What Zillow doesn't want you to know about its listing gap

Re:What Zillow doesn't want you to know about its listing gap by at-fates-hands on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @04:33PM (#10342159)

I had the same problem this summer.

I was working with an agent and I told him I saw several houses I wanted to look at on Zillow. Sent him the list and all but one was sold. He said the listings were in some cases as much as 6 months old.

After that, he just plugged me into the MLS listings directly and then every time a new house would show up, I'd know about it and could email him if I wanted to see it or not.

I totally agree about not trusting 3rd party apps. MLS, unfortunately is the only reliable source I know of.

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Re:What Zillow doesn't want you to know about its listing gap by Simulacra on Monday October 12, 2015 @03:42AM (#10373065)

My area (Atlanta) is a very hot market. I found my house on Cinco de Mayo, emailed my agent, and we were looking at it that afternoon. By 9 AM the next morning the owners had accepted our offer. The house had not been on the market 24 hours. If I had not jumped on that house the moment it hit The MLS system, I would not be sitting in the backyard enjoying it right now. :-)

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