What is the difference between Realtor.com and the MLS?
Anyone can use Realtor.com or public websites, whereas the Realtors MLS is password protected and available only to member licensees. The MLS shows three times more information about a property, including: • buyer agent commission offered, • seller names or phone numbers, • how long a listing has been on the market and whether it has been re-listed, • expiration date for the listing, • agent to agent remarks on a listing, • history-full listings of all expired, canceled, pending, sold, temporarily unavailable, set to close listings, • property disclosures The MLS is updated more frequently and quickly than public websites, so the information is more accurate on the MLS. The MLS search capability is more powerful than public websites and Realtor.com. Many MLS systems allow agents to save their searches, receive real time email updates, search by location, search for similar properties, etc. In order for a listing to appear on popular publicly available websites, it must be entered on th
