The new Exclusive Right to Sell Listing Contract has been released. It is available now in the Member Portal.

To access the form (and future updates):

• Login into your Member Portal (portal.columbusrealtors.com)
• Click the Forms icon
• Click Listing Contracts
• Click Residential – Exclusive Right to Sell Listing Contract 

Click here to directly download the new form.

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07/12/2024

The new Exclusive Right to Represent Buyer form has been released. It is available now in the Member Portal.

To access the form (and future updates):

• Login into your Member Portal (portal.columbusrealtors.com)
• Click the Forms icon
• Click Related Forms
• Click Exclusive Right to Represent Buyer

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Schedule:
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024 – Building Closing Early at 2:30pm
– Limited email/voicemail support available July 3rd from 2:30pm – 5pm
Thursday, July 4th, 2024 – Closed
Friday, July 5th, 2024 – Building Closed
– Limited email/voicemail support available July 5th from 9-5pm
Monday, July 8th, 2024 – Open at 8:30am

In observance of Independence Day the Columbus REALTORS® Association headquarters will be closing early on Wednesday July 3rd at 2:30 pm.

The Columbus REALTORS® association headquarters will also be closed on Thursday and Friday, July 4th and 5th. The association will open for normal business hours on Monday July 8th at 8:30am.

Limited assistance from the Membership Experience team and MLS Staff for emergency situations will be available during regular business hours on July 3rd and July 5th via email and voicemail response.

Schedule:
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024 – Building Closing Early at 2:30pm
– Limited email/voicemail support available July 3rd from 2:30pm – 5pm
Thursday, July 4th, 2024 – Closed
Friday, July 5th, 2024 – Building Closed
– Limited email/voicemail support available July 5th from 9-5pm
Monday, July 8th, 2024 – Open at 8:30am

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06/28/2024

What is Sold Non-MLS?
Sold Non-MLS denotes a listing that was not listed by an agent in the Columbus and Central Ohio
Regional MLS. That is, the buyer was represented by an agent, but the seller may have been FSBO, a
non-MLS builder, or represented by an agent who is NOT an MLS member. The Sold Non-MLS field
should only be selected in the situations listed above. Otherwise it should be set to NO.

Who can enter a Sold Non-MLS listing?
Currently, Sold Non-MLS listings can only be entered by Office Administrators and Broker-level
logins. This may be changing in the coming months, but Sold Non-MLS listings can only be entered by
Broker-level logins at this time.

The MLS Entry Date help text was added on June 28, 2024:

The Listing Member help text below will be added to the in early July 2024:

Is this a Sold Non-MLS Listings? 
‘Non Member’ must be selected in the Listing Member field by a Broker or Office Admin. Agents will not see “Non Member” in this field. Click to view the full instructions for entry of a Sold Non-MLS listing or email mlscorrections@columbusrealtors.com.

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In Memoriam – Columbus Realtors

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06/26/2024

As of 3:40 pm June 28th it has been reported that this issue is resolved.

A new Days on Market bug is being investigated in the MLS. It appears to predominantly affect Coming Soon listings that have converted to Active status. The calculation for DOM and CDOM is not correctly removing all of the “off market days”. This may be causing an inflated DOM and CDOM value to be displayed.

Our MLS Vendor, FBS (Flexmls), has been made aware. They are currently working to resolve this DOM issue. No ETA has been provided at this time.

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06/25/2024

The Columbus REALTORS association headquarters will be closed on Wednesday, June 19th in observance of Juneteenth. The association will open for normal business hours on Thursday at 8:30am.

Schedule:
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 – Closed
Thursday, June 20, 2024 – Open at 8:30am

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06/17/2024

Columbus REALTORS® is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Bluegrass REALTORS® out of Lexington, Kentucky that will provide MLS subscribers from both associations with increased data and scope to aid your customers.

Summary of new Data Source field:

• Field allows users to search and display listings in the Lexington (Bluegrass).
• Members cannot add listings to the Lexington (Bluegrass) MLS.
• Appears above “Property Type”.
• Available in desktop and mobile versions of FlexMLS.
• Users can select Columbus and Central Ohio Regional MLS or Lexington (Bluegrass) MLS or both.
  • Please Note:  If BOTH are selected simultaneously, only a limited number of fields that are common to both MLSs will be searchable.
• The “What’s New” button (gift box icon) above the Data Source field will open a window that can walk you through the basic functions of the new field.

An email announcement will be sent to all members announcing the new partnership and Data Source field.

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06/10/2024

6/6/2024 4:52 PM At this time the issue appears to be resolved. We will continue to monitor.

We have received reports that open houses recently added in Flexmls are not appearing correctly on external websites. This appears to be affecting brokerage IDX websites and Realtor.com.

The issues has been reported to our MLS vendor, FBS. We do not have an ETA at this time. This message will be updated when the issue is resolved.

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06/06/2024

Monday, June 3, a new, required “Copyright of Content” field has been added to MLS. The field requires that the agent select “Yes” to agree to the new mandatory MLS Subscriber agreement for each listing.

By checking the box and accepting this subscriber agreement, the MLS will be protected should it be later proved that the participating agent does not have the authority to upload data. Additionally, this agreement protects the Columbus & Central Ohio Regional MLS against copyright infringement or violation of Fair Housing Laws.

This indemnification agreement was developed and approved by the association’s MLS Task Force and MLS Board of Directors in conjunction with legal counsel. Notices are being sent to all MLS participants today (May 29) and again on June 2 in preparation for the opt-in alert on June 3 in FlexMLS. Any questions about this agreement can be forwarded to Todd Laber, Senior Director of Technology, Columbus REALTORS®.

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06/03/2024