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Programming and technical difficulties" have been bywords at REALTOR. COM for years. Real estate agents, brokers, and MLS staff have bemoaned a long history of timeouts when listings are not uploaded, failure to record updated price and status information, inability to load photos, incorrect photos attached to listings. Consumers, for the most part, are unaware, save the frustrated seller, whose recent price reduction is not reflected on the site.
The following report came through the e-PRO list serv last night:
"It has come to our attention this morning that REALTOR. COM is having a universal problem downloading new listings inputted by various MLS systems throughout the United States. According to REALTOR. COM, they have NOT downloaded any new listings since July 15th. This would include new listings and refreshed listings. Therefore, if you have a seller who is inquiring as to why their property is not appearing on REALTOR. COM, this is the reason. They also do not have any idea how quickly this problem will be solved."
I ran searches of several new listings in the Lehigh Valley (PA) market area; the listings did not appear on REALTOR. COM. However, a price reduction that I submitted on July 20 DOES appear on REALTOR.COM.
Consumer tip: Try a direct link with the MLS. In most cases this is real-time information. Here's a good link for a national MLS search.
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