3rd Party Real Estate Portal Vs Local Realtor Website
When it comes to people searching for real estate and homes for sale in your local neighborhood, the best resource is the Internet. Do you believe that everything is both true and accurate with what you find?
When you begin the house hunting process you may be searching on the big brand real estate sites, hoping to find new listings in order to discover what could be your perfect new home. In your search you may visit national sites such as Zillow, Redfin and Trulia etc. for that same reason.
Even though they do a great job in terms of providing data, there are certain problems as well. Follow us as we share our concerns and help you decide whether you should search for properties on these 3rd party real estate portals or a local real estate website like GamerRealEstateGroup.com.
The Accuracy Problem
When you happen to look for properties or homes in a metroplex like North Dallas on Zillow or Trulia (owned by the same company), you may discover certain discrepancies as compared to our website. Most often, users shall find some properties that they are interested in that have been sold not days but weeks or even months ago. Therefore, proving that you cannot fully trust the websites accuracy.
There was a time when both Zillow and Trulia were receiving real time data directly from local MLS’s and Listhub connection. Listhub happened to be a source that was viable and provided the websites with real estate property data and information from national multiple listing services syndication.
Source of Data
Even though Zillow, Trulia and Redfin happen to receive their share of MLS listing directly from broker syndications that happen to be large, these websites may not have the most updated information regarding the homes that are available for sale. Does your local MLS syndicate to these 3rd party sites? Did you know that real estate brokers can opt-out from their listings appearing on these sites?
If you happen to visit Zillow’s guidelines, it is mentioned that if a broker wants to participate, he/she should have at least 200 listings minimum in order to reap any advantage from the broker xml feed.
What Does that Mean to You?
It is not necessary that every broker is going to publish their list of homes on Trulia or Zillow. There happen to be many small brokerage’s spread across small towns that may not share their property listings with them. So, if a buyer happens to be in the hunt for a home somewhere in a small town in Texas or another state in the US, on Zillow, you may be missing out on quite a lot. Even when they do get new property listings, publishing can be delayed leaving you in the dark.
However, if you are lucky, you may be able to catch that one house, fresh on the market, that is your dream home. https://www.GamerRealEstateGroup.com is updated every 15 mins, so it always has the latest properties available in the community you are searching in. Therefore, if you are someone who is in search of a new home in the small town like Celina, chances are that both Zillow and Trulia along with some other corporate websites might not be the best source for the most accurate information in that moment.
Portal Vs Local Realtor Website
While people still choose to search for real estate information from sites such as Zillow and Trulia, when it comes to searching for their new home, it is highly unlikely that they are going to end up with every possible match available. In addition, homes that you do find may have been sold or expired and the data has not been removed from their database. One of the most popular complains that you will hear is that the national portal sites have information that is outdated. Meaning, that it is often that consumers will find a home that is for sale only to find out that it has been sold. Frustrating right?
If you think logically, you will observe that in order for these national sites to update information every 15 minutes, would require a huge amount of individual MLS access and resources to support them. This makes the task rather complicated. A state like Texas alone may have thousands of homes being listed and sold everyday and you can imagine the technical resources that are required to support that synchronization across thousands of MLS feeds across the country, every 15 minutes. This does not mean your local real estate market offers incomplete information on these sites. However, they do tend to hold onto the information longer to give the appearance that they have more homes available which is not the case. In either case, trust is the key.
On the other hand, a local real estate agent using the direct MLS feed for their local market, happens to receive property data directly (NOT Syndicated) that is both fresh and updated every 15 minutes. We recommend that you find a local real estate site like The GAMER Real Estate Group’s website and conduct a search there and on one of the big corporate sites. Tell us what you find in your local market. Does it match up or are there discrepancies?
Learn More
When it comes to your advanced home search and buying a home for sale, it is a good idea to work with a REALTOR in your area that has strong connections and current property information. Noah Gamer can let you know when a home matching your search criteria comes on the market in North Dallas Texas with no delays.
