Many home buyers are looking for homes that have bedrooms and bathrooms on the main level, and Matrix makes it possible to search for those properties! You need only to make a simple addition to your search criteria.
Here is what you need to do….
1. In your residential search criteria (go to Search > Residential), scroll down to the bottom of your screen. Click Add (beside Additional Fields).
If you have already added fields to your search criteria, this will look slightly different.
2. Add Rooms Search to the available criteria. Highlight this field in the Available Fields box, and then click Add. Rooms Search will now appear in the selected fields list. Click Back to return to the search.
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen, and you will see the Rooms Search field (below the Additional Fields bar). Set Type to either Bedroom or Bathroom (depending on what you are searching for), and level to M (main floor).
This will search the rooms list for any room where the Type is Bedroom or Bathroom, and the level is M – main floor bedrooms and bathrooms!
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the MLS® Department at 905.667.4650 or support@rahb.ca.
RAHB is considering introducing electronic lock boxes to our marketplace for our members. In order for their use to be effective, electronic lock boxes would need to be used by every RAHB member who lists properties and chooses to install a lock box.
Before we explore this we would like to obtain your level of interest in the idea of using electronic lock boxes.
Your personal security, the physical security of your seller’s property and contents, as well as ease of use and compatibility with modern digital business processes and RAHB’s MLS® System, are all reasons to consider exploring electronic lock boxes at this point in time.
We ask that you please take two minutes to answer four questions via our survey – use the Take the Survey link below.
The survey will be available until Thursday, May 24, 2018.
Please note that survey responses and participation are completely anonymous.
As a thank you for your participation, and if we receive one-third member participation for this survey, all members will be added to a draw for a $50 Tim Horton’s gift card.
Responses to this survey will be collected and provided to all members in an upcoming issue of our NewsReal e-newsletter. The winner of the Tim Horton’s gift card will also be announced at that time.
Thank you in advance for your participation. We value your feedback and strive to add value to your RAHB membership.
The following new picks have been added to the Style field to make it easier to search for these properties:
3 Level Sidesplit
4 Level Sidesplit
5 Level Sidesplit
3 Level Backsplit
4 Level Backsplit
5 Level Backsplit
These picks are available only for RAHB listings, so when you use any of them for a search, we recommend that you also choose either Sidesplit or Backsplit (according to what you are searching for) to return all listings in the category.
The new picks are now available in Matrix for broker loading and searching, and will be added to RAHB’s Property Information Forms at the next reprint.
Please note that the old picks of Backsplit and Sidesplit have been removed from listing input, so be sure that whoever enters your listing knows which of the new picks should be used.
If you have any questions, please contact the MLS® Department at 905.667.4650 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) or support@rahb.ca.
As of May 1, 2018, RAHB’s photographer, REAL Services, has changed its delivery platform. This has resulted in the following changes for members requesting photos through Matrix:
As of May 1, 2018, members will no longer be billed through their RAHB account for photos and virtual tours produced by REAL Services. Invoices will be issued by REAL Services directly to members.
Between May 1 and May 31, REAL Services will continue to take front and back photos requested through Matrix. REAL Services will send invoices directly to members during this time.
After May 31, the option to request photographs through Matrix will be discontinued – the Photographer’s Instructions field will no longer be available.
After May 31, all photography and virtual tours will need to be arranged with and paid for by members directly with service providers.
Please note that REAL Services will still be available as a photography/virtual tour service – please contact them at 905.319.9399 or via e-mail at photos@realservices.ca. Other real estate photo and virtual tour services are available in our area; a Google search for “real estate photo services (city/town) Ontario” yields a sizable number of service providers.
If you have any questions about this change in photography service, please contact our MLS® Department at 905.667.4650 or support@rahb.ca.
Q: What value do I put in the Assessment field of the Residential Property Information Form?
A: When you enter information in the Assessment section of the Residential Property Information Form, please ensure you use the Assessed Value appearing on the GeoWarehouse Overview – NOT the amount on the Property Inquiry report from the City of Hamilton, or any phased-in value.
Assessed value is determined every four years, and the increase is phased in over the following four-year period. Assessed value is what the City determines the property to actually be worth (usually less than what it sells for), while the phased-in value is what is used to determine property taxes for that year. It is done this way so that homeowners don’t get a big spike in property tax every four years.
Do you know where you can find zoning information for all municipalities within the RAHB market area as well as for the surrounding areas covered by the regional group?
The answer: in Matrix!
Just click on the Links tab, and when you see the list of System Links, scroll down to Zoning. It’s that simple! Click on a link and you will go straight to the zoning information or, in the case of Burlington, Hamilton, Oakville and Niagara Falls, you can choose to use the interactive zoning maps or read the zoning bylaw.
While you are scrolling down the list of links, why not check out what other information you can link to in Matrix: RAHB sites, tax information for various municipalities, CREA sites, OREA sites and other resources.
