How can anyone even think a home is on the market when it is in escrow? Plenty of you look at Zip and Realtor.com, how many pending listings do these sites show? How many pending listings do all of you ask your realtors to send you? Come on now.
The fact of the matter is, when anybody is going to make an offer on a home, if they do not perform a due diligence search to see if that home has been previously listed, for how long, etc.. it is your fault (or your agents fault)… You can 100% find out the truth very easily.
There are a plenty of things wrong with the MLS and I agree that the DOM should be represented better. However this is a trivial matter that ANY buyer can resolve and find the truth. Complain about more important things such as the fact that credits for closing costs and repairs are not required to be entered when a home is sold.