New sorts, Like Open Houses & Last Price Change

You can now sort and see all the Open Houses in your search criteria. The shortcut symbols are:
^ stands for a scheduled Open House
~ stands for "maybe" an Open House based on the keywords.

We show TWICE the number of Open Houses compared to other sites. How? We show not only the Open Houses based on great Realtors that check an "Open House" box when entering in the MLS data, but also the lazy Realtors that just put the info in the remarks.

Other things you can now sort by: Subdivision. Year built.

And here is one you have requested: Last Change in Price. Similar to sorting by Days on the Market, but it shows you Days on the Market at the current price.

I know some of you want to be able to click on the column headers to immediately sort that way. We might do that, but it isn't as easy as it seems (with the system that we have).

Frank

"Check it out" Email a Friend, or YOU. 1 Click

New "Check it Out" feature.

Now you can email a friend, yourself, or your agent an MLS listing in one click. Also this is done without passwords or logging in.

Look halfway down the page (should I move it up?) for the three boxes and a submit button.

1) Enter the "from" address and a
2) Enter the "to" address and
3) Answer the spam math question

You only have to do the above once. Then the site will cookie (remember) what you put in, and going forward you will only need to press the submit button.

Thoughts?

Frank

Now with Mapping

We got mapping on there now.

Still very raw in beta, but figured we could fix it up along the way.

http://tinyurl.com/franklymlsMap

SOLD ALERTS!!

Finally!
We have Sold alerts. If you have saved a favorite home and it goes under contract... we will email you the day that it is recorded as closed on the MLS. We will even show you the seller subsidy price.

Also if you save a search such as : Arlington Bank, it will email you all homes that sell in that search criteria.

Frank

Wiki Contributors: 100 points & Branding Steps

This is for the buyer agents out there (from any company) that are FranklyMLS.com Wiki Contributors (adding photos and comments to listings).

You get 100 bonus points when you link from your blog or website back to YOUR reviewed homes on FranklyMLS.com .

Usually agents will put "My Reviewed Homes on FranklyMLS.com" (but not in red)

How to get the right link to get the 100 points (and for buyers to see each home you have visited):
1) Go to the front page of FranklyMLS.com and click on the number by your name (not in the top 10, click on "All Contributors").
2) Copy that URL. It should look like this:
http://franklymls.com/default.aspx?m=R&h=ALL&s=100014&a=USERNAME
3) Paste it in your website around the words "My Reviewed Homes on FranklyMLS.com"
4) Email me for your 100 points.

(Optional note, add the &a=USERNAME to insure that your cookie is added to every visitor, so your ad follows them)

Don't forget to put your IDX in your email signatures:

Search the MLS: www.franklymls.com/Username

Other tips:
When you review a neighborhood in a blog, consider linking to all active homes in that area. (Matrix links don't last forever, FranklyMLS.com links do). Make that link have your branded IDX. Like this:
Link name: See all Actives in "Old Dominion Gardens" for sale
Link URL: http://franklymls.com/default.aspx?m=R&h=ALL&s=%22OLD+DOMINION+GARDENS%22&a=JohnDoe

Also add shortcut Favorite links like I have done on blog.FranklyRealty.com (I did it without my branded IDX, but you should add your &a=JohnDoe to the URL)

• - Arlington Condos to $700k
• - Alexandria Foreclosure to $500k
• - McLean "Motivated Seller" All $
• - Falls Church (Sort:List$/LastSold)

Did I miss anything?

Frank

Easier Links to Google

Many homebuyers like to Google the MLS # and Google the street name to see if there is more information on a home. Now we make it easier with a "g" hotlink next to the address and MLS#.

What do you all think? Anybody using this? I got the idea from a user.

Frank

Sort by Total Views

Now the spreadsheet mode will show the # of views each home has. And you can sort by the # of views to see which homes have been seen by the most viewers.

What do you think about this? Should I keep it? Drop it? Replace it with # of saved listings?

Frank

Fairfax now has a Direct Link to Tax Data

Now all the Fairfax listings will link directly to the government's tax data. That way you can get the 2009 tax assessments and owner information in 1 click.

Soon the other counties will follow.

Nobody offers this. ;-) Yet another FranklyMLS.com first.

Frank

Hide a Listing, Click the X

Now you can click on the "x" when using the spreadsheet mode. This will hide that listing forever. No more needing to see that annoying anomaly that keeps coming up in your searches.

I got this idea from Match.com when I was on a few years ago. It was great to click the X and never see certain people every again.

Also you can UNHIDE the listings by clicking on the Unhide Listing button (it only appears after you hide one listing). For now it will bring back ALL the hidden listings. If enough people use this, we can let you un-hide them one by one.

Frank

Now with FSBO Data!

FranklyMLS.com now publishes FSBO data from ForSaleByOwner.com .

The data is integrated into the regular results.

If you want to see JUST see FSBO results, then try a keyword search for: FSBO Arlington.

What do you think?

Frank

Just added WalkScore

Just added WalkScore to each listing.

I hope to integrate this data more including letting you search for homes that are above a certain score that you are looking for.

Thoughts?

Frank