Thursday, May 27, 2010

By now you may have heard about NY State MLS, www.nystatemls.com the new Statewide Multiple Listing Service, but you may know much about it. NY State MLS is just what its name implies, a MLS for the entire state. Real Estate Agents in New York need a way to get more exposure for their listings. Many agents need to pay for more than 1 MLS just to effectively service their sellers and buyers, and as you already know, belonging to all the necessary MLSs is cost prohibitive.

NY State MLS is not a feed from your current MLS. It is a real full service MLS with Agent Full listings and commission splits. Agents must enter their listings into the system and keep them updated, but since listing data can import from the public record, entering listings is easy. There is also a statewide property tax look-up for premium members.

The current basic membership is free and becoming a member is easy. Just log on to www.nystatemls.com, click become a member (no credit card is required to sign up). Tell your sellers that you will post their listing in the Statewide MLS, it will help when you are out on those listing appointments.

Good Luck, and we hope you sell lots of houses this year.

NY State MLS

Monday, May 10, 2010

A Full Service MLS - Not a Feed From Your Current MLS www.nystatemls.com

A Full Service MLS - Not a Feed From Your Current MLS www.nystatemls.com

Finally it's here, a State Wide MLS for New York State. With no per listing fees and a free basic membership for licensed real estate professionals.

Some of the local county wide MLSs charge a yearly fee and a per listing fee of about $10 for the listing and an additional $1 per picture, so that the average fee for a listing is $15. If your brokerage has 100 listings per year, then you pay an additional $1500 per year on top of your yearly fee, which averages about $600 per year. These fees are huge, and can be reduced by consolidation. Now that NY State MLS is here, brokers can save themselves money and expand their territory by joining and sharing their listings all in one place.

NY State MLS has lots of extras too. Like the new NY State PRO - Property Records Online - all for the same low fee of premium membership of $150 every 6 months, and still NO LISTING FEES!!!

Agents from all over the state are joining daily and entering their listings. NY State MLS is Not a feed from your current MLS, so each agent must opt-in and post their listings. Membership to the State Wide MLS is helping our members get listings and get an edge over non-members. Affiliation with the State Wide MLS is a great tool to help get listings, since home sellers want all of the exposure they can get.

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Sunday, May 2, 2010

NY State MLS New Members

NY State MLS membership is growing fast, this week we welcome the following new members to our membership roster:

Patrick Flemming - Dutchess County - World Select

Marcia Murray - Sartoga County - Remax

Beth Moore - Dutchess County - ERA

Michele Cadogan - Brooklyn - Fillmore Real estate

Miriam Munzer -Orange County - Landmark Realty

Andrew Genovese - Warren County - Prudential Manor Homes

Jeffrey Landsman - Westchester County - Better Homes and Gardens - Rand RE

John Juavinette - Dutchess County - Weichert Realtors

Robin Carbone - Dutchess County - Genesis Heritage

Robert Percesepe - Dutchess County - Realty Executives

Debbie Percesepe - Dutchess County - Realty Executives

Debbie Russo - Rockland County - C-21 Grand

Rhonda DeRouchey - Ulster County - East USA Real Estate

Marty Remo - Orange County - Remo Realty

Geraldine Harper - Westchester County - Paramount Advisory Services

John LeSalva - Essex County - LaSelva Real Estate

Susan Jackowski - Ulster County - RJ Smith Realty

Cervantes Gonzalez - Suffolk County - Casa Latino

Bernadette & Jodi Gillespie - Orange County - Bernadette Gillespie, LLC

Angela Johnson - Orange County - Coldwell Banker Lazier Realty

Rita Levine - Ulster County - Rita Levine Real Estate

Jeffrey Eraca - Dutchess County - Keller Williams

Gloria Rivera - Orange County - Keller Willaism

Kristie Alexa DiFrancesco - Prudential Serls Prime Properties

Nicole Gellineau - Dutchess County - Keller Williams

Barbara Mercer - Rensselaer County - The Kinderhook Group

Cynthia Quade - Saratoga County - Signature Homes Realty

Seibert Robinson - Nassau County - Remax

Wendy Russell - Warren County - Realty USA

Sandra Gleicher - Dutchess County - ERA

Narda Questel - Dutchess County - ERA

Patricia Warren - Dutchess County - ERA

Janice Walz - Dutchess County - ERA

Janice Lipka - Dutchess County - ERA

Joanne Hargrove - Orange County - Better Homes and Gardens

Debbie Creech - Dutchess County - ERA

Our membership and listings are growing - The new State Wide listing service is catching on and now with the New PRO (state wide property records online)finding property information for your listings is even easier. Unlimited PRO look-ups are free for premium members.

About NY State MLS: A state wide multiple listing service for licensed agents and brokers across New York State. This private MLS allows for all property types, including single family residential, multi-unit, condo, coop, commercial, residential rental, commercial rental, business only, manufactured on land or on leased land (in a park).