BuzzBuzzHome,  a website that lists new construction condos and houses across the United States and Canada, has developed a new standard for home builders to place their home data online. BXS (Buzz XML Standard) was created to overcome difficulties in sharing and distributing new home information, the company says. Tridel is one of several Canadian developers using the new standard.

The BXS framework was developed by BuzzBuzzHome as part of its mission to make Canada’s entire new home listing information available online, the company says. BXS streamlines the process by providing a common standard for the exchange of new construction real estate data.

“By directly tying into our XML feed, BuzzBuzzHome visitors will be getting up-to-date information on Tridel homes right from our database, something other aggregate real estate websites have failed to do because of their reliance on manual updating or scraping,” says Gino Maulucci, Tridel’s senior marketing manager.

Developers looking to adopt the standard must publish a web page containing their new home data in the BXS format. BuzzBuzzHome is then able to pull the information and share it with others. The framework allows developers to syndicate their inventory online, similar to the way airlines share flight availability with aggregators like Kayak and Expedia, the company says.

“It’s a significant step forward that brings increased transparency to the real estate industry and centralizes data that was once diffuse, unreliable and out-of-date,” says Matthew Slutsky, BuzzBuzzHome’s co-founder.

For information: www.buzzbuzzhome.com.