Most home buyers relocating from out of town begin their home search by looking on the internet for Denver MLS listings. It seems like a safe and anonymous way to get an idea about homes for sale but it can be misleading.
Who Owns MLS Listings Data?
When a home is listed for sale, the Realtor produces content for the MLS, multiple listing service in the form of photos, copy and sometimes virtual tours as allowed in the listing agreement. Now, the question is: Who owns that data? That original content is syndicated with the Realtor’s permission and sometimes scraped without permission […]
Denver MLS CEO gets “Zillowed”
Guess what happened to Metrolist CEO Kirby Slunaker when he requested more information on a listing from Zillow? It was the same thing that happens to thousands of potential buyers every day when they ask for information on a listing from the Internet portal, Zillow. Watch this:
Tax Credits: “The Hangover”
How’s the Denver real estate market? May home sales statistics from Metrolist have plenty of support for both optimists and pessimists. As Charles Dickens might say: “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times”. I say: “We are suffering from The Hangover.” Tax Credits to buy homes are gone (probably forever) […]
Early Febuary Home Sales
By Lon Welsh, Your Castle Real Estate While we wait for Metrolist, Denver MLS to release the official Denver home sales for February, I have compiled some preliminary results. These suggest that the Denver real estate market continues to “hold its own’ especially in comparison to other national markets. So far, it looks like the […]
Denver Home Sales Increase
by Larry Hotz, All Denver Real Estate Denver home sales of existing single-family properties soared in January increasing 34% from the previous month and 8% from the year-ago period. These figures use under-contact sales because they are the most current measure of sales activity. Actual sold statistics reflect sales that closed in January but went […]
December Home Sales Improve
by Larry Hotz, All Denver Real Estate December sales of existing homes increased approximately 9% from the year ago period. Inventory of existing homes on the market were essentially the same as the year ago period but decreased approximately 8% from November. Metrolist, the Denver MLS reporting agency, will announce this good news in Denver […]
Denver MLS Sales
Denver Real Estate Market Improves Slightly The Denver real estate market continues to “level-off” according to statistics just released by Metrolist, the local reporting multi-list reporting agency. Under contract sales increased for single-family homes by about 5% from the previous month. However, sales were still down 1.66% from the year ago period. That suggests that […]