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Stay off the Naughty List with these Smart Holiday Listing and Showing Practices

The holidays are times of hectic bustle as your buyers and sellers celebrate the season. The customary travel, family gatherings and gift giving all can have an impact on your listings and showings. Here’s how to keep your listings compliant and prepare for successful showings during this busy time. Keep an eye on the statuses...

Stay MLS Compliant when Offering Seller Incentives to Buyers

The approaching holidays and current higher interest rates may mean your sellers want to offer incentives to attract buyers. These Seller Incentives to Buyers offers can be included in NorthstarMLS listing remarks, but there are some compliance guidelines you must follow. What are Seller Incentives to Buyers? These are a type of incentive initiated by...

Q3 Rules Enforcement Performance Data

It’s the end of October and the year is quickly coming to an end. Here’s what NorthstarMLS Rules Enforcement Performance Data look like for Q3. They are great reminders of how to have violation-free listings that help the market perform with top efficiency! Check Your License Status Before we dive into the Rules data, remember...

Have Listings with Land, Multiple Dwellings or Commercial Components? Here’s Some Listing Rules for You!

NorthstarMLS subscribers sell a lot of unique properties. From a “To-Be-Built” in Woodbury to farmland in Marshall County, there are six specific instances that impact the property type you select for your listing and the number of listings you may have for the property. Let’s take a look! Property Type Exceptions As a rule of...

We’re Here for You: Help Desk and Rules Enforcement Performance Data January – June 2023

Help Desk The Help Desk team logged more than 11,300 in the first half of 2023. This is a 25% reduction in the call totals from the first half of 2022, due to the 2022 launch of Matrix One Home. During this period the Help Desk has a satisfaction rating of 98.6% with 2,390 of...

Six Considerations When Calculating Finished Square Footage

“Finished” is defined as areas that have finished flooring, wall coverings and ceilings. In addition to seeing installed carpet or solid surface flooring, sheetrock or paneling for walls and solid or drop ceilings, areas included in finished square footage should also have permanent, sufficient heating and adequate ceiling height (see #3 below for more on...

Virtual Tours: Follow These 7 Tips for Compliant Listings

The URL link to the virtual tour works. Make sure to test the link to your virtual tour included in your listing. Make sure it actually works and takes you to the correct virtual tour for the property featured in the listing. The virtual tour should describe only the physical traits of the property for...

Listing Photos: Follow these Rules to Make a Great Impression

When adding photos to your listing it’s important to make that great first impression—while also following NorthstarMLS rules and regulations. Here are three considerations to remember: Timeline by which photos must be added. Upload a property photo within two business days of entering a listing on NorthstarMLS. This requirement applies for all property types except...

Tips for Making “Coming Soon” Work for Your Clients

Should this listing be a Withhold, Coming Soon or Active? Here’s what to remember: If your client signs a contract with a list date 4/6/2023, it must be entered into the MLS within two (2) business days, no matter what status of the listing is going to be. This should NOT be the Coming Soon...

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