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Northwest MLS brokers tally more than $56 billion in home sales during 2020
Northwest Multiple Listing Service member-brokers reported 95,760 closed sales during 2020 valued at more than $56 billion. Both the number of transactions and dollar value eclipsed the totals for 2019. Last year’s sales of residential (single family) homes and condominiums outgained 2019 by 3,257 transactions for a 3.5% increase. Of [..]
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Northwest Multiple Listing Service Expands Use of Meridian LMS to Provide a Fully Virtual Training Program to Its Membership
Meridian Knowledge Solutions today announced that Northwest Multiple Listing Service (“NWMLS”) has upgraded their Meridian LMS™ and increased the number of learners on the platform, which serves more than 30,000 real estate brokers across 2,400 member offices in Washington state. Education is a core service for NWMLS, as it supports [..]
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Despite prohibition on open houses, brokers, buyers and sellers employ array of virtual tools to stay safe and fulfill housing needs
KIRKLAND, Washington (November 18, 2020) – Even though in-person open houses are not currently allowed under new and reinstated pandemic-related restrictions, broker-members of Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) continue to provide services to home buyers and sellers using several contactless and virtual tools. Feedback from NWMLS representatives include reports of [..]
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Virtual tours proving popular among Northwest MLS brokers and their clients
KIRKLAND, Washington (September 1, 2020) – Conducting business virtually “has been quite a shift for us,” admitted Frank Leach, a director at Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Now, he added, “I don’t see it reverting to what we had done in the past. Even our broker tours are now done virtually.” [..]
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Northwest Multiple Listing Service unveils more options for house hunters to view homes
KIRKLAND, Washington (June 10, 2020) – Western Washington home shoppers can now take various types of guided tours of properties, including a new “Live Stream Open House” option. Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) recently unveiled that new feature plus enhanced ways for member-brokers to promote multiple virtual tours on their [..]
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New “first in nation” system earns “Best Practices Award” – Northwest MLS adds accessibility features to database
KIRKLAND, Washington – “Everyone should have the same opportunity to find a home that fits their needs.” Two brokers who shared that belief approached Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) two years ago in hopes of finding ways to better identify properties in the database that fit the needs of people [..]