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Ask David: How is Days on Market (DOM) Data Shown in Listings?

Days on Market (DOM), Days on Market at Most Recent List Price (PDOM), and Cumulative Days on Market (CDOM) each provide different perspectives on a property’s market exposure. How they are calculated and displayed on other cooperating websites may differ, but this is what you’ll see while accessing and managing listings in NorthstarMLS systems: DOM...

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2024 Subscriber Survey Results: Thanks for All You Shared!

by Tim Dain Without real estate professionals like you who want to share standardized, accurate and current listing data with each other, NorthstarMLS would not exist. Every day we go to work with this in mind and want to make sure we are doing all we can to provide maximum value for your subscriber dollars....

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Virtual Tours: Follow These 6 Tips for Compliant Listings

Since we first introduced this blog a year ago, we’ve helped 5-10 subscribers daily with requests (sent to rules@northstarmls.com) for virtual tour compliance checks in your listings. Despite this proactiveness, virtual tours continue to top the list of compliance issues with more than 800 correction notices sent in 2024 alone. So please keep sending them...

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Avoid these Late Listing Rules Violations Pitfalls

What are Incomplete Listings? Often mistaken for “Withheld” (a listing status we’ll address more in a moment), an Incomplete listing is essentially an unpublished draft of your listing. While not live in Add/Edit, an Incomplete listing is assigned a listing number and is visible only to you, your broker and possibly others who manage listings...

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Ask David: What Search Fields are Available in the MLS System?

NorthstarMLS’s Add/Edit listing input system provides subscribers RESO approved fields to complete their data entry. Each MLS system that NorthstarMLS subscribers use pulls that data from Add/Edit and offers primary search fields by default when conducting a listing search. However, users can add additional fields within each MLS system and further drill down their search...

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NorthstarMLS Newsletters: Read our January 2025 Editions and Past Issues

Get the information and resources you need for your real estate business with our most recent NorthstarMLS Newsletter and NorthstarMLS Product News! January 2025 January 2025 NorthstarMLS News January 2025 NorthstarMLS Product News   Past Issues 2024 November 2024 NorthstarMLS News November 2024 NorthstarMLS Product News October 2024 NorthstarMLS Newsletter October 2024 NorthstarMLS Product News...

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The Value of NorthstarMLS: A Look Back at 2024

As 2024 ends, we look back on a year that included many accomplishments and new beginnings for our industry. It’s been a journey that we are thankful to have been on with you, and we hope to continue as your trusted source for updated, accurate listing data and relevant MLS tools and resources in 2025...

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Giving Thanks for Data Integrity: A Look at Q3 2024 Compliance

As we approach Thanksgiving, NorthstarMLS would like to thank subscribers for helping ensure data integrity in 2024. Although there are still some areas for improvement, you have been great about reaching out with questions and requests for virtual tour and remarks reviews this year. To date we’ve responded to more than 5,500 calls and emails...

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Ask David: How Can I Create Comparative Market Analyses (CMAs) Using NorthstarMLS Products and Services?

NorthstarMLS offers subscribers a variety of tools and services. The most used and critical features real estate professionals use are CMAs. CMAs allow agents to compare properties and make accurate pricing recommendations. We have created a post for Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) Resources that serves as a comprehensive guide for real estate professionals seeking tools...

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