| Now – Oct 5 | Nothing changes yet. The Citrus County (RACC) Matrix you use today does everything: Citrus listings, Hernando through the reciprocal agreement, listing entry and CMAs. |
| Oct 6 – Oct 29 | Two searches. Your Stellar account opens, but in Stellar's words you "only see and access your Stellar MLS listings": Marion, Sumter, Pasco and the rest of Stellar's area. Citrus County listings are not in Stellar yet, and neither are Hernando's. For a buyer looking in Citrus Springs, search the old Citrus Matrix for listings entered by Citrus agents (and Hernando), search Stellar for anything a Stellar agent listed there, and combine the two. New Citrus listings, price changes and status changes still go into the old Citrus Matrix, and they carry over. |
| Thu Oct 29 | Last day to add or change a listing before the freeze. |
| Oct 30 – Nov 3 | The freeze. You can search both systems, but nobody in the county can add a new listing or edit one. That means no price changes and no status changes. If a contract, price change or withdrawal happens during the freeze, enter it the first day the freeze lifts. |
| Nov 3 on | One search. Citrus County listings are now in Stellar, so one Stellar search covers Citrus and every county Stellar already had. New listings and edits go into Stellar, but only for agents who finished training. Tell sellers Wednesday, November 4 at the earliest. The old Citrus Matrix becomes view-only: good for looking up history, but it takes no new listings. |
| Nov 3 – Nov 30 | The Hernando gap. The Hernando reciprocal agreement ends on Tuesday, Nov 3. Hernando listings don't arrive in Stellar until the end of November (Stellar publishes Monday, Nov 30). For about four weeks, none of the MLS systems we use will show Hernando listings. |
| Thu Dec 3 | Deadline to finish the required training. Stellar suspends accounts that miss it. |
| Thu Dec 31 | The old Citrus Matrix shuts off for good. |