Nov
19
2009
There has been an explosion of home buyers using the Internet, and that trend is set to continue. The new market place is on the web.
Five years ago few people were using the web to search for homes, today, some estimate it’s as high as 90% or more.
This site is dedicated to helping Real Estate professionals find out more about the significant marketing opportunities presented by the Internet and IDX in particular, as well as to exchange information, views and experiences.
IDX is really all about Real Estate Marketing – Click here to find out more.
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- Specific IDX help and advice for members of Denver Metrolist
- Education and Discussion about IDX – please get involved!
- Polls and Surveys about IDX related issues
- Vital information on IDX and VOWs for Associate Brokers (and Brokers)
- Marketing advice and reviews
- Articles, news and information
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Jan
8
2011
As of January 2011 – Denver Metrolist introduced new Status fields to help establish a clearer picture of the status and availability of a listing. These changes have required substantial modifications to the My Buying Buddy systems and our own databases.
The introduction of these new fields changes the way we search for properties. Particularly Short-Sales and Lender-Owned.
There is a link to a Metrolist presentation at the foot of this post!
The three new Fields are as follows:
Status Conditions
Purpose: To communicate the availability of a listing in the Metrolist MLS database.
As the LISTING STATUS of a listing moves from being ACTIVE to other values, this field can be used to indicate, the availability of the listing at easc step. For example, if UNDER CONTRACT, Status Condition could still be ‘accepting offer’ if the sellers is seeking additional offers.
Values
- Accepting offers: Property is available for showings and offers and being accepted (if selected , cannot select any other Status Conditions)
- Kick out/First Right: Mutually accepted contract with a contingency listed in Additional Provision of, or in an Addendum to, the Colorado Real Estate Commission form
- Not Accepting Showings (or offers): Property is not available for showings and offers and NOT being accepted
- Offers submitted to 3rd party for approval: Offers have been submitted to a 3rd party for approval.
Approval Conditions
Purpose: To communicate the Approval Disclosures of the listing for showings and offers
Values
- Short Sale: This is a short sale property
- Court: Any offers need approvals from the Courts
- Equitable Interest: Disclosure of Equitable Interest in the property
- None of the above: For offers that do not need approval
Seller Type
Purpose: To indicate the type of seller at the time of listing entry
Values
- Individual
- Bank / GSE (Government Sponsored Enterprise – e.g. Fannie Mae)
- Builder
- Corporation / Trust
- Estate
- Government
- Relocation Company
See the Movie!
You can view a complete Online presentation of the new status fields here:
http://media.metrolist.com/pa/Webinars/Understanding_New_Statuses.wmv
Feb
18
2010
Denver’s Metrolist have announced a flat fee structure for their Services to members.
This single monthly flat fee now includes the following:
- Listing entry and updates including Photo Upload
- Unlimited use of PrimeAccess® MLS and Public Records tools
- ShowingAssist
- Instanet Forms plus DocBox
- Colorado FactFinder
- Financial Tools/Calculators
- Monthly Market Intel reports
- IDX Professional services (currently $5/month)
- Listing syndication to Realtor.com, REColorado.com and national real estate portals
- Listing distribution to over 4,000 broker IDX websites in Colorado
- Exclusive listing syndication to DenverPost.com using ListHub