Show Greater El Paso real estate listings from the GEPAR MLS on your own WordPress site. Any theme works. The listings update every hour.
The GEPAR MLS is bigger than El Paso. Its MLS Rules (Section 1.2) list ten counties. Three of them are in Texas, and seven are in New Mexico.
A broker can send in a listing from outside the ten counties. The MLS takes it, but it gives only limited information on it. The MLS FAQ says the MLS must approve it first.
Only want part of the map? MLS Import can filter by county, city or ZIP. You can set up more than one import task.
Las Cruces has its own MLS. Dona Ana County is also in GEPAR's service area. So ask both MLSs which feed holds the listings you need.
The Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS (GEPAR) is the REALTOR group for El Paso. It runs the GEPAR MLS. That MLS covers ten counties in Texas and New Mexico. Agents, brokers and appraisers use it to list and find homes.
The group is older than its name. GEPAR's Our Story page says it was set up in Texas on June 14, 1951. Back then, it was the El Paso Board of REALTORS. It took its new name on January 19, 1990. Today, it serves more than 3,000 members.
Pros and the public see two sides. Members get the MLS, Code of Ethics training, classes, SentriLock lockbox access and forms. The public gets a home search site, outwestmls.com. There, buyers can search listings and find an agent.
The office is on Gateway Blvd East in El Paso. The MLS runs on Flexmls by FBS. Tony Delgado is the CEO.
GEPAR sells MLS access to members and to people who are not members. The join page has a separate "MLS Access Only" form.
A licensed Designated Broker or appraiser. This person does not need a sponsor. They must be a GEPAR member.
A licensed agent, broker or appraiser in training. A Designated Broker or appraiser sponsors them. They must be a GEPAR member.
The same two jobs, for people who are not GEPAR members. The broker of record for an office is the Participant. A licensed agent is the Subscriber.
For assistants and transaction coordinators. They can add listings to the MLS for one set account.
How you get in: apply online with your driver's license and real estate license. GEPAR says approval takes about three business days on average.
Training: MLS Only applicants take the New Member Orientation Course online within 60 days. The Rules cap MLS training at 8 class hours (18.1). They also say you must get the chance to take it remotely.
Board of Choice: any REALTOR principal, or any firm of REALTOR principals, can join the MLS. It doesn't matter where they hold their main membership. They agree to the rules, agree to settle disputes by arbitration and pay the fees.
Who can run IDX: Rule 19.3 opens IDX to Participants who are REALTORS and who let others show their listings. Subscribers can show IDX on their own sites, if their Participant agrees (19.4.4).
Not a REALTOR? If you have MLS Only access and are not a REALTOR, ask GEPAR about IDX before you build.
GEPAR bills its MLS fees each quarter. You pay these to GEPAR. They are not part of your MLS Import plan, which we bill on our own.
Rule 7.1 says you pay on or before the first day of each quarter. GEPAR's 2026 billing schedule lists the dates for each quarter.
GEPAR's 2026 billing schedule lists suspension and a $60 reconnect fee for unpaid fees. It says there are no exceptions for reconnect or late fees.
New users pay only for the part of the quarter they use (Rule 7.1). No part-quarter price if you had access last quarter.
1. You pay for a different MLS where your broker takes part: a no-cost waiver (7.1).
2. Your broker can also ask to waive quarterly fees for these agents (7.2):
Agents in commercial work.
Real estate teachers.
Agents out sick.
Military away from El Paso for 12 months or more.
Agents who live out of the area and have no MLS activity.
Use the MLS Waiver Request Form on the forms page.
Members work in Flexmls. GEPAR's own posts name FBS as the company that provides the Flexmls system. Members sign in to Flexmls. Need MLS help? Use the MLS ticket form. Agents enter their listings in Flexmls. So the listing rules on this page shape the data before it ever reaches your feed. Your website does not read Flexmls, though. It reads a data feed from the same system.
The RESO list shows GEPAR as Certified Current, and RESO's records name Web API Core 2.0.0 and Data Dictionary 2.0 (FBS, July 7, 2025). The FBS docs offer a RESO Web API for Flexmls data. MLS Import connects through the RESO Web API.
What does that mean for you? Data Dictionary 2.0 uses standard RESO field names. In MLS Import, you pick which fields to import. You can also mark fields as private, so they don't show on your pages. Use that for fields rule 19.4.1 keeps off IDX sites, like showing notes.
