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Phone: 519-433-4331
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Using MLS® to Help Sell Your Home
By Ann Smith
If you’re planning to buy or sell a home, you’ve probably heard of the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) – an invaluable tool used exclusively by Realtors. But you may not understand exactly how important the MLS system is to you.
Across Canada, properties for sale are detailed in one current database, so you can find what’s available in any given location, size, and price range instantly. But it goes deeper…you can find the specifics about zoning, renovations, room sizes, and even how often a property has changed hands and at what cost. Basically, the MLS system contains a detailed history of each property listed for sale.
Local real estate boards administer and update the MLS system, which is licensed by the Canadian Real Estate Association to members throughout Canada. There’s nothing else like it in any other industry. You can find information about properties listed by all brokers and all agents across the county…now that’s cooperation at its best.
By using MLS, you’ll save time – and lots of it. With a few keystrokes, your real estate agent inputs your “wish list.” Then, a list of suitable properties that meets the criteria is available. It doesn’t matter who listed the property for sale or what company it was listed by – the information is readily available to everyone. And best of all, it is completely up to date.
Listing with MLS is especially advantageous when you consider people living in other towns or provinces looking at your property for sale. This could be the only means they have of finding your home. So, the increased exposure of your home could result in finding a buyer willing to purchase your home quickly, and for your asking price.
More than one million unique visitors search the site each month at www.mls.ca. But if you want to include your property for sale, you must list with a professional Realtor.
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