Check out what you can find under the Links tab today!
P.S. You will also find links to the Hamilton and Burlington interactive zoning maps through buttons on your dashboard at my.rahb.ca!
The Board of Directors recently approved changes to various sections of the MLS® Policies, as noted below.
The second column notes changes made. Sections in bold indicate amended or added wording; sections struck through with a line (e.g. struck through) indicate the section was deleted.
The full, updated set of MLS® Policies can be found under External Links in Matrix and on REALTOR Link®, under the MLS® tab.
Former Policy Wording
Amended/Deleted Policy
Sales
1. When broker loading any sales where the selling salesperson is a non-board broker, members will be required under Selling Salesperson field to enter “NONMEM” on on the comment line (“SOLD BY NAME OF SELLING SALESPERSON) – (NAME OF SELLING BROKERAGE)”.
AMENDED Sales
1. When broker loading any sales where the selling salesperson is a non‐board broker, members will be required under Coop Representative 1 MLS® ID field to enter “NONMEM” and under the NONMEM Info tab enter the name of the Coop Representative and Brokerage name in the spaces provided.
MLS® MARKETING OPTIONS
2. The Listing Salesperson will be required to determine which property type is to be considered the “primary” type. The primary listing will be the property type calculated in the Listing & Sales stats program.
DELETED 2. The Listing Salesperson will be required to determine which property type is to be considered the “primary” type. The primary listing will be the property type calculated in the Listing & Sales stats program.
3. If the listing salesperson presently has a listing on the system: it is their PRIMARY
LISTING and any additional property types can be added as SECONDARY LISTINGS by submitting the Property Information Forms only for those listings affected.
AMENDED
3. If the listing salesperson presently has a listing on the system, : it is their PRIMARY LISTING and any additional property types can be added as SECONDARY LISTINGS by submitting the Property Information Forms only for those listings affected.the original listing MLS® number and the MLS® numbers of any additional listings must be entered in the “AlternateMLSNumber” field of each listing.
4. If the listing salesperson is processing a new listing on the system: he/she simply decides at the time of signing, which property type their wish to be your PRIMARY LISTING by completing the Property Information Form for that property type along with an Agreement Form. At the same time, up to 3 other property types can be submitted as SECONDARY LISTINGS by completing ONLY the Property Information Form for the property types they feel appropriate to market the property.
DELETED 4. If the listing salesperson is processing a new listing on the system: he/she simply decides at the time of signing, which property type their wish to be your PRIMARY LISTING by completing the Property Information Form for that property type along with an Agreement Form. At the same time, up to 3 other property types can be submitted as SECONDARY LISTINGS by completing ONLY the Property Information Form for the property types they feel appropriate to market the property.
5. The Listing Salesperson will also complete the Property Information Form for each of the additional property types they would like to have appear on the system, which will be the secondary listings. It is imperative that the relevant information be identical; for example, listing date, list price, address, lot size, legal description, city/town, Seller name(s), expiry date, Listing Brokerage(s), Listing salesperson(s), selling commission and Agreement Change.
AMENDED
5. The Listing Salesperson will also complete the Property Information Form for each of the additional property types they would like to have appear on the system, which will be the secondary listings. It is imperative that the relevant information be identical; for example, listing date, list price, address, lot size, legal description, city/town, Seller name(s), expiry date, Listing Brokerage(s), Listing salesperson(s), selling commission and Agreement Change.
6. If the relevant information is not identical, the primary listing will be processed and the secondary listings that are not identical will be returned unprocessed. If there are discrepancies in any other fields (not mentioned in #5 above), they will be input as received.
DELETED 6. If the relevant information is not identical, the primary listing will be processed and the secondary listings that are not identical will be returned unprocessed. If there are discrepancies in any other fields (not mentioned in #5 above), they will be input as received.
12. When you send the group of listings to be processed, you will already have determined which will be primary and which will be secondary by the forms you use. These primary and secondary designations may not be changed, either with Amendment to Listing Agreement or at time of reporting the sale.
DELETED
12. When you send the group of listings to be processed, you will already have determined which will be primary and which will be secondary by the forms you use. These primary and secondary designations may not be changed, either with Amendment to Listing Agreement or at time of reporting the sale.
13. When the property sells, the sale will be reported to the Association, using the “primary” listing MLS® number and that property type will be the listing used for the statistics. Each of the other MLS® numbers will appear in the sold database under their specific property type, but will not be recorded in the statistics.
AMENDED
13. When the property sells, only one of the listings shall be reported Sold and all additionally marketed listings shall be reported Cancelled. the sale will be reported to the Association, using the “primary” listing MLS® number and that property type will be the listing used for the statistics. Each of the other MLS® numbers will appear in the sold database under their specific property type, but will not be recorded in the statistics.
