FAQ Answered - What About That Home?
While showing homes driving the neighborhood on our way to one of the listings on our itinerary, my client saw a sign on another home and asked, "What about that home and why was't it on our list? Can we see it too?" Here are some reasons why the home did not show up on the MLS or was not included in the properties sent via email from the MLS.
The home may be listed over their price range.
The home may be in escrow.
The home may be listed by an out of area agent and not listed on our local MLS.
The home may not meet the specific criteria requested, i.e, not enough bedrooms, or lot is too small.
Homes are often overpriced and thus will not show up in the listings sent to the buyer. If it is over the price range filtered on the client's criteria for automated emailed listings, it will not be emailed from the MLS. If the buyer requests criteria filtered to return homes with at least 4 bedrooms, homes listed with 3 bedrooms will not be included in the client's listings emailed daily from the MLS. If the home was listed by an out of area agent and that agent did not list the home on the local MLS, it did not show up on the listings sent. It will then be necessary to look up the home on the reciprocal MLS to see if it is in the price range, fits the criteria and if there are any needed appointments to show it.
Agents will almost always leave their sign on the property after the home has opened escrow and until it closes. The transaction may fall out of escrow and the agent does not want to re-install the sign should that happen. The agent should, however, put a "sold" flyer on the sign when in escrow.
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