Posted by admin on April 27th, 2006
Flat fee MLS brokers can save home sellers thousands
Don’t give away your hard earned equity unnecessarily! 6 percent is alot of money to sacrifice when chances are you could have sold your home on your own. While it is true over 75 percent of homes sold are sold through the MLS, you can choose to utilize the MLS and MLS listings all the while retaining your rights as a for sale by owner. Selling your home is a lot easier when you can broaden its exposure through time tested avenues like the MLS. With flat fee MLS, and flat fee brokers you can capitalize on the marketing exposure offered by the MLS and still save up to 6 percent. In order to enter the realtor MLS you must offer some incentive, or compensation, to any agent providing a prospective buyer. But with the additional marketing exposure your home will receive from public websites through its inclusion in the MLS it is likely you could sell your home with no agent involved saving 6 percent of your equity.
Posted by admin on April 26th, 2006
Photos, Searches and Mapping Important Tools to Online Buyers
91 percent of respondents to a recent survey conducted by Prudential Realty agreed that they most enjoyed using the Internet for their home search because "it saves time." Prospective buyers cited the ability to view photos as the most important reason in visiting a real estate website followed by property search and mapping the home location. As consumers are becoming more empowered agents are assuming more of a consulting role.
If you are selling your home you want to be sure your marketing efforts are appealing and reaching the buyers in a capacity they want. Making sure your home has a multiple photos and/or a virtual tour can differentiate your home from you neighbors. Flat fee MLS provides all the tools needed to market to the online home buyer.
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Posted by admin on April 25th, 2006
75 percent of all homes are sold through the MLS
If you are selling your home by owner you may want to consider the alternatives as less than a quarter of For Sale By Owner homes sell. If you are a savvy seller who is knowledgeable about the real estate transaction than a flat fee MLS broker is the solution. As a For Sale By Owner you are missing out on market exposure locally, regionally, and nationally. Over 75 percent of homes sold are sold through the local MLS which provides public websites, regionally and nationally, with property information making your home available to anyone searching the web. Flat Fee MLS provides the marketing exposure of any listing through a traditional agent but allows homeowners to retain all the rights of a for sale by owner. Meaning, if the home is sold to an unrepresented purchaser then no commissions are owed.
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Posted by admin on April 25th, 2006
Benefits of a national MLS
After a committee met earlier this year to discuss the development of a national MLS talks have again heated up. With the unveiling of websites offering consumers an opportunity to view MLS listings brokers now favor the idea of a national or consolidated MLS system. A national MLS would allow brokers to cost-effectively expand their market area and assume increased control over the use and further marketing of sales data.
For the benefit of its consumers a new MLS could include the data of more than just homes "listed" with an agent, incorporating For Sale By Owner (FSBO) homes, foreclosures, rentals, etc. This would increase the benefit of flat fee MLS brokers that offer services on an a la carte basis. Services would be paid for and provided on a need basis rather than signing with a full service agent that provides unneeded services for 5-6 percent.
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Posted by admin on April 21st, 2006
List your home in the MLS for a low one time fee
For a one-time low cost a Flat Fee Broker will provide an MLS Listing. It can be a inexpensive way in which to advertise. If you are wishing to maintain the rights of a For Sale By Owner, flat fee MLS will allow you to accept not only offers presented by Realtors but also offers made directly to you by unrepresented purchasers potentially saving you thousands on the buy side of the transaction as well. If you are selling your home yourself you may have already decided that compensating a realtor that brings you a buyer is fair. With a flat fee MLS listing you are merely agreeing to those terms up front but still maintaining the right to sell your home on your own. An MLS listing is a valuable tool to getting the home sold.
Posted by admin on April 21st, 2006
MLS listings provide desired marketing exposure
MLS Listings have long been the source for Realtors to refer to when selecting homes for their customers to preview. With the capabilities of the internet more and more home buyers are searching those properties on their own. One way to be sure they see your home is to place the home in the Multiple Listing Service whereby your home will receive its maximum exposure appearing on websites like Realtor.com which receives 30+ million viewers a week. Choosing to utilize the services of a Flat Fee MLS broker can be the low cost solution to providing the vast exposure of an MLS listing. MLS Listings can provide the consumer with valuable information, multiple photos, even virtual tours of the home. By exposing the homes exterior and interior photos the consumer can determine quickly if the home suits their needs. It can be a great source for attracting interested parties and filtering out those individuals with different criteria. MLS Listings have proven for years to be one of the most valuable tools for Realtors and now a valuable tool for Sellers and Buyers alike as 75 percent of all homes are sold through the MLS.
Posted by admin on April 21st, 2006
Maximizing your marketing efforts
When getting your home sold an MLS Listing is crucial. Placing your home for sale with a Flat Fee MLS broker can be a cost effective way of advertising the home to thousands of potential customers. MLS listings not only reach those realtors in the listed area but also reach the public through websites like Realtor.com. With a flat flee broker the cost to list a home is just a small fraction of the cost of marketing through classifieds and other print ads, not to mention the 5-6 percent traditionally rendered to list in the local MLS. With available enhancement packages, the broker can post open houses, multiple photos, customized remarks and showcase your home on websites like Realtor.com.
As the number of home buyers beginning their home search on the internet continues to grow, be sure you are taking advantage of the available avenues to better expose your home and the best method available is the Multiple Listing Service (MLS).
