By Anne Marie DeCatsye, CEO Realtors® Care Day (RCD) is around the corner — on Friday, April 28 — and I hope you’re planning to volunteer. Making critical repairs and improvements to homes of low-income residents in our region is an important way Realtors® address the important issue of affordable housing. Since 2009, we’ve helped […]
Read MoreOur letter to City Council regarding Affordable Housing
On Nov. 11, 2016, Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association/CarolinaMLS CEO Anne Marie DeCatsye sent the following letter to Mayor Roberts and the Charlotte City Council: Dear Representatives: For the last 18 months our Association has been working with Pappas Properties, the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, the Park and Recreation Department (Park and Rec), and youth […]
Read More“Unlisted Buyer Agent Sales” data entry, Rules for “Withheld Listings”
By Debbie Wey Vice President, CarolinaMLS Administration Brokers can report a closed sale for property not listed in Matrix (i.e., for sale by owner listings and closings of withheld listings) if the buyer was subject to an Exclusive Buyer Agency Agreement or Exclusive Right to Buy Transaction Brokerage Agreement (South Carolina only). The new “Unlisted […]
Read MoreRoger Parham: The Bio
Work Sales Manager, Allen Tate Co.’s University Office. Entered real estate in 1996. Worked for MathersRealty.com 1996-2004. Started his own firm, Headline Realty, in 2004. Joined Allen Tate Co. in 2011. More than $107 million in career sales volume. Association President 2017. President-elect 2016. Current NCAR and NAR board member. Additional: Treasurer, Housing Opportunity Foundation […]
Read MoreMeet 2017 Association/CarolinaMLS President Roger Parham
Roger Parham’s mother spent more than 40 years as a beautician, but she was smart about a lot more than styling hair. She saw her son was an advocate for others, a quality that has made him an outstanding Realtor® leader — although, as a child, the quality sometimes resulted in talking back to teachers […]
Read MoreHQ Update: The Latest on Our New Building
By Anne Marie DeCatsye, CEO When our association leadership started looking at replacing our headquarters building, I traveled with several of our leaders to Austin, Texas, to see that association’s new site and learn tips from their leaders. One of the Austin board members said the hardest part for them had been finding and securing […]
Read MoreOnline rental scams
By Debbie Wey Vice President, MLS Administration CarolinaMLS often receives reports from members about rental-scams. First and foremost, we want to relay that Matrix™ is a secure database for MLS Subscribers to list homes and properties for sale. The idea that scammers hack into Matrix for listings is not likely. However, when those listings show […]
Read MoreAssociation/CarolinaMLS election results
Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 Association/CarolinaMLS election! Elected candidates begin serving in 2017.
Read MoreEnhancing MLS value: Coming Soon status matters
By Anne Marie DeCatsye A key aspect of the decision by the CarolinaMLS Board of Directors to add the “Coming Soon” status to the MLS deals with the MLS itself. Not only will the decision help buyers and sellers and brokers who serve them — as CarolinaMLS President Maren Brisson-Kuester points out in her column […]
Read MoreComing Soon status is a step forward
By Maren Brisson-Kuester, Association/CarolinaMLS President On Aug. 25, your CarolinaMLS Board of Directors voted to add a “Coming Soon” status to the MLS. The “why” is simple — and it deals with better serving our clients, reducing our liability as brokers and keeping CarolinaMLS the essential listing source that it is. In our low-inventory market, […]
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