New Tool Shows Price Options for Buyers Seeking Home Features

Home shoppers can now put more emphasis on their most desired home features and can find them within their price range when using a new home search tool.…

SWMLS Guide to Listing Syndication

It should be no surprise to anyone that when you enter a listing in the MLS that it appears on a home or land search…

What is MLS Health Check?

MLS Health Check is a new program being offered at GAAR to any member of the Southwest Multiple Listing Service. 

SWMLS Participants and Subscribers stay…

Consumer Portals and Estimated Home Values

SWMLS' for-sale listings are sent to hundreds of websites each day in our daily listing syndication feeds.  This includes hundreds of broker and agent-owned…

Harvey Sparks Flood Insurance Disaster

Only 15 percent of homeowners in Houston have flood insurance on their properties. The city is under two feet of water after Hurricane Harvey ravaged…

Convicted Rapist Targeted Real Estate Agents

A Pennsylvania judge has upheld the sentence of a 33-year-old man who was convicted of attempted rape charges stemming from 2013 and who had been…

Mortgage Rates Hit Another Low for 2017

Interest rates for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage took another dip this week, setting a new low for 2017, Freddie Mac reported in its weekly mortgage…

How to Explain Online Home Value Estimates

Homeowners who seek an estimate of their home’s value online often find that it doesn’t match the actual value. You need to know how to talk…

Field Guide to Smart Device Safety

(Updated April 2017)

Smart devices are fun to use, make our lives easier, and run the gamut from cell phones to home appliances to children’s…