Zillow is STILL a thorn in our Side!

It can be very confusing looking for listings online. My husband and I are currently looking and although I have access to our local mls, he does not. He keeps sending me listings he finds online and they are not at all current. Most are sold or pending or expired.

Joan

Our customers are looking on line . . . . some of the third parties are just not up to speed.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

I have not seen them post previous listings when a new one comes on the market.  I would send them a complaint.

Thank you very much for sharing this experience. This is certainly confusing to consumers.

Hi Joan, 

I was checking the syndication of one of my listings and found pictures from when the listing was a FSBO. But my real issue is Zillow's Zestimate that is about $70 K over asking. How do you think that plays out with your seller? 

Hi Joan, Going to check here again but have not found a problem for current listing ...yet many times the map is wrong and they won't fix it. The home shows in one area while it is located many blocks away. What I see occurring are sellers advertising the property on their own while it is also listed. That is very confusing to the buyer.

I wish consumers wouldn't go there for their search... there's so much wrong information.

Zillow? Lots of shopper eyeballs, for sure. Zillow, for actual accuracy, maybe not so much.

A rental client wants all info to be removed from Z. After some soul searching I told him he was the one putting info on Z and it is up to him to get Z to remove it. He thinks his tract home is special and can lose value because it was rented out.