About NWMLS
The Engine Powering Northwest Real Estate
Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) is a broker-owned, not-for-profit organization that facilitates cooperation among its member real estate firms.
As the leading resource for the region’s residential real estate industry, NWMLS provides valuable products and services, superior member support, and the most trusted, current residential property and listing information for real estate professionals.
NWMLS is a broker-owned, not-for-profit organization with more than 2,500 member offices and 30,000+ real estate brokers in Washington state and Oregon. NWMLS operates regional service centers throughout its coverage area, providing dedicated support to its members and fostering a robust, cooperative brokerage environment.
Core Philosophies
Service: Provide high-impact products, training and support, and customer service. Facilitate cooperation among members.
Integrity: Prioritize integrity, honesty, and transparency in all aspects of its business, including governance, decision-making, compliance, member dispute resolution, and NWMLS’s data.
Communication: Provide clear, timely, accurate, consistent, and relevant information to members, both responding to and anticipating member’s needs and interests.
Leadership: Be a leader within the real estate industry, both locally and nationally, cooperating with other organizations and industry groups to influence and advance the real estate industry in a progressive, responsible, and positive fashion.
Inclusion: Foster a culture of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.
Vision
NWMLS is the most valued service for its member firms by providing comprehensive, timely, and accurate real estate information, related tools, and customer support.
Mission
NWMLS benefits the community in which NWMLS acts by fostering an environment for members to cooperate and maintain ethical relationships among themselves and with the public. Further, NWMLS will at all times act to improve the standing of real estate brokerage in the community and better serve the public in all real estate transactions.
NWMLS Photographer License Program
Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) is a not-for-profit organization serving real estate brokerage and appraisal firms throughout Washington. Member firms often work with professional photographers to market properties listed in NWMLS.
To simplify photo licensing, NWMLS offers a Photographer License Agreement that photographers can sign directly with NWMLS. This agreement grants NWMLS and its Members the rights needed to use property photos under NWMLS rules and policies—while photographers retain full ownership of their work.
Photographers who sign the License are listed on the NWMLS member website so brokers know they can work with them without additional licensing steps or concerns.
NWMLS appreciates your partnership in helping streamline the photo licensing process for the real estate community.
If you’re a photographer interested in signing the license:
Email photos@nwmls.com to request a copy of the agreement and instructions for submission.
