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Forget Gimmicks: Buyers Want Numbers
"Today, companies and brokers are focusing less on toys and are offering something more straightforward: numbers. This detailed information - be it local home values or broader market conditions - is part of a trend to attract consumers by offering data they cannot find easily elsewhere..."
Source: The New York Times
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Local Area Market Reports (Monthly) which show local home sales and price activity for an MLS area as well as cities within the MLS area are prepared by the research department of the California Association of REALTORS® in conjunction with Terradatum's Clarus Market Metrics. There is no fee to the MLS to provide such data. To have your local information included in the reports, please have your MLS staff go to http://www.mlscloud.com/dispMessage and authorize the report. Its that easy. |
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Your address is what triggers the market data information. If you would like to change the data to display first, you will need to change your address to that area. For example, if an agent's office is in to Virginia, but he works in DC, and wishes DC data to be displayed, he should change his address to DC address. The Local Maket Reports are based on the agent's address. see FAQ#2, How to change information. |
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| Thanks for signing up for HTEN. I'm am working with MLSs and Terradatum to obtain all local market data. I hope to link to many more local areas within the next 30-60 days. In the meantime, the Messages section displayed at the top of your enewsletter is the perfect place to add your local information. Contact your MLS for this information. Many MLSs provide their members and local papers press releases that you can add and link to. You can also link to video or other web page to expand the local information currently available on HTEN. Let them know to expect more, but never wait. Your competition isn't. Best wishes, thanks again. |
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| If your local area market data is not displayed, it is due to your MLS not providing the data to Terradatum. The grassroots approach often works best to make this data available. Here's how: Call the MLS CEO and ask if the MLS would agree to release their data to Terradatum who will prepare a monthly local area market report for the MLS at no cost. Provide them with this link to the form he/she must complete and send to Mark Spraetz at mspraetz@terradatum.com or call Mark to inquire at 888-212-4793. Only MLS CEO or staff member may complete the form. Link to form: http://www.mlscloud.com/dispMessage.htm Here is link to all the MLSs across the country who are providing local market data: http://www.mlscloud.com/viewallreports.php Is your MLS included? Local Market Report - If your Local Area Market Report is NOT available, select the ALL tab to show "All" Local Area Market Reports which demonstrates you work with Relocation. Instructions to Select "ALL" reports to display on Local Market Reports: 1. Go to http://clients.housingtrendsenewsletter.com 2. Login. If you forgot your login, click “Forgot Login” and it will be emailed to you immediately. 3. On Control Central menu, select Local Market Report tab 4. Select ALL or select another State from dropdown widget 5. Click Submit. |
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