According to a new policy created by BRIGHT MLS last month, a listing must be submitted to BRIGHT within 1 business day of marketing, to provide transparency and access to information in the real estate marketplace.

Join BRIGHT MLS Regional Vice President, Kurt Miller for Starbucks Morning: BRIGHT MLS Off-MLS Policy seminar (December 2nd; 10:00am-11:30am) for a discussion about BRIGHT and NAR’s Off-MLS policy and what you need to know when advertising your listings. The discussion will also cover “the 3 C’s” - consumers, competition and cooperation - as well as the ideals of fair housing in relation to this policy. Plus Kurt will answer your questions about the policy.

Click here to register for the seminar (once logged in, scroll over "Events" and then click on "Upcoming Meetings").

And, for more information on Bright’s Off-MLS policy, please click here. For more on NAR’s Clear Cooperation Policy, please click here.

City leaders, with backing from county officials, are determined to return Coatesville to prosperity over the next decade, and investors and developers are on board, lured by a new strategic action plan from the newly formed Coatesville Second Century Alliance. The city has received nearly $7 million in grants from the county Department of Community Development’s Urban Center Revitalization Program. Part of that funding included a total of $1.7 million for work on the First Avenue and Lincoln Highway intersection, which is often referred to as the city’s gateway. Construction of a train station at Third Avenue has been stalled, but PennDOT is anticipating that construction will start in just over a year and conclude within three years thereafter. Read more.

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