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More MLS Musings: 2023 Year-End Edition!

Toronto Realty Blog

TorontoRealtyBlog Geez, what happened to “More MLS Musings?” This is an abuse of the MLS system, right? ” Perhaps I got carried away this year actually writing about real estate! I offered this feature eight times in 2020, seven times in 2021, only four times in 2022, and much to my amazement, only twice in 2023!

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Home pricing rules: don’t go if you don’t know

Housing Wire

Private sales, for sale by owner and other sales not found in your MLS could be really good comparable homes, so ask good questions and don’t just assume your seller is overpriced. Not just for your town or even zip code, but for their neighborhood, school district and MLS code. Know what’s going on with the new construction!

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Real Estate Pending Vs. Contingent: MLS Lingo Explained for Sellers

HomeLight

That’s why it’s important for your real estate agent to keep your property’s status up to date, both in the multiple listing service (MLS) that agents cooperatively use, as well as in online marketplaces, which pull data from the MLS. What other MLS statuses do agents use? Closed”- Consider these listings sold.

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Top of the list: An interview with Ben Caballero

Housing Wire

And the result is that the real estate agents of homebuyers can overlook newly built homes because those homes have not been properly entered into the MLS , and promoted the way existing homes are. We have a specialized service to ensure that the builder’s homes are presented to the realtors through MLS in the most efficient and accurate way.

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Home pricing rules: Don’t go if you don’t know

Real Trends

Private sales, for sale by owner and other sales not found in your MLS could be really good comparable homes, so ask good questions and don’t just assume your seller is overpriced. Not just for your town or even zip code, but for their neighborhood, school district and MLS code. Know what’s going on with the new construction!

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15 reasons your listing might not sell and how to fix them

Real Trends

Little or no staging and other issues — clutter, questionable smells, messy or dirty and dark — all create problems. The goal is for the listing to show like a new construction model home. The next reasons a listing might not be selling are more technical and strategic mistakes: Something could be wrong with your actual MLS listing.

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Contingent vs. Pending: Real Estate Lingo Explained

RIS Media

” There are other statuses in the MLS listings like “Pending,” “Contingent,” “Coming Soon” and “Expired.” Two important statuses in the MLS are “Contingent” and “Pending.” What Other MLS Statuses Are There? Contingent vs. Pending?