The GDX was announced and signed off on during the International MLS Forum hosted by the Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) and the European Association of Real Estate Professions (CEPI) in Toronto last week. We asked ourselves, ‘Why can’t we be the pioneers that bring forward a simple, secure and consistent way to share data?’” Cowen wrote in an email. Around the world, markets are looking to us as a model for how to deliver accurate and reliable data,” Cowen wrote. According to Saul Klein, the CEO of SDMLS, the agreement shows how important standardized listing data is to real estate professionals in other global markets. Real estate is almost a liquid asset because we have MLS and exclusive representation,” Klein said.