As I mentioned in a previous blog post, the NW Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) recently upgraded to a new system last week. It was supposed to be completed last Thursday, but took until early Sunday morning. Unfortunately, the upgrade from the old to new system has been riddled with problems. The biggest problem right now is open house notices. At the time of this post, most open houses are not getting uploaded properly (or at all). If you utilize sites like Redfin or Trulia to search for open houses, you’ll be sorely disappointed (not their fault!). Agency-only sites, such as www.cbbain.com and www.windermere.com show open houses because they can get the feed directly from their respective company (at least that’s how cbbain.com does it).
Hopefully by the end of this week, all of this will be fixed. In the meantime, if you do a search and notice there are not any open houses, it means the system still isn’t working properly. If there’s a specific house you are interested in, call your agent or the listing agent to preview it. Also, if you are considering listing your home this week you might want to talk to your agent about waiting one more week. That will give the NWMLS time to fix the issues and your agent will be more confident the listing process (including open house notices) is a seamless one for you!
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