mls: You might want to rethink that strategy
- 11/21/12 11:58 AM
Last week I was working desk duty and got a call from an agent wanting showing instructions on a house. Normally, we use a showing service and those instructions are in the MLS listing.He claimed they weren’t, so I looked it up in the MLS. Sure enough, the showing instructions are in there plain and simple...call CSS. That’s when he confessed he was on Homes.com, and not in the MLS.Strange for an agent, so I asked him why. He said he was cutting down on expenses and discontinued the MLS, and was using online sites to search for homes for his … (46 comments)
mls: Top Compliance Notices in the Maryland Regional MLS
- 11/20/11 11:24 PM
Our Regional multiple list service, MRIS, one of the largest in the country, recently issued their list of the top ten compliance notices for its members. If you don't take notice when the email is sent to you, fines are sure to follow. The top 3 compliance notices are: DELINQUENT SETTLEMENT DATE: Like all MLS’s, MRIS requires the listing agent to update the status of a property after settlement. This is also one of those things that probably aren’t on the top of an agents TO DO list. Once the settlement is completed, things like changing the status from CONTRACT to … (11 comments)
mls: One reason people get frustrated searching for homes on the internet
- 05/17/11 09:37 AM
I’m sure you get the same calls as I do periodically, where a customer or client asks about a property they saw on the internet. When you do the research, you find out that the property isn’t available.I’m going to take a stab here and say that people searching for homes on the internet assume that what they see is available for sale. Not knowing what criteria different sites use to display listings on the web, I did a quick test today.Our MLS shows that there are 140 Active listings in Crofton, MD, 21114. Here is how a few other … (14 comments)
Every once in a while I'll test to see how well my website IDX search is serving potential clients. I currently have two different searches available on my website and some clients prefer one and some prefer the other. To me, the user interface is important but not the most important factor for an IDX search. I prefer to think that accurate data is more important to people searching for homes. Here's some results from a simple search for active listings in one zip code: 136 MRIS (this is the baseline coming directly from our paid MLS)194 Realtor.com138 Property … (3 comments)
Last week I was working desk duty and got a call from an agent wanting showing instructions on a house. Normally, we use a showing service and those instructions are in the MLS listing.He claimed they weren’t, so I looked it up in the MLS. Sure enough, the showing instructions are in there plain and simple...call CSS. That’s when he confessed he was on Homes.com, and not in the MLS.Strange for an agent, so I asked him why. He said he was cutting down on expenses and discontinued the MLS, and was using online sites to search for homes for his … (46 comments)
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