NAR Edition: Global filters

This article will walk you through the process of filtering your MLS listings on your National Association of REALTORS® Edition Placester site.

Narrowing Down your Listings

Once your IDX integration is complete, all of the listings from your entire MLS will appear on your site. Many users have certain areas within the MLS that they’d like to focus on. Or, they might be limiting their sales to certain property types or prices.

You can narrow down the listings to be displayed across your entire site under the Global Filters tab within Site Settings.

Site Settings > Global Filters

First, click on the "Edit Site" link within your Placester dashboard. This will redirect you to the Site Settings menu. 

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 Next, click on "Global Filters", which will be located under the Listings section within Site Settings.

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Note: some tabs within the Site Settings dropdown are grayed out. These settings are not available on the NAR Edition sites but are available with other subscriptions. You can find out more about other subscription offerings here or by calling our sales team at 800.226.1381, extension 2. 

Global Filters Slide Out 

Within the Global Filters slide out, you’ll see two tabs, which will allow you to set the search criteria that will find just the listings that you'd like to filter down to on your site. You can choose between:

  1. Displaying all listings on your site
  2. Filtering your listings to automatically update based on search criteria you save.

By default, the global filters will be set to display all of the listings on your site.

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Filtered Listings

The Filtered Listings tab will allow you to add criteria for your site to automatically search through your MLS and display only those listings that match your criteria. 

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To start adding filters to search by, click the dropdown menu next to Add Search Criteria. Let's say you wanted to filter by zip code. Scroll down the list to the Location section and select Zip, then click Add.

This will create a field in to which you can start typing your zip code(s). When you start typing, you'll see some suggestions. Keep typing until you see the zip you want to filter by and click on it in the suggestion box. Repeat this step as many times as necessary, then click Search. Once the search is complete, the Search Results box will display only listings from the zip(s) specified.

Once you've added all the criteria you want, scroll to the bottom of the pane and click Save to apply your filters to your site.

Adding Multiple Filters

Add as many filters as you’d like in the same way by selecting the appropriate filter category from the "Add Search Criteria" drop down. Once they’ve all been added, click Search to see your results. 

You can add a combination of different types of filters. See the example below, where the site is narrowed down to a few zip codes, with a maximum of 3 beds, minimum of 1 bath and a maximum price of $800,000. This has narrowed the total number of listings down to 214 listings after clicking Search. 

The Filtered Listings tab uses an automatic process to update, so every time a new listing in the MLS matches the criteria you set, it will be added to the search results on your site.

 

 

Location Filters

For location filters, the most specific ones will override the more general ones. For example, let's say I added two city filters: Boston and Cambridge. If I then decide to add filters for neighborhoods that are just within Boston, such as Back Bay and Beacon Hill, the city of Cambridge will no longer be featured anywhere on the site since the neighborhood filters are more specific and have narrowed the site down to only the city that includes those neighborhoods, which is Boston.

Questions?

Please reach out to our support team at support-nar@placester.com.

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