ARMLS Data Share with Tucson MLS Now Live

Today it goes live!  ARMLS subscribers can search the Tucson MLS and Rocky Point homes for sale from within flexmls.  Here is the official notice from flexAlert that speaks more to this. Mind the bold.

On Wednesday, February 23, ARMLS® Subscribers will be able to access limited property data from the Tucson Association of REALTORS® (TARMLS) and Puerto Penasco Chapter 51 (Rocky Point) right in flexmls,  in both the Full Search and the Quick Search. Data sharing with these Associations will not include a unilateral offer of compensation.

I checked it out today to confirm it’s up and running. As of the time of this post, the Tucson MLS is there, Rocky Point not quite yet.  The first question that jumped out at me when searching the Tucson MLS was…

What is Active CAPA?

Luckily, TARMLS’s help desk is just as friendly as ARMLS’s help desk.  They shot me an email with a definition sheet to share with you guys.

It says Active CAPA is:

“Can Accept Purchase Agreement”: Listing is under a mutually accepted contract, and is to remain active. Seller has reserved the right to accept a replacement offer as defined in the purchase contract.

As opposed to Active Contingent which is:

Listing is under a mutually accepted contract which contains one or more contingencies, and is to remain active. Upon removal of all contingencies, sale must then be reported as Pending.

Here is the Tucson MLS Status Definitions (PDF) if you’d like to read for yourself.  But I think Kelley Koehler’s article Active Contingent and Active CAPA Defined makes it WAY more clear.

We’ll be back to talk about Rocky Point once they’re up and running, stay tuned.