in the way of brokers’ ability to do business must be stamped out, so brokers can compete.

We are pro-broker, because brokers drive change.

Brokers are the reason we exist. Their listing data is our lifeblood. We harness new technology and the momentum of the market to transform the shape of the real estate market in Florida, and beyond.

One Listing, Everywhere, Automatically

We believe that overlapping market disorder, where brokers must join multiple MLSs to market listings in a single service area, is wrong. Our business is built on core values that inspire us to work together every day to make the business of real estate more efficient. We are pro-consolidation.

Strength in Numbers

Stellar MLS is one of the largest MLSs in the United States, with over 84,000 customers and more than 300,000 listings in our system. Our customers and subscribers are the agents and brokers that make the Florida market work. Though our subscribers represent just under a third of all licensed real estate salespeople in Florida, they produce more than 55 percent of all the transaction volume in our state.

Perfect, Standardized Data

We believe their success is directly tied to the service, support and technology we offer. Though every agent and broker is unique, they all demand perfect, standardized data that is easy to work with, whether it’s a simple search in the MLS, or a complex data feed that powers a regional real estate player.

Forget the Status Quo

That’s why we’re never satisfied with the status quo. We know our job is to push for tools and solutions that benefit our subscribers and customers, like introducing the first instance of Matrix in Spanish. Or, breaking through historical and artificial barriers that prevent our subscribers from doing business easily, no matter where they work.

 


The History of Stellar MLS


2022

Stellar MLS Partners with SkySlope to Create Transformative New Offer Management System for Stellar MLS Customers

  • "We looked at SkySlope Offers as not just an opportunity to create a solution that would increase agents and brokers' efficiency, but one that can potentially aid in the ongoing fight for fair housing," says Tyler Smith, CEO of SkySlope. "The result is a dynamic solution that helps strengthen the trust between agents and their clients at every level."

Continued Commitment to Accessibility

  • Stellar MLS is the first in Florida to offer ‘Finding Homes’ Search by Voice, powered by Lundy, for blind and visually impaired home searchers
  • The partnership between Stellar MLS and Lundy follows Stellar’s recent efforts to enhance accessibility for customers by updating various web properties to an AA rating per the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

Stellar MLS Partners with Hurdlr to Offer REALTORS® a Best-in-Class Finance Management App

  • The collaboration between Stellar MLS and Hurdlr is a testament to Stellar’s longstanding commitment to equipping its customer base with leading technology for business success

Stellar Central™ Phase 1

  • Phase 1 of Stellar Central™ brings a groundbreaking MLS marketplace to Stellar’s customers where they can find what they need quickly and benefit from the power of choice and technology we offer

Stellar MLS Continues to Expand MLS Services to Florida's East Coast and Beyond

  • Flagler County Association of REALTORS® joins as a Stellar MLS shareholder
  • Okeechobee County Board of REALTORS® becomes a Stellar MLS shareholder

Stellar MLS Supports the 2022 Florida REALTORS® Clean Up Florida Waters Program with Title Sponsorship

  • The environmental initiative invites REALTORS® and residents to come together and clean up the waterways across Florida’s communities

Stellar MLS is Recognized as a RESO Award Winner in Multiple Categories

  • Stellar MLS is recognized as a Leading Edge Award winner for Leadership in Web API Adoption and Leadership in Promoting Industry Education
  • Stellar MLS VP of Technology and Innovation, Mathew Kallumadil, is recognized as a RESO Contributor Award winner for Outstanding Contributions in a Workgroup in Distributed Ledger

2018-2021

My Florida Regional MLS Celebrates 25 Years in Business and Evolves into Stellar MLS

  • The Florida MLS brand is reimagined as Stellar MLS to reflect our legacy and philosophy as a service-first organization
  • Stellar shifts to a focus on the MLS user experience as real estate technology becomes more accessible than ever before

Stellar MLS Receives a RESO Certification

  • RESO actively develops, adopts, and implements open and accepted data standards and processes across all real estate transactions

Virtual Business During the Covid-19 Pandemic

  • Stellar MLS seamlessly shifts operations to a remote environment to keep the MLS up and running without interruption throughout the height of the Covid-19 pandemic

Stellar MLS Continues to Expand MLS Services Throughout Central Florida

  • Gainesville Alachua County Area REALTORS® joins as a Stellar MLS shareholder
  • Ocala Marion County Association of REALTORS® (OMCAR) becomes a Stellar MLS shareholder

 


2010-2017

Technology Takes Hold

  • My Florida Commercial Real Estate© (MFCRE) is launched by Stellar MLS to serve commercial real estate agents & brokers
  • Stellar MLS moves its operations headquarters to 247 Maitland Ave. in Altamonte Springs, FL
  • Stellar is the first MLS nationwide to launch Matrix Español to better serve customers who conduct MLS business in Spanish
  • Stellar MLS amends its rules to allow virtual staging in listing photos as the industry embraces new technology trends
  • Stellar MLS first offers digital transaction management, including e-signatures, allowing Stellar MLS members to fully embrace paperless business transactions

Stellar MLS Expansion Continues

  • Pinellas REALTOR® Organization and Central Pasco REALTOR® Organization and West Pasco Board of REALTORS® become Stellar MLS shareholders
  • Lake Wales Association of REALTORS® joins as a customer organization
  • Puerto Rico Association of REALTORS® joins Stellar MLS as a customer organization

2000-2009

Southwest Florida Expansion Booms as New Shareholders Join Stellar MLS During the Early 2000s

  • Greater Tampa REALTORS®
  • Englewood Area Board of REALTORS®
  • REALTORS® of Punta Gorda-Port Charlotte-North Port-DeSoto, Inc.
  • REALTOR® Association of Sarasota and Manatee
  • Venice Area Board of REALTORS®

  


1993-1999

Stellar MLS is Born! 

  • Originally serving Orlando Regional REALTOR® Association, Stellar (at the time called Central Florida Real Estate Information Services) branched out into additional areas in Central Florida

Stellar MLS Shareholders in the 1990s: 

  • Orlando Regional REALTOR® Association
  • Bartow Board of REALTORS®
  • East Polk County Association of REALTORS®
  • Lakeland Association of REALTORS®
  • REALTOR® Association of Lake and Sumter Counties
  • Osceola County Association of REALTORS®
  • West Volusia Association of REALTORS®