“Coming Soons” require a minimum of one photo to be listed. Planning ahead to be the first one to view a home is a smart move in a tight seller’s market.

So if you want to be the first one in a property once it’s live/active, get a showing appointment request in asap. Once a home is “Active” in the MLS sellers should be ready to allow showings, but not before.īuyers’ agents can, however, request showings for anytime after the “Active” date, even if it’s 3 weeks out. In fact, an agent could be fined $1000 for doing so. Strict rules set up to create fair play prevent listing agents from showing a home when its status is “Coming Soon”. If the sellers aren’t ready to show by that date they have a couple of options: cancel altogether or switch it to TNAS (Temporarily Not Available for Showing) - a common short-term delay maneuver used for a variety of reasons (unexpected repairs, houses guests, etc). When that date hits, the status automatically switches to “Active” and goes live on major search sites. With home seller approval, the agent/broker manually sets an activation date when creating the listing. Our MLS “Coming Soon” properties can only be viewed by MLS subscribers (agents, brokers and real estate professionals) and are typically emailed directly to clients via the MLS database.Ī property can be “Coming Soon” in the MLS for a maximum of 21 days. This MLS option should not be confused with a similar feature on Zillow that allows home owners and “Premier Agents” (Realtors paying to advertise) to create separate Zillow Coming Soon listings. Zillow has rights to display homes with other listing categories, but not this one. Northstar MLS has not (yet) contracted with Zillow or similar synched-up sites like Trulia to allow access. In fact, unlike Active, Pending and Sold MLS listings, “Comings Soon” properties are not even visible on Zillow. It’s not the same as Zillow’s “Coming Soon”.

Here’s what home buyers and sellers need to know when they see a home listed as “Coming Soon”. There may be some confusion for consumers, however. The parameters for listing a property as “Coming Soon” are well defined by our MLS and many agents have started strategic use of this option. Spring 2019 marked the first home-selling season with the regional Northstar MLS’s “Coming Soon” status in play.

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