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People, data and answers! That’s what MLS, Inc. is all about. As a homebuyer or seller, when you choose an MLS, Inc. subscriber, you are gaining access to the listings, exposure and all other services that only a network of 1,350+ cooperating real estate professionals can offer.

Your subscribing agent knows that, but his or her interests extend far beyond belonging to one of your area’s most prestigious real estate associations. Your agent receives such benefits as:

• Access to a wide variety of printed reports from our voluminous real estate database. Updated and accessible daily, it is the largest inventory of homes for sale in the State of Alaska, including photos and a complete description of each home. Everything pertinent to a sale of a house is in the MLS, Inc. system, from features to price, from insulation to location, from heat type to school boundaries. It is truly the single most important exposure/selection vehicle that no seller or buyer can be without.
• Access to current and recent neighborhood sales activity to assist you in pricing and marketing your property.
• A photography service whereby MLS, Inc. will automatically take photos of all new listings in an area extending from Eklutna to Potter Marsh. Agents may also submit a total of eight additional interior and exterior photos or floor plan sketches of listed properties for additional exposure.
• Computer operation classes each week for agents to become more proficient at meeting their client’s information needs.
• Automatic Internet marketing of listings on three sites: MLS’s www.alaskarealestate.com, Microsoft’s www.homeadvisor.com and the National Association of Realtor’s site www.realtor.com.
• Access to efficient marketing mediums such as advertising printing and distribution services, real estate product sales, instant peripheral property information via fax on demand services, electronic keybox services, and a wide variety of real estate forms, contracts, and software.

As an MLS, Inc. subscriber, your agent works shoulder to shoulder with other professionals to put you in touch with the TOTAL MARKET, not just one firm’s listings. That’s INPUT. That’s CLIENT SERVICE. That’s MLS, Inc.’s subscribers working together for YOUR BENEFIT!

The #1 Source For Current Real Estate Data
In Alaskan Metropolitan and Rural Markets

Since its formation in 1956, MLS, Inc. subscribers have accounted for the sale of thousands of homes representing sales in the billions in the State of Alaska. MLS, Inc., a statewide non-profit association, is a recognized authority on residential real estate statistics, and an acknowledged leader often quoted in the newspapers, radio, television and magazines. MLS residential statistics are the most current and accurate available.

Not only is home buying susceptible to periods of heavy and light activity, but it also serves as an indicator of both local and national economic trends. MLS, Inc. is collectively involved in the market and has become a sounding board and statistical source for economic forecasting. Banks, savings and loans, title companies, media, appraisers, government agencies and many other seek out MLS, Inc. as a reference for the up-to —the-minute status of the home buying market.

MLS, Inc. is proud of its continuing role in your area. It is a role that can best be characterized as serving others through its: people, services, total market penetration, and real estate statistics.