FINALLY - My MLS will require at least one photo on all new listings!
WONDERFUL NEWS! Photos required on all listings in the BARIES MLS. It has always bugged me how an agent can take a listing and feel that's it O.K to not provide photos in the MLS. You would think that it is always the case that the home is in such poor condition that they want to try to avoid showing the photos however it's not always. Often you can go and find out that the home is in fine condition the agent was just to busy or lazy to go take photos and place them on the MLS. This was a poor business practice and I for one am thrilled that it will not be allowed any longer.
Starting November 1st, the Bay Area Real Estate Information System, affectionately known as BAREIS, will require at least one photo be added to each new listing. This is a requirement that is long overdue in my opinion.
I'm sure most of you agree ... how can any seller allow his/her home be marketed without a photo? Most buyers won't even consider looking at a house without one. Why would an agent minimize the number of buyers that are interested in seeing their listing?
Many real estate sites allow a buyer to filter out listings that have no photos. Others allow the buyer to sort a qualifying list of homes by the largest number of photos available. If I were a seller, I wouldn't want to end up at the bottom of that list.
This new MLS rule is a good first step. Personally, I would like to see a 10 photo minimum for every property. The more photos, the better.
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