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Zillow Goes Fishing

Is Zillow using our homes as bait?

First, they publicly displayed your home and put their zestimate price tag on it (and did not let you remove it, even if your sale price was much higher and the zestimate was cockeyed). Now they will allow ANYONE to claim a home is for sale without the homeowner or listing agent's permission.

How to Get a Zillow Exclusive Your Profile on a Home That’s Not For Sale—Just say it is.

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Posted by rudy bachraty on 04/04/2007 07:02 PM

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6 Comments on Zillow Goes Fishing

APR

2007

I wonder how long it will be before buyers start knocking on my door because they saw my house on Zillow? Our gun laws are very lenient in Florida:)

hi bryant!

i once heard that gun control is hitting your target over and over :)

rudy.sellsius°

this is very confusing - I usually just avoid Zillow until they get control of the mess...but went and claimed my own house before my obnoxious neighbor would.

APR

2007

LOL :)

Well, lets see what happens later. thanks for the info rudolph

NOV

2007

I checked 10 listings from the local MLS against Zillow yesterday and discovered 4 of the 10 listings had been posted by another agent using the "Reported for Sale" feature. 2 of those 4 had an incorrect price which comes as no surprise because the "reporting" agent has zero incentive to maintain the data for another agent's listing.

NOV

2007

This might be a reason to set up a google alert with your home address, and as you take listings, set one up for those addresses as well.

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