Miscellaneous #22
This policy was originally created by the Joint MLS® Committee. The committee was formed to deal with issues that may arise within the shared MLS® system between RAHB, the Niagara Association of REALTORS®, the Brantford Regional Real Estate Association and the Simcoe Real Estate Board or more commonly known as “STARRS” for (Shared Technology and Regional REALTOR® Services). The Fusion MLS® system has now been retired and the STARRS group disbanded nearly two years ago when the other associations cut over to the Regional Matrix system making it unnecessary for this committee or rule to exist.
DELETED Miscellaneous #22 This policy was originally created by the Joint MLS® Committee. The committee was formed to deal with issues that may arise within the shared MLS® system between RAHB, the Niagara Association of REALTORS®, the Brantford Regional Real Estate Association and the Simcoe Real Estate Board or more commonly known as “STARRS” for (Shared Technology and Regional REALTOR® Services). The Fusion MLS® system has now been retired and the STARRS group disbanded nearly two years ago when the other associations cut over to the Regional Matrix system making it unnecessary for this committee or rule to exist.
Want graphics that you can easily share on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Download the RAHB Members social media stats kit for March 2018! This is a .zip folder format. To learn how to open a .zip folder on your computer, click here.
The REALTORS® Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) reported 1,099 saleswere processed through the RAHB Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) System in March,38.6 percent fewer than the same month last year and18per cent fewer than the 10-year average for the month.Please click here to read the complete report.
Over 500 members attended RAHB’s 97th Annual General Meeting (AGM), featuring guest speaker David Chilton, on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at Michelangelo Events and Conference Centre. Thank you to everyone who attended and participated.
President-Elect Bob Van De Vrande presented the Financial Report.
Members adopted the 2017 year-end audited financial statements and appointed Norton McMullen as the Auditor for the fiscal year 2018. There were 445 votes in favour versus 47 opposed.
The motion to amend the RAHB Bylaw to remove the MLS® Committee from the list of Board Committees and change the status to an Operational Committee was defeated – 327 votes to 174 votes.
The motion to amend the Bylaw to increase remuneration for the President and President-Elect, and to provide remuneration to the Immediate Past President (the same amount as for the President-Elect) and the Board of Directors (for Board meetings attended) was approved – 415 votes to 97 votes.
The motion to amend the Bylaw to allow RAHB to participate in the Revised Cooperative Discipline Agreement for real estate boards and associations in Ontario was approved – 477 votes to 13 votes.
The motion to allow RAHB staff to make “housekeeping” changes to the Bylaw to adjust punctuation, numbering, etc. was approved to ensure the intent of the Bylaw changes is carried throughout the document as necessary – 474 votes to 7 votes.
MLS® Committee Chair Kathy Della-Nebbia presented the MLS® Report: The report touched on MLS®-related initiatives in 2017 (data share in place; new Matrix system go-live in October; review and update of some MLS® Rules and Regulations and Policies; update of Smithville boundary), the new ShowingTime scheduling program and what the MLS® Committee will focus on in 2018.
RAHB CEO George O’Neill provided an update on RAHB’s Strategic Plan. The update covered the five main components of RAHB’s three-year strategic plan: Vision, Mission, Values, Goals and Core Competencies.
Draw Winners!
Dena Zlatar (Royal LePage State Realty) won the draw for 2019 RAHB dues.
Angela Nolan (RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.) won the draw for the drone.
Biliana Dib (Royal LePage Macro Realty) won the draw for the iPad.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Following the AGM, members and selected guests enjoyed a delicious hot buffet lunch before enjoying the insightful, often hilarious, presentation by guest speaker David Chilton of CBC Dragons’ Den fame, and author of The Wealthy Barber and The Wealthy Barber Returns. Be sure to “like” our Facebook page and keep an eye out for our professional photographs of the event!
Thank you to all who attended RAHB’s spring AGM! We look forward to seeing you at the next one!
When you create your listing supplements, you should avoid using special characters – that is, anything other than numbers and letters – in the file name.
Many characters have special meanings to browsers and operating systems, so if you include them in a file name, a web browser may attempt to perform that function instead of opening the file.
So play it safe and avoid using these special characters:
# (pound/hashtag/number sign)
% (per cent)
& (ampersand)
{ (left curly bracket)
} (right curly bracket)
: (colon)
\ (back slash)
@ (at sign)
< (left angle bracket)
> (right angle bracket)
“ (double quotes)
* (asterisk)
? (question mark)
/ (forward slash)
(blank spaces)
$ (dollar sign)
! (exclamation point)
‘ (single quote/apostrophe)
Some additional considerations:
Don’t start or end your file name with a space, period, hyphen or underline
Keep your file names to a reasonable length
Avoid using spaces; use a hyphen instead
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our MLS® Help Desk at (905).667.4650 or support@rahb.ca.
When you create your listing supplements, you should avoid using special characters – that is, anything other than numbers and letters – in the file name.