MLS Rules Update: Listing Unavailable for Showing Policy

The LSAR Board of Directors updated language to Section 2.9 to allow more flexibility for properties unavailable for showings.  Two main points have been updated:

• You must clearly communicate availability (or unavailability) of property within two business days.  Generally this will happen through blocking out time in ShowingTime.
• If a listing is not available for showings longer than four business days or six calendar days, you must complete a Hold No Show Form and send it to LSAR.

Section 2.9 Temporarily Unavailable to Show Listings:

The availability of a property for showings must be clearly communicated to MLS participants within two business days.  If a listing is not available for showings for a period exceeding four business days (or six calendar days), the listing broker must complete the required form and submit it to the MLS.  The MLS will change the status of the listing.  It is the listings broker’s responsibility to change the status of the listing prior to any showings being allowed.

In the event a listing is indefinitely and contractually prohibited from all showings (such as “sight-unseen” sales), the listing will be allowed to remain in an active status provided disclosure is included in the public remarks and agent remarks of the MLS.

A $1,000 fine will be assessed for allowing showings on a listing marked as unavailable to showings.

A $50 fine will be assessed for a listing in violation of any other provision of section 2.9.