What is the Virgina MLS? What MLS will my home be listed in Virgina, Maryland and DC?
The Virginia Realtor Multiple Listing Service, the MLS was developed by realtors to share their listings with other agents to make it easy to find homes for their buyers. MLS databases are private and paid for by realtors which is why you still need the help of a listing agent, such as us, to get your home listed on the Local Virginia Realtor MLS.
Our Flat Fee MLS Listing Service provides you a way to list your home for sale in the Realtor MLS for a Flat Fee and List your home For Sale By Owner on our Virginia FSBO website, giving your home the best of both worlds, exposure to Realtor Buyers and exposure to FSBO Home Buyers. Buyers can search by criteria to find the homes that best suits their needs.
There are a lot of different MLS systems in Virginia. Real Estate Agents belongs to their local MLS which is where they will list your home for sale. Each MLS system has their own database of homes for sale. Websites like Realtor.com and Homes.com, Zillow.com, etc all feed the MLS Listings to their websites so your home can be seen Nationwide. The biggest difference between all the different MLS systems in Virginia, is that an agent can only see the listings in their MLS system when they do a search for a buyer, but if a buyer finds a property that is not in the local MLS, the agent can easily reach out to the listing agent to get the info on that property for their buyer.
The below list are the MLS areas we cover in Virginia, MD & DC.
Pick your Local MLS System:
As you would expect, MLS areas are divided geographically. Which Virginia MLS database your home listing would be set up in depends on where you live. These are databases in our area available to you for your MLS and FSBO listing
What is MLS Datasharing?
Many of the below MLS's data share which means your home may be in the (for example) Bright MLS but your listing will also be shared with the CAAR MLS, CVR MLS and WAAR MLS systems which means agents and buyers in those areas will see your home.
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BRIGHT - Northern Virginia, MD, DC and surrounding areas including Ashburn, Arlington, Alexandria, Centreville, Falls Church, Fairfax, Fauquier, Fredericksburg, Leesburg, Orange, Prince William, Stafford, Sterling, Spotsylvania to name just a few. BRIGHT MLS data shares with CAAR MLS, CVR MLS, WAAR MLS
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REIN - Virginia Beach / Hampton Roads, Chesapeake, Franklin, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Williamsburg and surrounding parts ot the Eastern Shore, Isle of Wight, Southampton and parts of Accomack. REIN data shares with CVR MLS and CBRAR MLS
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WAAR - Williamsburg, James City, York County, Yorktown, Gloucester County, Surry, New Kent, Charles City, Town of West Point. WAAR data shares with BRIGHT MLS and CVR MLS
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CVR - Richmond area, Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Hanover, Henrico, Goochland, King William, New Kent, Powhatan, Prince George, Surry and Sussex. CVR data shares with BRIGHT MLS, WAAR MLS, REIN MLS and CBRAR MLS
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RV - Roanoke Valley area, Salem, Town of Vinton, Botetourt and Franklin
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HRAR - Harrisonburg and Rockingham
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CAAR - Charlottesville area, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Lousia and Nelson. CAAR MLS data shares to BRIGHT MLS
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CBRAR - Chesapeake Bay Rivers Association inc: Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, portion of King & Queen County (Buena Vista District) & portion of King William county (West Point District) inc Town of West Point and Urbanna in Commonwealth of Virginia. CBRAR MLS data shares with CVR MLS and REIN MLS
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ESAR - Eastern Shore (We do not cover ESAR MLS but we can put you in the REIN or BRIGHT MLS)
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NRV - New River Valley area
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LAR - Lynchburg City
- CAR - Ocean City Maryland
- SWVAR - Southwest Virginia Assocation of Realtors
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