The time has finally come and we are so close to launching the first ever web-based brokerage with an “MLS like” system here in New York City.  Yes, that’s right, in a few days you will be able to surf all New York City real estate listings without an annoying, nagging, real estate agent on your back.

We started some chatter on this back in late November / Early December when REBNY formally announced that it will be opening up the NY MLS database (known as ROLEX) via a VOW (Virtual Office Website).

So what is a VOW?

A VOW is basically what it stands for – Virtual Office Website. CondoDomain as a NYC Broker (finally, horray!) will be operating a VOW as of next week.  This means that you, your friend or anybody for that matter will be able to LOG-IN to our website and access basically everything we can as licensed real estate brokers.  You will be able to surf 95%+ of all New York City real estate listings on your own, at your leisure from your own home or office, thus finally handing over the keys to you in your home search.

Why VOW? Ugh…the short answer being is because this market has been long guarded and  protected by the super-powered brokerage firms, and this is their compromise.  With exception of NYC, I can get a live MLS feed from basically any MLS provider in any city in the U.S. with limited paperwork and fee’s, but here in NYC, we have been thrashed with very large fee’s, months of paperwork processing and overall an enormous amount of time that all in all served as the process of just delaying new, innovative brokerages like us to come into the New York market.

On a positive note!

We have our brokers license in hand!  Our NY Condo website is live!  We are open for business!  We will be launching our NY MLS (VOW) next week … and … the CondoDomain Cash Back Commission Refund business model made it to NYC!

Questions?  Call our CVP Brett Malvin