Oct
By now, everyone should have heard that the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), has approved a settlement with the Competition Bureau regarding how agents can offer a variey of services on the MLS. Basically this means that the homeowner can solely purchase the service of asking the realtor to put their home on MLS. The howeowner can take care of the legal contracts (via a lawyer, of course) and handle the appointments and price negotiations.
While the homeowner still doesn’t have access to MLS directly, this is going to be a major shift in the options available to a homeowner in selling their house. I’m guessing there will be many homeowners who are going to take the “For Sale By Owner” route. I’ve also already seen another website that is offering the service to post the house on MLS only.
Maybe this website should provide this service? Of course, this will require me to pass the real estate course and sign up with a real estate brokerage firm.
