Way back in the cobwebs of my mind, I recall a song by Joni Mitchell about a street corner musician who, in her words, “played real good for free”.
I do not know the accuracy of the story but the way I heard it, Mitchell was in the back of a limousine on her way [...]

I am a Realtor. Everybody in my life always expects me to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Being a human being, I feel that I should be entitled (like everybody else} to my own ups-and- downs.
Although I have been around for a while, lately I find the real estate market is not only hectic but confusing. [...]

What did these people have in their coffee? We have the best on-line marketing system in the world. I am sure that the Realtors south of the border envy us. Why would any Realtor want to undermine this fantastic marketing rule?
I have never lost one of my buyer clients, simply because I educate them from [...]

My feeling is the public should have easy access to the site with little or no delay time in getting the new listing on the site.  The general public opinion of Realtors is not healthy, for many reasons, and I strongly believe limiting access to the MLS site will only create more public skepticism, since [...]

I think it’s ludicrous that any Realtor should complain about buyers having instant access to new listings.  Listings are the name of the game, always have been and always will be.
After 15 years in this business, I understand it takes hard work and consistent prospecting to list houses for sale.  There is no substitute for [...]

With respect to giving the public access to mls.ca web site, I also have concerns with buyer agency. When the public log onto the site, they tend to call the listing agent as indicated on the web page. The public may not be aware how the commission split works on a transaction. By leaving the [...]

I have been selling real estate for 20 years at a very busy pace in the Halifax/Dartmouth area of Nova Scotia. I felt it was a huge mistake to create the mls.ca site for many reasons.
There is less and less personal contact so it makes it harder to garner loyalty and build relationships with people. [...]

I certainly have concerns about listings on the Internet. I believed it was a dumb idea at the beginning and it is even worse today. There was nothing to be gained for Realtors by giving up our control of listings to the Internet. It was an error.
We gather the information and report it to our [...]

Are you trying to create a controversy where none exists?
What benefit is there to the vendor if there is any delay whatsoever in providing the widest possible marketing coverage to every listing?  Indeed, ways should be sought to speed up the process.  Once a vendor has decided to sell a property, it is the [...]

I am more than a bit amused and possibly confused as to what all the fuss is about concerning this issue.
By delaying listing information to assist these buyers’ agents, members of the public will quickly learn that mls.ca is NOT the site to get the timely information they seek.  A quick Google search will then [...]