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Apr 04, 2007 -- FSBOs can now get on the MLS for free

About one-quarter of people do a FSBO - or For Sale By Owner - these days. If you are doing a FSBO, Clark wants you to know that you are still going to have to pay some money in commission. When a broker or agent brings a buyer to your home, you may have to pay two or three percent. It’s still a deal because normal fees are six or seven percent commission. The problem is that people don’t know your home is on the market. Your home needs to be on the Multiple Listing Service in order for the word to get our there. But that is about to change. There is a new site known as “Iggy’s House” that puts people selling their own homes on the MLS. It’s not available everywhere, but California, Texas, Florida and New York are the big states. In addition, Iggy’s House is available in Oregon, Washington, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, Michigan, Illinois, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Colorado. Clark has no idea what kind of experience you’ll have with Iggy’s House, but he wants you to know about it. It takes a couple of days for your home to appear on the site once you’ve signed up. But it’s worth it. About 70 percent of homes are sold through the MLS.

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  • What is your source for facts?
    "About 70 percent of homes are sold through the MLS."

    What is your source for this stated fact? I have seen this type of quote used ... but I have never seen anyone identify the source for this quote!
  • Iggys House - Bust
    Looks like Iggys House has gone bust.
  • Iggy's House
    I tried to list my house in NC with Iggy's House and my response was to check back later, not available at this time. That was several months ago.
  • MLS for free
    Iggy's House is not available in NC as you had stated
  • Iggy's House/Buyside has folded
    I just signed on with Iggy's recently, and now apparently it has folded. It leaves me with a bit of a mess....
  • MLS listings for flat fee
    I have sold both of my homes now, and both within TWO weeks with using a flat fee MLS service. I paid $600 to the first one, but then found a cheaper one ($299) for the second house. I will NEVER again pay an agent $10,000 for something I can do myself, and usually end up doing myself anyway, because my houses are all at the low end: one was only $125k and the other was $250k, and agents have never done anything for me but stick a sign in my yard with flyers. It's not the sign that sells it; that just brings curious neighbors by to compare their house to yours. It's the MLS listing that sells it.
  • IGGY'S FREE MLS LISTING
    I tried. Iggy's will only do it if you appoint them as your exclusive broker and you cannot put a FSBO sign up. May as well pay for the service. By buying a "for sale" sign at certain Hardware stores, one gets access to a website that lets you put yr home on MLS for a fixed fee. Forget IGGY'S.
    a fixed price So your recommendatio
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