A new tool, optimalhomelocation.com (h/t Lifehacker ) Here’s my very rudimentary definition, based on personal biases and listening to my clients’ wants and needs – – Schools –(you can search by elementary school on my Charlottesville Home Search ) – Walkable neighborhood with sidewalks –(Walkscore can help, but you’re better off asking someone or driving by the area – or better yet, we can ride to the properties on bicycles!) … — The County of Albemarle does not offer curbside recycling, but two private companies have recently sprung up to fill this need – My Recycling Club and Green Pieces Recycling , so if you’re in the Urban Ring of the County, you should be able to get recycling.
Posts tagged MLS
Search Tool Down
My nifty new “search for homes” tool is down, but I expect it’ll be fixed shortly.
Why Aren’t 100% of the listings in IDX?
An off-line comment in response to this post on Agent Genius sums up the argument against excluding listings from IDX very well: This is a great comment from you “isn’t IDX use saturated enough where a listing agent may have to disclose to the seller that the listing won’t be sent through IDX? … and it should be expounded on, if a copyright term is used so often that the copyright is longer valid then the point is made here; if placing a listing onto IDX is the norm then the disclosure should be that it will not appear not the other way around GREAT point.
What’s a Beme?
Here’s the thing – more now than ever before, the brand that matters most to the real estate consumer is the value added by the individual Realtor, not the brand. (and I’ll bet I could back this up with statistics if I had the resources to pull off a survey) Of particular note regarding the current fragmentation of the real estate listings universe – (bolding mine) From silos to simultaneity . … Read more about silos and how the concept relates to MLS’ at Michael Wurzer’s FlexMLS blog, where he says , “NAR could create a non-profit that could be the ICANN for property IDs, and that would be valuable for tying together the efforts of those publishing real estate info on the web.
Update on New MLS Search Tool
Here’s what I’m seeing so far – 1 – All the photos and virtual tours still aren’t coming over – I think this may have something to do with the type of feed they’re using, but we’ll sort it out soon. … I’m going to do a post in the next couple of days highlighting some of the key features of the search – search by MLS number, how each listing has a permanent link that you can email to your friends (or use in a blog post 🙂 ) …
As Promised – A New Way to Search For Homes in Charlottesville
After watching my friends Jay in Phoenix and Kris in San Diego do such wonderful things with their MLS search tools, I’m finally able to announce what I believe to be the single best tool to search for homes in the Charlottesville, Virginia area* – Since founding RealCentralVA in 2005, I have never put a “Search for Homes” thing on my blog because none of the ones available had what I wanted; the technology is finally here (and it’s groundbreaking in the real estate community, but not necessarily the technology community) 🙂 –
– Get alerts sent to you via Email or RSS – Search by multiple School District – eventually you should be able to search by more than one school district – Search by Price Drops – ex: 10% in the past 10 days – and indication an property may finally be priced right – Search by Foreclosure/Pre-Foreclosure status (still testing this one for its validity) – Save your searches!
How Did Saul get the NAR’s Notes?
Much of his paper sounds like he read summaries of the NAR’s MLS PAG that lasted about 18 months, specifically his “takeaway terms.” Authoritative and trusted source Mission MLS 5.0 Online communities Parcel based Property Wiki Single Point of Entry Single Sign-On Social Networking Strong (two party) Authentication Syndication Vision Web 2.0 I’m still working through what I think about his proposal, but I remain wary of the NAR attempting anything this important and/or of this scale.