Realtor.ca

How many times have you visited http://www.mls.ca/?

When was the last time you visited?

It is now www.realtor.ca and after its initial relaunch a few weeks ago they have received over 16,000 emails from unhappy house hunters trying to figure out the new system.

A recent article in the Toronto Star explains:

[Source - Murray Whyte Toronto Star]

Messing with our real estate crack
When wildly popular property site MLS.ca was relaunched last month, no one could have anticipated the furious response. Some of the protesters are even looking for a house.

Her name is Briana, and she's an addict, a point she freely admits – promotes, even – online. Her addiction, though, isn't one likely to cause the typical ills associated with junkiedom – the dissolution of relationships, loss of career, or even physical harm (though her mouse-click finger gets a little stiff sometimes).

Online, Briana (her last name is Tomkinson) sporadically maintains a blog called MLS Addict, broadcasting her affliction: a devotion beyond reason to MLS.ca, the web site maintained by the Canadian Real Estate Association which lists properties for sale nationwide (MLS stands for Multiple Listing Service).

According to Comscore, which tracks web traffic, MLS.ca garners 3 million unique hits every month. When the site relaunched last month with a confusing array of new features, the response revealed what Tomkinson always knew: Her kind are legion.

Read Full Article Here: http://www.thestar.com/News/article/537393