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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.

Nov

12

2024

Find Broker Opens/Tours on the Market Monitor

To find upcoming Broker Opens, you can use the Tours section on the Market Monitor. For both the Tours and Open House categories, the “Day(s)” field defines the number of days looking forward. So to see if there are any Broker Opens coming in the next 2 weeks, type 14 in the Day(s) field then click Refresh. Click the number to view the details. The maximum number of days you can enter is 30. You can also run a Tour/Open House Search – click the Search icon and choose Tour and Open House. Under Tour/Open House Status choose T – Tour. This method allows for more options to narrow down your search, as well as allowing you to look forward more than 30 days.

Nov

5

2024

Change in Entering Open Houses (Effective 11/5)

On Tuesday, 11/5, we enhanced how open houses and broker opens are entered and searched for within Paragon. In short, you will now add open houses and broker opens (tours) from the listing input & maintenance screen or from the Select an Action menu:

This enhancement will:

  • Allow you to enter more than two open houses at a time
  • Allow you to take advantage of open house alerts to consumers via Collaboration Center
  • Put all upcoming open houses and broker opens front and center via the home page Market Monitor
  • Streamline workflow and allow downstream vendors easier and more uniform access to open house data (all vendors were notified of changes on 10/11)

Active open houses have been automatically moved to the new Open House module, so there is no need to re-enter what is already in Paragon.

Click here for detailed instructions on this new enhancement

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