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What is MLS? Multiple Listing Service Explained

Redfin

While first-time homebuyers and even seasoned homeowners might have heard of MLS, they may not be familiar with the role it plays throughout the home buying and selling process. Understanding how the MLS factors into the process can help you get the most out of your purchase or sale. What an MLS is and how it works. What is MLS?

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Brand Report: RE/MAX Releases February National Housing Data

RIS Media

Conditions seem to be keeping some potential sellers on the sidelines, but that could change if or when they see more move-up options on the market. With seasonality, still-low interest rates, and gains in new construction, we hope to see some relief in supply during the coming months. Days on Market – Average of 53 Metro Areas.

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How Smart Investors Decipher & Respond to Real Estate Market Cycles

The Close

Further out, suburban areas begin to lose value as homebuilders continue to overbuild because new construction timelines are longer. Even a few bank-owned homes are starting to show up in the MLS. So they hold out and try to find ways to keep their homes. Often, they wait too long and lose their home in the process.

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9 Steps to Writing a Real Estate Business Plan (+ Templates)

The Close

In this section, you’ll examine every corner of the market, which sections are hot, which sections have slowed down, and most importantly, where the opportunities lie. We suggest taking your time here and really digging into the MLS and figuring out exactly what the numbers tell you.

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Richmond VA Real Estate Market & Investment Overview

Marco Santarelli

Housing data collected by the Richmond Association of REALTORS® through Central Virginia Regional MLS. Forbes ranked Richmond, Virginia at #8 in their list of “15 Housing Markets That Are Hot in 2020.” New Listings are up by 10%. Days on Market Until Sale are 18, down 43.8%. percent to $300,000.

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Miami Real Estate Posts 10th-Highest Total Home Sales Month in History

Realty Biz

Miami-Dade County real estate posted its 10th-highest total existing home sales month in history and its second-best May sales month ever, according to the MIAMI Association of Realtors (MIAMI) and the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) system. Note: Statistics in this news release may vary depending on reporting dates.

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San Antonio Real Estate Market & Investment Overview 2020

Marco Santarelli

Before this pandemic hit the nation, even though the San Antonio housing market had cooled off a bit, the home values were expected to climb but at a slower pace in 2020. There are also a wide variety of economic and political factors that can and do impact real estate markets. percent in 2020.

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