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We discovered in 2010 or so that our community wasn't on the map. The map, the only map, was from 1972. Our community started in the 80s. Different issue but speaks to some towns' record keeping.
Different MLSes are programmed differently, but yes, most don't allow you to input a date before 1900.
Wow, very interesting. That would be a huge problem where I live in New England. I routinely see houses with built dates in the 1700s and 1800s. OP, are you seeing ANY date from before 1900?
Another thing to consider... might there have been a rash of building in that year, for factory workers, or whatever? That was common in the late 1800s/early 1900s in areas of New England. Just as today developers will develop an area all at once, widespread development happened at other points in history.
I've seen a disproportionate amount of them in Baltimore, but there are some that are listed as built before 1900. There is redeemable ground rent there, and the year it was built affects the redemption price. Just for the fun of it; I'll show two "1900" homes. Tell me what year you think they were built in.
The software doesn't recognize a date before 1900. It defaults to the first date it knows.
DMenscha, if by chance you are in charge of Realtor.com, any possibility they will include an "older than 75 years" and/or an "older than 100 years" search filter?
That 50 years filter doesn't offer much opportunity to actually search for older homes. Sorry, but a 1960s tract ranch house ain't old.
DMenscha, if by chance you are in charge of Realtor.com, any possibility they will include an "older than 75 years" and/or an "older than 100 years" search filter?
That 50 years filter doesn't offer much opportunity to actually search for older homes. Sorry, but a 1960s tract ranch house ain't old.
Looks like their 50+ option is all they have. Surprising with the popularity of historic homes.
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DMenscha, if by chance you are in charge of Realtor.com, any possibility they will include an "older than 75 years" and/or an "older than 100 years" search filter?
Heck, I'm not even a realtor. If I was in charge, I'd blow it up and start over.
I've seen a disproportionate amount of them in Baltimore, but there are some that are listed as built before 1900. There is redeemable ground rent there, and the year it was built affects the redemption price. Just for the fun of it; I'll show two "1900" homes. Tell me what year you think they were built in.
As a Housing Historian Geek, this is frustrating to me as well. Corktown, in Detroit, one of the few neighborhoods with intact antebellum (pre-civil war) homes has the majority listed as "1900." Actually, some of the Victorian neighborhoods DO have the correct build date, but not Corktown.
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