About TorontoMLS Searches

Use Search to find listings of any status, in any class, that match the search criteria you choose. Find listings by class, availability, sale or lease. You may also search archived listings.

There are several ways to search listings:

Quick Search: A template search. Choose among commonly-searched fields for each listing class. Enter (or select) search text for any search field displayed.

Flex Search: For users familiar with the names of search fields. Unlimited access to every field in the MLS database from a single, alphabetical drop-down list. TMLS displays search criteria as you build it.

Pre-Defined Searches: A short-cut method for searching.

Map Search: A dynamic way to find listings on a map. Identify a location and zoom in for a close-up Road, Aerial, or Birds-eye view. TMLS automatically locates listings, showing more as you zoom or pan to a more precise location.

The Search Process

All TorontoMLS listing searches have three basic components: search criteria, search results, and search reports. (Map searches are unique. See Map Searches for more information.)

• 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.)
  
  NOTE: At all Search Criteria pages (including Flex Search) you must select a Location: Area, Municipality, and optionally a Community. Choices for Municipality are dependent on Area.choices for Community are dependent on Municipality. If you select no more than two Municipalities, the Communities for both are merged.
• Search Results: TorontoMLS displays all listings that match your search criteria, in table format. You can sort, print, view a street map, view statistics and counts, 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, e-mail, obtain driving directions and a street map, and more. (See Viewing Listings, E-mailing Listings, and Printing Listings.)

General Notes on TorontoMLS Searches

At the discretion of the MLS, the system limits the number of listings displayed in Search Results in order to avoid Internet performance problems. Be specific in your search criteria to insure 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 salesperson. Use "My Personal Listings" at Info Centre to search for listings for which you are a listing or selling salesperson.

Using Search

Selecting a Class

Selecting Availability

Selecting Sale/Lease

Selecting Archived Listings

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Copyright Stratus Data Systems, Inc. 2011
Help for TorontoMLS, v. June 30, 2011