Use Search to find listings of any status, in any class, for any search criteria you choose. Find properties that are for sale or for lease. Although Search is flexible, for the most part you will use it to look for listings meeting a buyer's requirements, or for those comparable to a seller's property.
All TorontoMLS listing searches have three basic components: search criteria, search results, and search reports.
Search Criteria: Using one of four listing search types, enter your search criteria. The number of search fields you specify influences the quantity of listings resulting from the search. (See Entering Search Criteria.)
Search Results: TorontoMLS displays all listings matching your search criteria in table format. You can sort, print, view a street map, view statistics and counts, download the list, and more. (See About the Listings Search Results List.)
Search Reports: In your choice of formats, you can view listings displayed in search results; with options to print, email, obtain driving directions and a street map, and more. (See Viewing Listings and Printing Listings.)
At the discretion of the MLS, TMLS limits the number of listings displayed in Search Results, in order to avoid Internet performance problems. Be specific in your search criteria to ensure that search results do not exceed the maximum.
Use the Count button, before submitting the search, to display the number of listings the search will find.
Use the browser Stop button if you want to "stop" lengthy searches. The search continues on the server, but no longer displays in the browser window.
NOTE: Due to privacy, policy, and regulatory requirements you cannot search by listing or selling salesperson. Use the "My Personal History" Pre-Defined Search to search for listings for which you are a listing or selling salesperson.
There are several ways to search listings in TorontoMLS:
Quick Search: A template search for novice and advanced users. Choose among commonly-searched fields for each listing class. Enter (or select) search text for any search field displayed.
Flex Search: For advanced users requiring full flexibility. Unlimited access to every field from a single, alphabetized drop-down list; fast, flexible search for users familiar with the names of the search fields. TorontoMLS displays your search criteria as you build it. You can reference Data Dictionaries for the specific class you want to search.
Pre-Defined Searches: An easy template search for novice and advanced users alike. A short-cut method for searching.
Radius Search: A quick and easy graphical method for finding listings. Map a geographic centre-point and either select a radius or draw your own search area. TorontoMLS finds listings in the defined area.
Most searches require that you select a single class of listing: Residential Freehold, Residential Condo & Other, or Commercial.
Flex Search, however, allows you to search listings across more than one class.
Specify whether your search is for available and/or unavailable categories of listings.
Available: Listings available for sale or lease.
Unavailable: Listings no longer available for sale or lease.
Specify whether your search is for properties that are for sale or for lease. You can select any or all options.
Sale: Listings that are for sale.
Lease: Listings that are for lease.
Sub-Lease: Listings that are for sub-lease (Commercial only).
In a limited number of search combinations, you can specify whether your search is to include Archived Listings.
Listings that are sold or expired and older than three years are archived.