The FBS RESO docs list six data sets: property, member, office, open house, media and lookup data. Member and office data hold the agent and firm details. You need those, because rules 19.3.14 and 19.4.3 make you show the listing firm and agent. Media holds the photos. Photos a seller marks Private are not sent to public feeds [2.4]. GEPAR's May 4, 2026 open house guide shows members how to find and add open houses in Flexmls.
MLS Import turns each listing into a real post on your own domain. Google can find and index those pages. Photos load from the MLS or its CDN. They don't fill your server. After the first import, hourly updates pull only what changed. Listings that leave the MLS are removed each day. Your pages stay on your domain.
GEPAR's MLS Data Access Guide keeps it simple for members. The developer applies for the feed for you. You approve the vendor. Here are the steps.
Have GEPAR MLS access. You need to be a Participant or Subscriber. Find your Flexmls login ID. It starts with gep. The developer needs it to apply.
Register as a developer in the Spark Datamart. The developer is you or your web person. Signing up is free. FBS says it activates new sign-ups within 3 business days. See the Spark setup guide.
Pick a role. IDX is for public display. VOW shows data only after a visitor signs in. Private means no public display. FBS calls IDX the standard for listings display. So a public site almost always needs IDX.
Enroll in a GEPAR plan. In the Datamart, find Greater El Paso. Read each plan's text with care. Add a payment method. Give the member's login ID. Say what you are building. Then submit the request for approval.
Wait for the yes. Your request goes to the MLS for approval, and the member approves the vendor. FBS says this starts an email chain with the MLS staff.
Add the key to MLS Import. You get your API key by email. In MLS Import, pick "Greater El Paso MLS via Spark". Enter the key. Then set up your import task.
Key options: some plans let you ask for a key for one broker or agent, or for many brokers and agents. Other plans need a Flexmls username. The plan you pick sets how you may show the data.
No plan fits? Tell the MLS what you are building, who will see the data and which role you need. Use the MLS ticket form.
Plan names and prices: you see them in the Datamart after you log in. Ask GEPAR for current Datamart prices. MLS Import does not replace MLS approval. No yes from GEPAR means no feed.
A GEPAR listings site has three bills. Two of them have public prices.
Where you pay GEPAR
Amount See the fee table above
Where you pay In the Datamart, with your payment method
Amount Shown in the Datamart after you log in.
Where you pay MLS Import
Amount $49 a month for 1 MLS, after a 30-day free trial (as of October 2026). A card is needed. We email you 3 days before the trial ends. Cancel with one click. Your listings stay in WordPress as normal posts.
These IDX rules come from the Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS MLS Rules, approved January 3, 2025. Section numbers are in brackets.
IDX sites must refresh at least every 12 hours [19.3.6]. VOW sites must refresh at least every 3 days [20.11], and a VOW needs a license deal [20.25]. MLS Import syncs every hour.
Show your brokerage name in a clear color and type [19.3.8]. Name the listing firm, plus its phone or email [19.3.14]. Name the listing agent [19.4.3]. Show the MLS as the source [19.4.5].
Say the data is for consumers' "personal, non-commercial use". Say it is only to find homes they may buy. Say it is "deemed reliable but is not guaranteed accurate by the MLS" [19.4.6].
Show only the fields the MLS allows. Showing notes and security info stay off [19.4.1]. No seller or occupant name, phone or email [19.4.10]. No listing agreement type [19.4.2].
A seller can keep a listing, or its address, off the web [19.3.4]. Comments, reviews and home value tools go off on request [19.3.9]. A broker who bars IDX for all can't show others' data [19.2].
Pick listings only by plain facts, like area, price or type [19.3.5]. Don't hand out the data [19.3.7]. Let a visitor see at least 500 listings, or half, whichever is fewer [19.4.7].
A site with IDX or VOW counts as public marketing [1.4.2]. Market a home there, and it must be in the MLS within one business day. The fine is $1,000.
Keep the data safe and keep an audit trail [19.4.11, 19.4.12]. Give the MLS direct access to check your site [19.3.2]. Show only offices that hold rights in this MLS [19.4.8].
Sharing your site with another company? Co-branding must not mislead. GEPAR treats it as fine when your logo and contact info are larger than the third party's [19.4.13].
If you list homes yourself, these rules apply to the photos and remarks you send to the MLS.
The Rules ban people in the main photo and gallery [2.5]. The main photo shows the home's front from the street [2.3]. An edited photo needs a "digitally altered" note and must sit by the real one [2.7].
The Rules ban contact info, web links and branding in public remarks [1.8]. The MLS FAQ bans showing notes there too.
