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New Online Listing Display Controls Coming to MRED
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Maximizing Your MLS Listings: Insider Tips for Better Visibility & Results
As a veteran trainer and a working broker in today’s real estate market, I’ve seen firsthand how a well-crafted MLS listing can either elevate your professional brand or quietly destroy […]
Maximize Your Commercial Listings: CREXi Partnerships To Know About
Are you leveraging the full power of your listing tools? As a member of the Chicago Association of REALTORS® and CommercialForum, you already have exclusive access to a curated view […]
4 Steps to Successfully Navigate a Listing from Beginning to End
The Chicago market has seen a steady decrease in inventory that has gained steam over the last four years, hitting its lowest in December 2023 with just over 4,500 homes […]
MRED and Zenlist Partner To Expand MLS Mobile Capabilites
MRED and Zenlist have partnered to provide MRED subscribers with a better mobile app experience. MRED will now be integrated with Zenlist to allow you to: Click here to claim […]
MRED Launches MLS Mobile App
This week, MRED announced that it has launched a mobile app for the MLS! This app is designed to make your life easier and more efficient. With the app, you […]
MRED Updates its Compensation Field for Private Listings
On June 1st, MRED updated its Rules and Regulations to allow offers of compensation to be as low as $0 or 0%, but this rule applies only to listings in […]
MRED Updates connectMLS Private Listings
MRED recently released multiple updates to private listings in the MLS to enhance how you work with them, including: Easier options to share these listings. Private listings that are marked […]
What You Need to Know about NAR’s New Clear Cooperation Policy
NAR’s Board of Directors recently passed MLS Statement 8.0, commonly known as the ‘Clear Cooperation Proposal’, which requires all REALTOR® listings to be submitted to the MLS: MLS Statement 8.0: Within […]
New 48-Hour Listing Status Requirement for connectMLS – Effective March 1, 2019
Beginning March 1, 2019, connectMLS users will be required to make listing status changes within 48 hours, including weekends and holidays. This new requirement applies to the following statuses: Previously, […]