Flat Fee MLS

What's the difference?

Realtor.com

Flat Fee MLS

MLS ListingFlat fee MLS listing means your property is entered into the Realtor® Multiple Listing Service where it is made available to all of the real estate agents in your area as well as on Realtor.com®. The MLS is repsonsible for over 75% of home sales nationwide. Only Realtors® have access to the MLS system.

Your home appears in the Realtor® Multiple Listing Service (MLS)

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Flat fee mls listing means choices in real estate services

Buyer Agent CommissionAccompanying the listing data about your property that appears in the MLS system is an offer of compensation to any Realtor® member of the MLS who procures a buyer for your property. Typically this is about 3% of the sales price, but with Bloomkey you have the right to choose what, if any, compensation you wish to offer the real estate agent who sells your property.

With Bloomkey, you decide the MLS buyer agent compensation

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Flat fee mls listing means choices in real estate services

Realtor.com®Realtor.com® is one of the most visited websites on the Internet today with approximately 6.7 million monthly viewers. Ranked as the No. 1 homes-for-sale site, REALTOR.com® currently offers potential home buyers access to more than three million property listings as well as the most brokers and agents to contact. A listing on Realtor.com is the most exposure you can get for your home or property.

Your home appears on Realtor.com and leading search engines…

FSBO Support
FSBO Support

Broker IDXInternet Data Exchange ("IDX"), also referred to as "Broker Reciprocity," is the method by which properties listed in the MLS appear on real estate brokerage websites such as RE/MAX.com®, Century21.com®, Prudential.com®, and many others. So when you list your home with Bloomkey for a low, flat fee, your listing appears on all of the other local, regional and national real estate brokerage websites that participate in the IDX program. More exposure for your property means a faster selling time and a higher sales price.

Your home appears on real estate brokerage websites and portals

FSBO Support
Home selling experience

Free WebpageEvery Bloomkey property listing comes with a FREE webpage with unique URL (i.e. www.Bloomkey.com/5000 which allows you to create a customized Internet advertisement for your flat fee MLS listed property complete with up to 16 color photos, audio podcast, satellite mapping, printable color flyers and more…. Having a unique URL webpage then allows you to save money on print advertising by cutting down on the number of lines of text you need to describe your home - simply direct customers to your webpage for photos, contact information and details.

16 color photos, PDF flyers, podcast, satellite mapping and more…

FSBO Support
Proven for sale by owner home selling packages

Talking HouseBloomkey provides its customers with a Toll-Free Property Information Hotline that allows potential buyers to hear pre-recorded information about your property, hear about mortgage financing, hear your contact number or connect directly to your phone number.

Toll-free property information hotline with direct connect.

FSBO Support
Proven for sale by owner home selling packages

Selling tools and more…Bloomkey customers have access to a comprehensive array of tools, forms, features, discounts and benefits to assist them with their home sale. The Bloomkey Member's Area provides for sale by owner home sellers with everything you need to sell a home just like the professionals. Bloomkey's flat fee MLS home selling plans are the most complete packages available anywhere.

The most comprehensive home selling package available

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Proven for sale by owner home selling packages

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Flat Fee MLS

Flat Fee MLS Listing

list your home in the Realtor® MLS and Realtor.com. Includes 2 & 3.

Realtor.com

Realtor.com

Realtor.com Only option without MLS listing. Includes 3.

Website Listing Blast

Internet Website Blast

Bloomkey Webpage with Top Internet Real Estate Websites

Flat Fee MLS

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    Thu, Jul 2nd, 2009

    According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the Pending Home Sales Indexrose 0.1% during the month of May. The index was up 6.7% compared with May 2008. It was the first four-month run up in the pending sales measure since October 2004.

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  • Housing Rebound Continues
    Thu, Jul 2nd, 2009

    According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the Pending Home Sales Indexrose 0.1% during the month of May. The index was up 6.7% compared with May 2008. It was the first four-month run up in the pending sales measure since October 2004.