Ask GEPAR for the exact notice wording, the full list of allowed fields and whether sold data may show. A rule you guessed at can turn into a fine.
The Rules ban the display of expired and withdrawn listings [19.4.9]. MLS Import's features page says: "Sold, withdrawn, and expired listings are removed automatically." So don't set it to protect those statuses.
The MLS does not send them to IDX or third-party sites. They last up to 30 days, with no extensions. Then they turn Active on their own. See the Coming Soon Guidelines.
GEPAR's compensation post says offers of pay to buyer brokers have been banned in the MLS since August 17, 2024 [1.9]. Deals for the buyer, like closing cost help, are still allowed.
A seller can ask to mark photos "Private" or "Private While Off Market". Those photos don't go to public data feeds [2.4].
The newest rules update on GEPAR's site is dated January 3, 2025. Here are two rule changes and one security notice that matter for a listings site, newest first.
What changed: GEPAR told every member to reset their Flexmls password. Its notice says FBS had seen "an uptick in the use of credentials by unauthorized people". GEPAR said it was not a break-in. Logins were being shared, or other people had learned them.
Accounts that did not reset by the deadline were locked. They needed a manual reset to get back in. GEPAR also said your login is yours alone. It is "not to be shared with or used by anyone else."
What it means for your site: don't share your Flexmls login with a web designer. GEPAR's data guide has the developer give your login ID when they apply. Then you approve the vendor.
What changed: GEPAR amended its MLS Rules and dropped an old rule. That rule said IDX listings had to show apart from listings you got anywhere else. The rules update post says GEPAR MLS "no longer requires" that split.
The post also says this change "does not affect other MLS rules". Sellers and listing brokers can still say no to IDX. You can still pick listings with your own plain facts, like area or price.
What it means for you: one search page can show GEPAR listings next to listings from another MLS. Your visitors run one search and see all of them. There is one condition. You must hold rights in each MLS you show [19.3.11]. And every display must still follow the IDX rules.
Read this one even if you never plan to post pay offers.
What changed: GEPAR updated its Rules to stop offers of pay to buyer brokers in the MLS [1.9]. Its compensation post says listings can't even hint that pay exists, "even if no amount is specified."
A second rule [5.4] goes further. You can't use MLS data or feeds to run a site where many brokers post pay offers. If you do, the MLS "must" end your access to all MLS data and feeds. GEPAR's fine list sets $1,000 for a pay offer breach.
Deals for the buyer are still fine. A listing can offer closing cost help, repair credits or appliances.
What it means for your site: build search and listing pages. Don't build a board where brokers post what they'll pay. That one move could cost you the feed.
El Paso uses the GEPAR MLS. The Greater El Paso Association of REALTORS runs it on Flexmls by FBS. It covers real estate listings in ten counties in Texas and New Mexico. You can show those listings on WordPress with MLS Import once the MLS approves your feed.
Yes. The Rules list ten counties. Seven of them are in New Mexico: Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, Luna, Otero and Sierra. Las Cruces, in Dona Ana County, also has its own MLS. Ask both MLSs which feed holds the listings you need.
Yes. GEPAR sells MLS Only access to brokers and agents who are not members. You still need a real estate license. You apply online with your driver's license and real estate license. You take the New Member Orientation Course online within 60 days.
Members pay $132.19 a quarter on the 2026 fee schedule ($132.20 on the Join MLS page), plus a $225 setup fee for a Participant or $25 for a Subscriber. For non-members, the Join MLS page lists $171.86 a quarter and the application forms list $161.22. Data plan prices show in the Spark Datamart. Fees can change.
Yes. RESO lists GEPAR as Certified Current. RESO's records name Web API Core 2.0.0 and Data Dictionary 2.0. Developers apply for the feed in the Spark Datamart. The MLS approves the request, and the member approves the vendor.
Rule 19.3 opens IDX to Participants who are REALTORS and share their listings. Subscribers can, if their Participant agrees. Your site must refresh at least every 12 hours. You can't show expired or withdrawn listings. Coming Soon listings are not sent to IDX.
Yes. MLS Import works with any WordPress theme. It has its own listing pages and search. Four real estate themes get a deeper link: WpResidence, WpEstate, Houzez and Real Homes. You don't need one of them.
MLS Import costs $49 a month for one MLS, after a 30-day free trial (as of October 2026). A card is needed. It syncs every hour. You can cancel any time. GEPAR fees and any data plan fee are separate bills.
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