Effective Tuesday, January 24, 2017, five new mandatory fields will be added to Fusion broker load. These fields will be required for all your listings, as noted below:
1. Total Area will be mandatory for all commercial property types, excluding business-only listings. The information will be required in the “Total Area” line on the current RAHB Property Information Form.
2. Heat Source will be mandatory for all residential property types. Use the field for “Fuel” on the current Residential Property Information Form.
3. Square Footage & Square Footage Source will be mandatory for all residential property types. Place the information in the “Square Footage +/-”line on the current Residential Property Information Form. You can write the source of square footage underneath.
4. Assessment Roll Number will be mandatory for all residential and commercial property types. Enter the information in the “Roll #” section of the current Property Information Form.
5. Zoning for listings located in Brantford, Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, Niagara, Oakville/Milton and Simcoe. This will apply to all residential and commercial property types in these areas. Zoning will not be mandatory for listings located in the RAHB area.
Click here for more information about square footage and square footage source, and where to find Assessment Roll Numbers.
These fields are being added to Fusion – and will also be mandatory for RAHB’s own Matrix system – to ensure closer data alignment with the regional Matrix system. This will mean you have more complete, comprehensive data and your listings will comply with the MLS® rules for the area in which the listed property is located.
Please note: if you make revisions to already active listings after January 24, 2017 all new mandatory field information will be required on the revised listings.
Also as of January 24, 2017, Fusion will no longer accept combined For Lease or Sale on a single MLS® number. If you have a property that is for sale or lease, enter the listing twice in broker load – once as a For Sale Only and once as a For Lease Only listing. This may be a step backward but unfortunately Matrix does not allow combined listing types.
If you have a current For Lease or Sale listing, you will need to amend it so that the current listing becomes For Sale Only, with any lease information – including leasing commission to leasing broker – removed. Then create a new MLS® number for the Lease Only, with the appropriate leasing information included. You will not have to fill out two OREA listing agreements and two RAHB res/condo property information sheets, though. One will suffice.
Also on January 24, 2017, the regional Matrix system will remove the combined “For Lease or Sale” as a search category. If you are searching for properties that are for either lease or sale, select “For Sale”, “For Lease” or both options, as applicable.
More information is available in the full version of The Shift here.
When RAHB’s Matrix system is available, your Contacts and Saved Searches will be moved over from the regional Matrix system. Therefore, you should make sure that all your Contacts and Saved Searches are updated in the regional Matrix system, and turned on, and all your Contacts and Saved Searches in Fusion are turned off.