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Ask David: Am I Using ShowingTime to its Full Potential?

With the spring market well underway, showing requests are picking up. You likely rely on ShowingTime to schedule showings for your clients to view the properties on the market. However, ShowingTime also has powerful notification and reporting tools you may not have tried that can be helpful as the season heats up. Keep in mind...

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New Add/Edit Enhancements and Form Updates Now Available

A recent Add/Edit upgrade introduces new fields and lookup capabilities you can readily put to use in your listings and see in updated forms now available on our website. Field Additions Carport Spaces was added to Farm and Commercial/Mixed Use listings. Other Parking Spaces is now available on Multi-Family (MF) in the Structure section (as...

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NorthstarMLS Newsletters: Read our Latest 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! May 2025 May 2025 Product News Past Issues 2025 April 2025 NorthstarMLS News April 2025 Product News March 2025 NorthstarMLS News March 2025 Product News February 2025 NorthstarMLS News February 2025 NorthstarMLS Product...

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Ask David: How Are Map Pins and Geocodes Set for Listings in NorthstarMLS?

NorthstarMLS takes data integrity seriously, and that includes making sure the geocodes (latitude and longitude) and map pins are correct for every listing. Who’s Responsible for Map Pins? The listing agent is responsible for verifying that the map pin and coordinates are accurate before a listing goes live. This ensures the property appears in the...

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Ask David: What is the Difference Between the Municipality, Postal City and Listing City Fields?

“Where is the property located?” is one of the first questions agents ask when earning a new client and listing. The NorthstarMLS Add/Edit listing input system offers three Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) certified fields for identifying a property’s city. They are Municipality, Postal City, and Listing City. Municipality The Municipality most often refers to...

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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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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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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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Get Your 2025 Marketing Business Plan Ready with this NorthstarMLS Checklist

The following was published October 17, 2024, as a guest blog for the Minneapolis Realtors® Association here. Now that we’ve entered the fourth quarter of the year, we know that many of you are using this time to reflect on the year that is nearing completion and considering the changes you want to make to...

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