FBS acquires Solid Earth’s Spring software platform

FBS and Solid Earth create new partnership.

FBS, the creators of the industry-leading Flexmls® System and Spark Platform, announced today the acquisition of Solid Earth’s Spring software platform along with the hiring of the Spring team. Combining the Spring® Portal, the Spark® API, and the Flexmls® System establishes a completely new, powerful platform that puts MLSs, brokers, and agents in full control of their data and brand to clearly to beautifully showcase their unique value propositions to their client-bases on both web and mobile platforms.
Earlier this year FBS and Solid Earth created a partnership that put the power of FBS’s Spark API to work powering the Spring Portal offering. Michael Wurzer, CEO of FBS Data Inc. was quoted in the company’s official press release as saying.

Michael Wurzer FBS Data, Inc. CEO

“Spring is the best MLS consumer portal in the market and powering it with the Spark API reduces duplicate entry and data lock-in for brokers and agents,” Wurzer said. “Today, MLSs, brokers, and agents need to clearly and beautifully communicate the full-breadth of the powerful value proposition they deliver together, and Spring is laser-focused on creating the best portal to deliver on that value proposition.”

Matt Fowler, Solid Earth’s founder and CEO will continue leading the Spring team in a role as Vice President with FBS.

“Spring is the best MLS consumer portal in the market and powering it with the Spark API reduces duplicate entry and data lock-in for brokers and agents,” Wurzer said. “Today, MLSs, brokers, and agents need to clearly and beautifully communicate the full-breadth of the powerful value proposition they deliver together, and Spring is laser-focused on creating the best portal to deliver on that value proposition.”

Wurzer further commented that,

”Spring and Spark together create a platform that does not exist today and achieves a long standing goal of MLS industry leadership,” Wurzer said. He noted that an initial focus is to enhance the current Spring offering to include products that help MLSs showcase all of the valuable products and services they provide to members. “Together with Flexmls, this will be the most complete MLS portal available, serving all customers of the MLS beautifully and efficiently,”

About FBS
FBS is the leading innovator of MLS technology and one of the industry’s three largest MLS technology providers with the Flexmls® System. Built on the Spark standards-driven API platform, the MLS industry’s first and most innovative Web API, the Flexmls System more than 200,000 professional real estate subscribers. The Spark API fuels real estate professionals’ businesses collaboration tools with a mobile-first approach that delivers timely and accurate real estate information. Uniquely, as an employee-owned (ESOP) company, FBS staff has earned one of the highest customer service performance measurements in any industry (NPS Score 84). FBS is located in Fargo, North Dakota. Find out more  about FBS at www.flexmls.com. Spark® and Flexmls® are registered trademarks of FBS, and Spring® is a registered trademark of Solid Earth, Inc.

Author Note: I am a proud FBS team member coming up on my first year with company. I work with the Broker Agent Services Team providing IDX training and product evangelism. ~ Mike Price

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