NEWS
September 15: Release Notes
New Internet Services field and other recent updates.
The following items were released September 15:
Internet Services field now available for all property types.
To help you easily indicate and search by what technology a property uses to connect to the Internet, a new optional field titled Internet Services has been added to Listing Management and Search. These options are now available for all property types in Bright:
- Broadband
- Cable
- DSL
- Fiber Optic
- Fixed Wireless
- LTE
- Satellite
- Other
Existing listings that were entered with “DSL Available” or “Fiber Optics Available” selected under the Utilities field have been automatically updated to reflect this information under the new Internet Services field. Learn more here.
Contingency options now available for listings in the Pending status.
Contingency Type, Last Contingency Expires, and Kick-Out Clause Y/N are now available for use in the Pending status to help you collect critical information while updating your listing to the most accurate status. View this article to learn more about the Pending status and the contingency field options that have been added to Search and Listing Management.
New Agent 9UP and Agent Short PDF reports added to Search.
To give you more flexibility when printing reports, the Agent 9UP report has been added to the PDF only reports for all property types. Additionally, the Agent Short report is now available as a PDF report for Multi-Family, Farm, and Residential Lease properties. Learn more about these new report options.
Unit Building Type is now required for “Penthouse Unit/Flat/Apartment” listings.
Unit Building Type is a field that helps categorize multi-unit structures based on the number of floors the building has. To enable you to designate and search for this information in listings that are penthouse units, Unit Building Type field is now a required field when Structure Type = “Penthouse Unit/Flat/Apartment.”
Please note: You will need to add this information the next time you edit or publish any on-market “Penthouse Unit/Flat/Apartment” listing.
Close Sale Terms is now Close Sale Type in Search.
To better align our fields across Search and Listing Management, the Close Sale Terms additional search field that is also displayed underneath the Sales/Lease Contract section on reports has been renamed Close Sale Type.
“Bank Owned/REO” is now “REO (Real Estate Owned)” in Listing Management and Search.
To help provide better clarity when entering listings and searching for Real Estate Owned properties, the “Bank Owned/REO” option under Close Sale Type has been renamed “REO (Real Estate Owned)” in Listing Management and Search.
Farm and Commercial Lease search field updates.
When performing a Farm or Commercial Lease search, only the search fields that are applicable to these property types will now appear for you to select under Additional Fields.