MLS
Are you thinking of purchasing a home? If so, I recommend first and foremost accessing the MLS on your own, and browsing the homes in the neighbourhood, you are contemplating purchasing a home in.
After accumulating enough information on a 'few' particular homes of your 'liking', it will be time to make contact with a Real Estate Agent.
But I would like to go back and give further information today, on the 'MLS'.
What is MLS?
MLS stands for 'Multiple Listing Service'.
All homes for sale in Edmonton, and in Canada, are listed by a Real Estate Agent, onto the MLS. However, only Real Estate Agents, and other professional can access the MLS, but that doesn't mean a home buyer or home seller can't get the same information, because they can.
MLS is a sharing of comprehensive home information among Real Estate Agents, for the public to view the listings. Listing Agents enter the information about the home for sale.
The MLS is an online software that contains all the specifications about the home, such as:
the address,
age,
occupied by a 'Pet owner' or not,
square footage,
number of bedrooms,
number of baths,
upgrades,
zone,
schools districts, and more.
There are generally at least half a dozen photographs of the home, plus know-a-days, a link is available to a virtual online video-tour.
People, please take advantage of this well prepared web site. The link is below,
www.realtor.ca
and after focusing on that 'beautiful' home, you can take the next step of contacting/finding an Agent.
In the future, I will write about the 'Zones' within the MLS, and why this is implemented as it is important to know the statistics of the area of the home.
Happy shopping!
Please, leave a comment, thank you,
Ben
