The 2026 Bay East General Election Voter Guide is now available. This member benefit includes the Bay East and C.A.R. positions on candidates and ballot measures.
View the Voter Guide here.
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Paragon and Paragon Connect will be unavailable on Saturday Oct 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM to midnight Sunday Oct 4, 2026 PT due to scheduled system maintenance.
Following recent Federal Reserve rate hikes, local news outlets reached out to Bay East to examine the changing real estate market. These stories from KTVU and CBS News look at how the rising interest rates can affect borrowing costs and potentially impact homebuyers and real estate conditions across the Bay Area.
CBS – September 19, 2026. Read more.
KTVU – September 21, 2026. Read more.
Paragon and Paragon Connect will be unavailable on September 22, 2026 between 1:30 AM – 2:30 AM PDT due to scheduled system maintenance.
Haven’t tried Paragon Connect yet? It’s the next-generation MLS experience designed with a modern interface, improved navigation, and enhanced productivity.
Getting started is easy; click the Connect tab at the top of your Paragon homepage. And check out the latest enhancements below!
- Smarter Unit Number Display: Unit info is on the same line of the address now.
- Optimized Photo Grid for Photo Maintenance: The Photos screen has been enhanced with a fully responsive photo grid that automatically adapts to the available browser space. On larger monitors, additional photo columns are displayed so you can view more images at once without unnecessary scrolling.
- Faster Price Updates from Published Listings: Updating List Price is easier and quicker now
- Multiple Address Search Now Available: Searching multiple street names is available now
- Result Analytics view added to Hotsheet & Tour/OH views: Paragon Connect now delivers a more consistent search experience by expanding view options to additional search modules.
Please call our MLS Tech Support at 925.730.7100 or email techsupport@bayeast.org if you have any questions.
View all the Paragon Connect enhancements here.
Bay East has been made aware of fraudulent emails being sent to members that appear to come from Bay East. These messages may claim that your account is overdue, that a payment is required, or that you need to sign in to your account, and may include a link to a fraudulent website.
Scammers are active right now, and we want you and your clients to stay protected. Here are two scams to watch for.
1. Phishing emails impersonating Bay East
We’ve had reports of fake emails that look like they come from Bay East. They may say your account is overdue, ask for payment, or ask you to sign in, and they often send you to a fake website.
Please don’t click links, enter your login, or submit payment through these emails. To pay or manage your account, go directly to bayeast.org and log in to the member portal.
2. Advance-fee loan scams
On September 30, the California Department of Real Estate (DRE) warned consumers and licensees that upfront fee loan scams are back. Here’s how they usually work:
- The scammer uses a real lender’s license or creates a fake one.
- They make big promises: 100% financing with no down payment, access to lenders or loan products no one else has, a guaranteed loan, and a refundable upfront fee to get started.
- Once the fee is paid, it suddenly becomes non-refundable. Then the consumer no longer qualifies, or the loan gets stalled.
Anyone collecting advance fees must have an advance fee agreement that’s pre-approved by DRE.
How to help your clients
- Verify the license. Check any agent or loan originator’s license with DRE here.
- Slow down. Encourage clients to ask questions and never feel rushed. Pressure is a red flag.
- Talk it through. If a client is asked for an advance fee, they should flag it with you before paying anything.
- Contact DRE. When in doubt, reach out.
Report suspected fraud
If you think you or a client has been targeted, file a complaint with DRE on this page
Paragon MLS Unavailable: Tuesday, September 1
Paragon MLS will be temporarily unavailable on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, due to scheduled system maintenance.
The maintenance is scheduled between 11:00 PM Monday, August 31 and 2:00 AM Tuesday, September 1 (PT).
During this maintenance window, members will be unable to log in to Paragon MLS for approximately 30 minutes.
We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
Haven’t tried Paragon Connect yet? It’s the next-generation MLS experience designed with a modern interface, improved navigation, and enhanced productivity.
Getting started is easy; click the Connect tab at the top of your Paragon homepage.
No need to worry about keeping two systems up to date. Paragon and Paragon Connect are fully synchronized, so anything you do in one platform is automatically reflected in the other. You can switch between the two at any time without losing your work.
Check out the latest enhancements below!
- Updates to the Roster Page: The Roster page experience has been redesigned to provide MLS members with a faster and more intuitive way to access agent and office information.
- New Agent Notification Email: This new version keeps the “roll-up” format, so agents continue to receive a single email including listing updates across all their Contacts, but with a new layout and deep linking technology to bring agent’s directly to the Listing Match Tracker page outlining all the recent listing updates for their Contacts.
- Enhanced Spreadsheet Experience: We have introduced a new spreadsheet experience to make working with large data sets faster, more flexible, and easier to customize. With enhanced data management capabilities, users can sort, organize, and navigate information more efficiently while tailoring table layouts to fit their workflow. These improvements provide a more intuitive experience when reviewing and analyzing large volumes of data across Paragon Connect.
- Resize Columns
Gain more control over how data is displayed by adjusting columns to fit your needs - Drag and Drop Columns
Reorganize columns with a simple drag and drop experience to match your preferred workflow. - Rearrange columns using drag and drop
- Resize Columns
Review all of the enhancement.
Please call our MLS Tech Support at 925.730.7100 or email techsupport@bayeast.org if you have any questions.
We want to keep our MLS Participants and Subscribers informed of an upcoming change to two of our MLS-related tools.
After careful review, Bay East MLS has made the decision not to renew our contracts with HomeSpotter and DataMaster effective August. We appreciate both vendors for their partnership and the services they have provided to our members.
This decision is part of our ongoing commitment to regularly evaluate our products and services to ensure we are providing the greatest value to our membership. As part of this review, we considered member adoption and usage. Both HomeSpotter and DataMaster have experienced extremely low utilization, approximately 0.01% of our membership, which indicates these tools are providing limited value to the overall membership. Based on this usage, we have decided to focus our resources on products and services that deliver greater benefit to a broader segment of our members.
Please note:
- Members who currently use HomeSpotter Mobile App can continue to access similar functionality through Homes.com, RPR, Realtor.com, and Paragon Connect, all of which offer robust mobile search and collaboration features.
- DataMaster is a tool designed specifically for appraisers.
If you have any questions, please contact the MLS Department at MLSServices@bayeast.org.
To simplify the listing input process and improve the overall listing experience, Bay East MLS will be updating theLease Rental property class effective August 11, 2026.
As part of this update, fields that are outdated, not applicable to Lease Rental listings, or no longer provide meaningful value will be removed from the listing input screen. Examples of fields being removed include:
- Units in Complex
- Point of Sale Ordinance
- Zoning
- Census Tract
- Percent Owner Occupied
- HOA Management Company
- Builder/Architect
- Occupant Name
- Occupant Phone
In addition, the Closing Date field will be renamed to Leased Date to better reflect Lease Rental transactions.
These changes are designed to streamline the listing entry process, reduce unnecessary data entry, and ensure the Lease Rental property class contains fields that are relevant to rental listings.
If you have any questions, please contact the Bay East MLS Support Team at TechSupport@bayeast.org.