Our M.L.S. just instituted a new policy. We now have a list of Words that Can Not Appear on listings and a list of Words that Almost Cannot Appear on a listing. The computers are programmed to reject any listing that has these words - no matter what the context. So a shady back yard can no longer be 
described as a back yard with mature trees. Mature is disallowed! They can be matured trees, they can be well-developed, they can be full-grown - but not mature. A house that has rust colored ceramic tile - cannot be described in that way. The listing cannot even be Canceled without removing the word "colored". Tiles that have a rust color would be acceptable, but not rust colored!
Anyone else experiencing this politically correct conundrum??
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