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  • Housing Affordability in Record Territory
    Wed, Jul 1st, 2009

    The housing affordability index rose to 174.8 in April from an upwardly revised 171.9 in March, and was the second highest monthly reading on record after peaking at 176.9 in January of this year. According to Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, the t

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  • Housing Affordability in Record Territory
    Wed, Jul 1st, 2009

    The housing affordability index rose to 174.8 in April from an upwardly revised 171.9 in March, and was the second highest monthly reading on record after peaking at 176.9 in January of this year. According to Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, the t

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  • Consumer Financial Protection Agency
    Tue, Jun 30th, 2009

    After the excesses and misconduct within the mortgage industry leading up to the collapse of the housing market, the Obama administration has come up with a plan to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Chief among the duties for the new age

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  • Consumer Financial Protection Agency
    Tue, Jun 30th, 2009

    After the excesses and misconduct within the mortgage industry leading up to the collapse of the housing market, the Obama administration has come up with a plan to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Chief among the duties for the new age

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  • Consumer Financial Protection Agency
    Tue, Jun 30th, 2009

    After the excesses and misconduct within the mortgage industry leading up to the collapse of the housing market, the Obama administration has come up with a plan to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Chief among the duties for the new age

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  • $6 billion made available for foreclosed homes
    Sat, Jun 27th, 2009

    The U.S. Government has made close to $6 billion available for the 'Neighborhood Stabilization Program', in order to reduce the number of foreclosed homes on the market. The money authorized last summer will go to state and local housing authorities

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  • $6 billion made available for foreclosed homes
    Sat, Jun 27th, 2009

    The U.S. Government has made close to $6 billion available for the 'Neighborhood Stabilization Program', in order to reduce the number of foreclosed homes on the market. The money authorized last summer will go to state and local housing authorities

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  • $6 billion made available for foreclosed homes
    Sat, Jun 27th, 2009

    The U.S. Government has made close to $6 billion available for the 'Neighborhood Stabilization Program', in order to reduce the number of foreclosed homes on the market. The money authorized last summer will go to state and local housing authorities

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  • Existing Home Sales Up in May
    Wed, Jun 24th, 2009

    Existing home sales rose 2.4% in May to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.77 million, from a downwardly revised pace of 4.66 million in April according to the National Association of Realtors®. The median sales price nationally was pulled down to $

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  • Existing Home Sales Up in May
    Wed, Jun 24th, 2009

    Existing home sales rose 2.4% in May to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.77 million, from a downwardly revised pace of 4.66 million in April according to the National Association of Realtors®. The median sales price nationally was pulled down to $

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  • Mortgage Rates Heading Up
    Tue, Jun 16th, 2009

    As treasury rates continue to head up the average 30-year fixed rate climbed precipitously to 5.95% from 5.45% last week, according to a weekly national survey from Bankrate.com. Mortgage rates are often influenced by treasury rates which have themse

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  • Mortgage Rates Heading Up
    Tue, Jun 16th, 2009

    As treasury rates continue to head up the average 30-year fixed rate climbed precipitously to 5.95% from 5.45% last week, according to a weekly national survey from Bankrate.com. Mortgage rates are often influenced by treasury rates which have themse

    Read more / Comment...

  • Mortgage Rates Heading Up
    Tue, Jun 16th, 2009

    As treasury rates continue to head up the average 30-year fixed rate climbed precipitously to 5.95% from 5.45% last week, according to a weekly national survey from Bankrate.com. Mortgage rates are often influenced by treasury rates which have themse

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  • HUD Announces Tax Credit Use at Closing Table
    Fri, Jun 12th, 2009

    In remarks before a special session of the NAHB Board of Directors on May 29, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced new actions that his agency is taking to help ensure that consumers can use the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit at the closing

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  • HUD Announces Tax Credit Use at Closing Table
    Fri, Jun 12th, 2009

    In remarks before a special session of the NAHB Board of Directors on May 29, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced new actions that his agency is taking to help ensure that consumers can use the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit at the closing

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  • Unrealistic Buyers?
    Tue, Jun 9th, 2009

    According to the National Association of Realtors® Confidence Index Survey, the real estate market is currently divided along two segments. 1) Distressed property, selling at a significant discount in the neighborhood of 10 to 20% in recent month

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  • Unrealistic Home Buyers?
    Tue, Jun 9th, 2009

    According to the National Association of Realtors® Confidence Index Survey, the real estate market is currently divided along two segments. 1) Distressed property, selling at a significant discount in the neighborhood of 10 to 20% in recent month

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  • Unrealistic Home Buyers?
    Tue, Jun 9th, 2009

    According to the National Association of Realtors® Confidence Index Survey, the real estate market is currently divided along two segments. 1) Distressed property, selling at a significant discount in the neighborhood of 10 to 20% in recent month

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  • Most Difficult Tasks For FSBO Sellers
    Fri, Jun 5th, 2009

    According to the National Association of Realtors survey of what For Sale By Owner's said were the most difficult tasks associated with selling home: Most Difficult Tasks for FSBO Sellers: Getting the right price . . . 15% Understanding paperwork . .

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