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Five Steps for Adding Listings to Your New Website

I want a new website that shows listings. How do I do that? It’s a question that the NorthstarMLS gets frequently and a process for which our Rules & Regulations team frequently offers guidance. If a new website with listings is on your to-do list, we’ll get you started in five easy steps. Step 1….


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New MLS Tools and Updates Available Now, PostcardMania Later this Month

We’ve been hard at work making sure you have the MLS tools and resources you need for your real estate business. The following enhancement and new offerings are available on your NorthstarMLS Dashboard. (Watch this brief video on how to update and personalize your dashboard.) Save & Continue Enhancement in Add/Edit Editing Incomplete listings just…


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Collabra Technology’s Digital Marketing Platform Coming to Northstar MLS

SPOKANE, Wash., /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Collabra Technology, Inc. (“Collabra”), a real estate digital marketing technology and analytics solution provider, and NorthstarMLS, a leading regional multiple listing service in the Upper Midwest, today announced a new partnership in which NorthstarMLS will integrate Collabra’s AdBuilder™ digital ad solution directly in NorthstarMLS’ listing management system. Subscribers will also have…


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What You Liked and Our Opportunities to Improve: 2023 Subscriber Survey Results

In mid-November 2023 we launched our annual 2023 NorthstarMLS Customer Experience Index (CXI), working with WAV Group for a second year to gather in-depth feedback from our subscribers about our product offerings and services. In total we received 1,588 responses (a 6.18% response rate) to the CXI. The NorthstarMLS results, summarized in the infographic below,…


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Ask David: Can I customize my Add/Edit display and change my starting defaults?

When accessing the Add/Edit listing input system you may not see all your listings on your Add/Edit homepage. Since the Add/Edit system is customizable, you can change your preferences so the desired listings are displayed upon login. Click on the down arrow next to your name in the upper right corner. A menu will appear….


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New Opt-in Process Improves ShowingTime Text Message Notifications

ShowingTime sends important updates about your listing appointments via text message. Recently these messages may not have not always reached you or your clients due to mobile carriers blocking text notifications from ShowingTime. New Opt-in Process Now a new opt-in process improves ShowingTime’s text message notification system, ensuring you stay informed on listing appointments and…


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NorthstarMLS Introduces New Tool for Serving the Rental Market

RentSpree rental workflow solutions, which connect agents with renters and landlords across our region’s thriving rental market, are now included in your NorthstarMLS subscription at no additional cost. From tenant screening to rent payment, RentSpree provides powerful tools for every step of the rental process, empowering you to generate more leads, reduce transaction times and…


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Ask David: How do I schedule showings for listings outside of NorthstarMLS?

NorthstarMLS subscribers may have the capability to schedule showings on listings that are not in the NorthstarMLS database using the ShowingTime system. This means that agents seeking to show properties that are listed with other MLSs may be able to utilize ShowingTime for scheduling rather than having to contact the listing agents or listing brokerages…


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Your NorthstarMLS Tools Got Even Better

There are a number of enhancements to NorthstarMLS offerings to better help support your real estate business. If you are a regular user of ShowingTime, MLS-Touch and RPR check out what’s new below. Or, if you aren’t using these offerings, now is a great time to get familiar with them and put them to use…


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Four Reasons to Love Clean and Accurate Data

It’s February and love is in the air! I realize that “love” and “Rules & Regulations” are not common parings, but in the spirit of Valentine’s Day, it turns out clean and accurate data are loved by a lot of people for a variety of reasons. So, to borrow from Browning: “How much do (we)…