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Is Your Open House In The NWMLS For ALL To See?

By Courtney Cooper

The last few weeks have been extremely busy open house wise for us in Seattle – mostly in the $400,000 and under price range or close to it.  Agent hits on the NWMLS for those listings has also soared and the web traffic in general has increased for this price point.   The buyers are definitely... »

The Buyers are out, and trying to buy, but…

By Chuck

Buyers are out, and trying to buy, but they don’t seem to be quite as successful as some of the more breathless news reports would lead you to believe.  I have always liked the Pending Sales statistics from NWMLS because they represent the most recent monthly snapshot of new contracts on listed properties –... »

Short Sales and REOs to Finally Become a Search Field in the NWMLS

By Jillayne Schlicke

Courtney Cooper broke the news on Easter.  The Northwest MLS has voted to add a required field: ”Third Party Approval Required” and “Bank/REO Owned.” From the NWMLS (no link):    “NWMLS is excited to announce two new required fields; “3rd Party Approval Required” and “Bank/REO Owned.” NWMLS will add these fields on April 29th. These new fields will allow... »

Sellers Leaving The Mess Behind

By Courtney Cooper

Cleaning up after yourself is in the contract… Recently, there seems to be some confusion as to item number 5 of the NWMLS form 22D (optional clauses addendum to the purchase and sale agreement).  Maybe the sellers are deciding that the buyer already got a good deal and they shouldn’t leave the home in decent... »

Seattle Area Open House Information Sources

By Jim Reppond

Can you tell me where I can find a list of all the Open Houses that are happening in my area this Sunday? I’ve been asked this question lots of times and I have always had to answer, “I’m sorry. There is no single, good source. Everyplace is going to list the ones they are... »

Short Sale Listings: Leaving Out Key Details Is Like Telling A Lie..

By Courtney Cooper

[Editors note: It's always exciting to introduce a new author to RCG... and today I'm especially excited to introduce Courtney Cooper of Cooper Jacobs as the newest RCG contributor!  Far from a newbie, she's been running an entertaining blog on ActiveRain for over a year now (and racked up tens of thousands of points... »

Bye-Bye STI

By Jim Reppond

The NWMLS has announced that as of June 24th 2008, they will no longer use the term. Active STI. It will become Pending Inspection and two new statuses will be created, Pending Feasibility and Pending BU Requested. For those who are members and have access to the database, all three statuses will appear in the... »

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