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Nov

20

2024

Paragon Downtime

Paragon will be unavailable Thursday morning (11/21) from midnight until 6:00 am to allow for a few programming fixes. Please plan accordingly.

Nov

19

2024

Trouble uploading photos? Check the file type

Many agents use their smartphone to take photos for their listings. There is a setting that will cause the photo files to be saved in an incompatible format called ‘heic’. If this happens you won’t be able to upload them to your listing because that file format is not currently supported in Paragon. To make sure this doesn’t happen, check the settings in your camera app.

On Android, open the camera app and tap the gear wheel icon at the top left to access the settings. Tap Advanced picture options, and make sure High efficiency pictures is toggled off.On iPhone, go to Settings, Camera, and tap Formats. Make sure Camera Capture is set to Most Compatible.

But what if you already took a lot of photos and they are saved in the heic format? One workaround is to email the photos from the phone, because emailed photos are sent as jpegs.

If they are already saved on your computer in heic format, use a conversion tool such as iMazing Converter.

Nov

14

2024

New Construction - Stages of Completion

The Type feature pick list contains three distinct stages for properties that are under construction or newly built:

  • Building Plan with Lot = Proposed home is not yet started. Building plans are allowed on the MLS only if they include land with the sale, and only one building plan per lot may be entered. If there are additional floorplan or finish options, these can be noted in the remarks.
  • Under Construction = Hole has been dug & construction is underway. The estimated date of completion (or stage of completion at the time of listing) is required in the first line of the public remarks.
  • New/Never Occupied = New home is completed & move-in ready. A photo of the front exterior of the home is required at this stage.

It is important to update the feature as a home moves from plan, through construction, to finish. If you add upgrades or finish more square footage than the original listing states, please adjust the price and applicable fields/features in the MLS to reflect these changes. We often see the sale price several thousand dollars more than the list price due to additions/upgrades, which makes it difficult to use these sales for appraisals and CMAs.

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