I have a couple of questions about homes being removed from the MLS.

[Anonymous]

I did not think that homes got removed from the MLS right after an offer was accepted.  We do have pre-approval and the seller accepted our offer but we still have to get the bank's approval due to it being a short sale.  Just seems unfair to the seller if the listing is removed when it is a possibility that the bank may not approve or our financing falls through.  

Is it normal for a short sale to be removed from the MLS before the bank accepts the offer?

[cdtotten]

Was it removed or was the status changed? Depending on where you are viewing the MLS listing from, a simple status change will make it look invisible. Homes can be coded as active, pending, etc.

[Anonymous]

It has been completely removed from realtor.com, zillow, and listingbook.com.  It is not even just showing up as contingent or anything on Listingbook. 

[Anonymous]

Correction, it is showing up on Listingbook as "pending".  Yay, I can still see the pictures now : )

[Booner72]

Mine was removed from zillows, etc, but still under the fannie mae homepath website as "pending".