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The Green MLS: How it helps agents and their clients
The Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is a key part of any real estate transaction. For sellers, it's the foundational start for marketing their home, as its data feeds popular consumer sites like Zillow and Realtor.com. For buyers, it's where to find accurate information on a home and its features.
We expect to see certain features like square footage and the number of bedrooms in most listings, but as homes have changed so have the fields that represent them. Carbon monoxide detectors, for example, now have their own field in the MLS. It's the same for LED lighting, smart thermostats, foam insulation, solar panels, and more. Ten years ago features like these were rare or nonexistent, but not anymore.
The MLS has a special set of data fields called "Green MLS"