Coming Soon Guidelines Reminder

On August 1st we added a new status to the MLS system entitled "Coming Soon."  

Below are some of the guidelines that we would like to emphasize to ensure everyone is in compliance with our policies:

• You must have a signed Listing Agreement AND a signed Coming Soon Listing Addendum.  The listing, as usual, must be entered within 24 hours of obtaining signature.
• NOTE: The existing Seller Waiver Addendum is now to be used exclusively for those listings where the seller does not want their property entered into the NEFMLS for the full term of the Listing Agreement. 

• You will be able to list a property under this Coming Soon Listing status for a maximum of 14 days before it becomes active in the NEFMLS.  Once the listing becomes Active, it cannot be reverted back to a Coming Soon status. 
• Listing Brokers will be restricted from re-listing the same property as a “Coming Soon” listing until 45 days past the Expiration Date. 
• The Listing cannot be shown or sold by any party, including the listing brokerage, until after the Coming Soon Listing status has been changed to Active. If you want to show the listing to a prospective buyer, you must change the status.
• The option to add a listing as Coming Soon can be found on the Main fields Tab in the field titled Status.  Click the drop-down to select the appropriate status.  If you select Coming Soon you must enter a Start Showing Date (double check your entry on the date to be sure it is accurate).

Click here for more Rules & Regulations 

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Adding New Listing Statuses to Flexmls.

On Tuesday, October 3rd, the listing field titled "CTG/FROR/AUC:"  found under the “Add/Remove Contingency” option on the Change Listing screen, will be redefined.  Currently, the three selections of CTG/FROR/AUC (Contingent, First Right of Refusal, and Auction) are each considered a status “flag” and not an actual status.

After October 3rd, the title of this field will be changing to “Contingency:” and the three selections will be redefined as a listing status.  See below:

Status "Flags" Changing to Statuses
Current Field Title	CTG/FROR/AUC:	New Field Title	Contingency:
Current Selections:	CTG	New Status/Selections:	Contingent Take Backup
	FROR		First Right of Refusal
	AUC		Auction

The new field will look something like the following (still in design):

While these selections will now be treated as statuses, their definitions remain the same.  For example, Contingent Take Backup will still mean that the listing is being shown and the seller is accepting backup offers.

This is how the listings look today:

After October 3rd, listings will look something like this (again, still in design):

These three statuses will be treated the same as Active listings.

This modification is being implemented for a variety of reasons ranging from disclosure issues to not being able to generate accurate reports in the MLS system.

• Statuses will be clearly defined for each listing, providing proper disclosure.
• The new statuses can be included in all reports for statistics, searches, Hotsheets, and more.
• Third Party websites will now display the listing status correctly.  Some websites did not know to display the “flag” field which could cause confusion with a potential buyer looking at listing data.
• Should the listing be changed back to Active, it will be considered Back On Market and display on portal and subscription updates.

All applicable listings will be updated to reflect the correlating status selection.  Since these are considered new statuses, they will not be included in your current Saved Searches.  If you would like to include them- you will need to revise each search, add the desired status, and re-save the search.  If you do not want Contingent Take Backups, First Right of Refusals or Auctions then you do not need to make any changes to any of your saved searches.

If you have any questions, please contact Technical Support (904) 394-9494 x1605.