Look, assuming they actually intend to follow through on this...
The site has been looking like 2006 for awhile now. The numbers say that many more people use the web via mobile these days. Any viable website now HAS to have mobile functionality, plain and simple.
It's been said before in these forums, if they want to attract new users in 2015 - guys who were teens when I first got here, in some cases, they can't do it with a 2006 website.
Now that they have the house looking saleworthy, NOW they can start looking for new buyers. I can follow along with that.