The MLS in Houston is called HAR "Houston Association of REALTORS®" - REALTORS® enjoy an economical, efficient system of sharing real property information and facilitating cooperative transactions, while their clients and customers have access to the most accurate and up-to- date property information available. There are hundreds of MLS's across the country, which use a common set of rules to enable a smooth exchange of information in their local communities. The Houston Texas HAR MLS provide a means for participants to offer compensation to other participants and enhance cooperation among them. As applications of Internet technology to the real estate business have increased in number, quality, and acceptance by the public, most real estate brokerage firms have established "online identities. HAR has adopted Internet Data Exchange (IDX) programs as a means of enhancing cooperation between REALTORS®. Under IDX, brokers exchange consent to display each other’s listings on participants’ websites and using applications for mobile devices that participants control. Many MLS's, as a service to their members, also provide listing information to third-party aggregators such as realtor®.com and others through syndication or other similar type agreements, unless the broker withholds consent.
We are members of The Houston Association of REALTORS ® is called HAR. HAR.com is the public side of the MLS system. We are members of this MLS system. The Houston are MLS has over 50,000 agents and thousands of properties listed. HAR.com is the award-winning flat fee residential property search website that is the source of homes for sale and rentals in the state of Texas. See our broker page on HAR
The Houston Association of REALTORS® Multiple Listing Service provides REALTORS® with the most important tool necessary to compete in today’s real estate market. The MLS gives agents the ability to access current information on more than 50,000 properties currently on the market, archived information on hundreds of thousands of properties sold during the past seven years, and current public records information for Harris and surrounding counties.
HAR’s MLS strives to provide real estate professionals with quality information, leading technology and the professional training needed to be successful. The products included in both the MLS Standard and MLS Platinum plans are a great value for any real estate professional looking to grow their business
Houston is a large metropolis in Texas, extending to Galveston Bay. It’s closely linked with the Space Center Houston, the coastal visitor center at NASA’s astronaut training and flight control complex. The city’s relatively compact Downtown includes the Theater District, home to the renowned Houston Grand Opera, and the Historic District, with 19th-century architecture and upscale restaurants.
Area: 665 mi²
Population: 2.288 million (2021)
Area codes: 713, 281, 832, 346
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