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October 3, 2007
What's the best source for Brooklyn listings?
Is there any better source than the NYTimes online that collects and displays Brooklyn real estate listings. NYTimes has plenty of limitations but every other site I see is worse.
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Corcoran has a decent inventory in Brooklyn, as does Brooklyn Properties, AH Brooklyn, Cobble Heights Realty, etc. I would just the real estate companies from NYTimes and check them individually.
Good luck!
Posted by: guest at October 3, 2007 10:04 PM
<--- Agent
Depending on WHERE you wish to live in Brooklyn, the Multiple Listing Service has a great public display area.
Go to www.bnymls.com
(Brooklyn New York Multiple Listing Service)
There isn't much inventory in BROWNSTONER-LAND, but there are some nice listings in Bed Stuy, Crown Heights, Flatbush etc, as well as MOST other areas in Brooklyn. My 107 St James Place listing was there, and there are many others. Also, we had 84 Fenimore (PLG)..etc,.
I laugh when I read posts here that say there is NO MLS in Brooklyn. The MLS has over 450 brokers and 4000 agents.
Bay Ridge & Bensonhurst has their OWN MLS, www.BrooklynMLS.com
Just because the "big guys" will not join, doesn't mean we don't exist!!
Email me if you have any questions,
Howard
howard@communityhomesales.com
Posted by: howrealnyc at October 3, 2007 11:21 PM
Craig's List
Posted by: guest at October 4, 2007 7:40 AM
I like Streeteasy best
Posted by: MsBrooklyn at October 4, 2007 11:18 AM
Just checked out streeteays and BNYMLS for the first times. I definitely prefer streeteasy. Howard, not listing the street the property is on is a major deteriment in my mind.
Posted by: Brooklynnative at October 4, 2007 12:22 PM
The MLS access website encourages you to contact the listing agent, however I agree that there shoudl be MUCH MORE info on each house.
I will pass along your thoughts to IT dept!
Howard
Posted by: howrealnyc at October 4, 2007 2:29 PM
It's just me but not showing the address discourages me from contacting the agent. In my head: "If this broker is willing to withhold such important info, what else would he/she hide from me?"
Posted by: guest at October 4, 2007 4:27 PM
I think natefind.com is most useful. Have not tried streeteasy, but will give it a shot.
Posted by: guest at October 4, 2007 4:27 PM
All of the online listings have drawbacks. If you are looking to purchase a house, I would suggest that you use a broker familiar with and successful in the neighborhood in which you are looking to purchase. Ex. Looking for a Co-op or condo in Ditmas or Kensington go to Brooklyn Hearth, if you are looking for a house in the same neighborhood go to Mary Kay Gallagher or Julie Kestyn. I've found that people selling their own homes are often unrealistic about price and don't look to pass their savings on commission to the buyer.
Posted by: guest at October 4, 2007 6:37 PM
Howard, the BrooklynMLS.com site used to look like the ww.bnymls.com kind of looks now, except with even more information than offered now.
Is the BrooklynMLS.com complete? I know there was an "under construction" message there for a few weeks before getting back online, but just showing a photo to a house and a link to the agents email is hardly an improvent - in fact the opposite. I'm disappointed.
Posted by: guest at October 4, 2007 10:57 PM
<-- Howard
The agents and brokers do not control what appears.. YET.
The Long Island MLS access page (public) is awesome.. just too many ads... the Brooklyn MLS needs more information, definately.
BTW, if there are ANY listings on BNYMLS that you want more info on, I can help, or of course the listing agent can too.
This MLS is appx 40 years old... there was a merger between 2 of the 3 MLS boards a few years back.. Now all of the BNYMLS members are members of NAR (National Association of Realtors). For years, we couldn't get the member companies to all agree to join or not. ANNUAL FEES became a reality, as well as adhering to ETHICS RULES, and mandatory ETHICS classes.
As far as BrooklynMLS.com (Bay Ridge & Bensonhurst) Im not sure as I am not a member of that board.
Look for websites that have an IDX link to the BNYMLS.com
Howard!
Posted by: howrealnyc at October 4, 2007 11:27 PM
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